GS65 Stealth battery drain under CPU/GPU load

Hello,

I have a strange problem with my new GS65(bought last week). It's the 2060 one with 180W adapter.
When I'm playing games, it seems that the battery is slowly discharging(2-4%/hour). - leaving it aside the hot temperatures - managed to get a work-around after reading the topics - disabled cpu boost from windows.
Last night, while powered off, it lost 4% of it's battery.
I read many topics in this regard but none about the GS65.
Do you experience the same problem(is this normal behavior)?
I bought this laptop because of it's good battery considering this is a gaming laptop, as I do work related stuff on it also.
Should i return the product?

Thank you.

 

Both are normal behaviors.
1. Turbo boost using battery power to increase performance.
2. System consumes power while it's off, not truly off.

 

Thank you for your reply.
Just to clarify the situation, when I said that I managed to get a workaround, I meant for the hot temperatures, not the battery drain. It still happens witihout turbo boost.

 

Its the MSI Battery Boost, but almost all laptops do that, some battery drain under heavy load, doesn't matter the AC wattage..

 

Interesting, I had multiple laptops(either working/gaming ones) and neither of them had this "feature".
I am wondering if this will affect the battery life in the long run?

 

Yes it would since there's tear and wear. If this is a concern you can open up the system and disconnect the battery (while it has 50% charge remaining).
Otherwise, the battery typically can go through 500-1000 cycles with one-year warranty from the manufacturer.

 

Is it possible that battery drainage occurs only on windows?
I'm using mine for deep learning under full load 30 hours at a time and never noticed any drainage.
Always stays full when connected to the wall.

 

There's a mechanism used to detect certain workload and trigger the behavior so perhaps deep learning isn't supported.