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MagyarAcer Predator Helios 300 review: Overclocked gaming laptop with a good display
It's been two years since we tested the last 17-inch Helios 300, so it's about time now. Last year, only the 15-inch version of the Predator Helios 300 reached our test bench, and at that time it still used a Comet Lake CPU and RTX 3070. Now the 17-inch version is equipped with an Alder Lake CPU and RTX 3070 Ti with 150 watts.
For comparison, we let the current Helios compete against its 15-inch predecessor, and we also include the Razer Blade 17, the HP Omen 17, the Aorus 17(X), and the MSI Vector GP76.
Possible Competitors in Comparison
Rating | Date | Model | Weight | Height | Size | Resolution | Best Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 86.5 % | 11/2022 | Acer Predator Helios 300 (i7-12700H, RTX 3070 Ti) i7-12700H, GeForce RTX 3070 Ti Laptop GPU | 3 kg | 27.65 mm | 17.30" | 2560x1440 | |
| 83.8 % | 07/2021 | Acer Predator Helios 300 PH315-53-786B i7-10750H, GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU | 2.2 kg | 22.9 mm | 15.60" | 1920x1080 | |
| 90.1 % | 05/2022 | Razer Blade 17 (i7-12800H, RTX 3070 Ti) i7-12800H, GeForce RTX 3070 Ti Laptop GPU | 2.8 kg | 19.9 mm | 17.30" | 2560x1440 | |
| 86.3 % | 09/2022 | HP Omen 17-ck1075ng i7-12700H, GeForce RTX 3070 Ti Laptop GPU | 2.8 kg | 31 mm | 17.30" | 1920x1080 | |
| 85.2 % | 04/2022 | Aorus 17 XE4 i7-12700H, GeForce RTX 3070 Ti Laptop GPU | 2.6 kg | 27 mm | 17.30" | 1920x1080 | |
| 86.7 % | 05/2022 | MSI Vector GP76 12UGS-434 i7-12700H, GeForce RTX 3070 Ti Laptop GPU | 2.9 kg | 25.9 mm | 17.30" | 1920x1080 |
Case - Metal on top, plastic on the bottom
The current Helios 300 still shows many similarities to its ancestor from two years ago, but there are also some differences. What remained the same is the matte-black color and the materials. While the top of the base and display are made of metal, the display bezels and bottom plate are made of plastic.
The "Predator" labeling disappeared from the inside and outside of the display lid, and you only see the symbol now. Another thing that has disappeared is the slim LED bars on the display lid.
Overall, the design is slightly more modest now, even if the new Predator still doesn't really hide its gaming ambitions with its blue color accents, the slim LED bar in front, and the cooling system sticking out in the back.
The metal makes the display and base fairly robust with both of them remaining fairly stiff, only producing minimal creaking noises in our attempts of warping. On the other hand, the display creaks a bit more.
We did not notice any unusual gaps between the materials, and the workmanship is at a good level.
The 17-inch laptop is of course heavier and deeper than its 15-inch sibling, but it is also almost 5 mm (~0.2 in) thicker. With its cooling system sticking out in the back similar to the Alienware models, it has significantly more depth, which makes it larger than other 17-inch gaming laptops.
In terms of weight, it is also at least 100 grams (~3.5 oz) heavier than the competitors.
Equipment - Some connections moved to the back
Two years ago, the 17-inch Predator didn't have any connections in the back. This changes now, which also creates more space on the sides. The number of connections, however, remains the same. One of the USB-A ports was slightly updated, and the Thunderbolt USB-C port now supports DisplayPort. There is still no SD card reader.
Communication
In addition to the LAN connection, the device offers the Killer Wi-Fi 6E AX1675i WLAN module, which also allows you to surf within the 6-GHz network.
While the transfer rates are decent, they are still about 10% slower that the average possible with this module. The Blade 17 is also around 10% faster. On the other hand, the performance is constant.
Webcam
What is also new is the 1080p webcam with face recognition, which produces fairly decent pictures indoors in good lighting conditions. The colors, however, are not so impressive.
Security
A Kensington Lock is supported, as also TPM 2.0. On the other hand, a fingerprint sensor is lacking, but we can forgive that. What is harder to take is the lack of a webcam shutter.
Accessories and Warranty
Acer is greedy with accessories, and none are included. In Germany, the warranty period covers two years with shipping service.
Maintenance
You have to remove 11 similar-length Philips screws to take off the bottom of the case. But even then, the case bottom remains fixed very tightly and is extremely hard to pry open. The best way to do this is to start in the front corners since it is not clear where the bottom plate ends in the back. Because of the soft plastic bottom, you also have to be very careful using suitable prying tools.
Once you have removed the bottom plate, you get access to the SSD, fans, Wi-Fi module, and battery. The DDR5-RAM is also accessible, but it sits underneath an additional metal cover that you have to remove with another screw.
Input Devices - Workable in the Helios 300
Keyboard
Acer uses a keyboard with a number block and "Pulsar" background illumination that can also be adjusted for each key individually. The number block also includes a special key that is reserved for opening the Predator Sense software, which functions as some sort of control center.
The keys themselves have a rather short to medium stroke, but they offer a clear pressure point, resulting in good feedback. The keyboard allows you to type fairly fast and comfortably. The typing noise is very moderate, but the space key is slightly louder.
Under pressure, the center of the keyboard can be bent down, but this won't be the case during regular typing.
Touchpad
The touchpad, which we had criticized two years ago, received an overhaul.
At about 12.15 x 8.3 cm (~4.8 x 3.3 in), the touchpad offers good sliding characteristics, and the integrated keys also have a comfortable and easily noticeable pressure point. The click noises are also moderate here.
Display - Bright and with good color space coverage
Acer uses a matte IPS display from BOE with a resolution of 2560 x 1440 pixels (16:9) and a 165 Hz refresh rate. Alternative options are only available for the 15-inch Predator (Full HD).
At a brightness of 340 Nits, not only does the panel surpass its predecessor, but also the Blade 17. The brightness distribution is relatively even at 85%.
The black value and contrast correspond to a good class average. However, we are unable to confirm the advertised response time of only 3 ms, but instead, we measure about 11 ms for the change from black to white. The panel doesn't suffer from PWM.
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Brightness Distribution: 85 %
Center on Battery: 365 cd/m²
Contrast: 1181:1 (Black: 0.31 cd/m²)
ΔE Color 3.56 | 0.5-29.43 Ø4.95, calibrated: 3.31
ΔE Greyscale 2.84 | 0.5-98 Ø5.2
84.8% AdobeRGB 1998 (Argyll 2.2.0 3D)
99.9% sRGB (Argyll 2.2.0 3D)
96.8% Display P3 (Argyll 2.2.0 3D)
Gamma: 2.29
| Acer Predator Helios 300 (i7-12700H, RTX 3070 Ti) BOE0A1A, IPS, 2560x1440, 17.3" | Acer Predator Helios 300 PH315-53-786B Sharp LQ156M1JW09, IPS, 1920x1080, 15.6" | Razer Blade 17 (i7-12800H, RTX 3070 Ti) BOE CQ NE173QHM-NZ1 (BOE09F9), IPS, 2560x1440, 17.3" | HP Omen 17-ck1075ng BOE09EE, IPS, 1920x1080, 17.3" | Aorus 17 XE4 Sharp LQ173M1JW12, IPS, 1920x1080, 17.3" | MSI Vector GP76 12UGS-434 AUO B173HAN05.4, IPS, 1920x1080, 17.3" | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Display | -16% | 1% | -26% | -15% | -15% | |
| Display P3 Coverage | 96.8 | 68.4 -29% | 97.9 1% | 59.03 -39% | 69 -29% | 70.09 -28% |
| sRGB Coverage | 99.9 | 99.4 -1% | 99.9 0% | 87.46 -12% | 99.4 -1% | 98.98 -1% |
| AdobeRGB 1998 Coverage | 84.8 | 70.4 -17% | 85.5 1% | 61.04 -28% | 71.2 -16% | 70.91 -16% |
| Response Times | 13% | 4% | 13% | 4% | 53% | |
| Response Time Grey 50% / Grey 80% * | 16.4 ? | 15.2 ? 7% | 15.2 ? 7% | 14 ? 15% | 15.2 ? 7% | 4 ? 76% |
| Response Time Black / White * | 11.2 ? | 9.2 ? 18% | 11.2 ? -0% | 10 ? 11% | 11.2 ? -0% | 8 ? 29% |
| PWM Frequency | 23580 ? | 100 ? | ||||
| Screen | -4% | -26% | 10% | 10% | 3% | |
| Brightness middle | 366 | 312 -15% | 341 -7% | 321 -12% | 274 -25% | 274 -25% |
| Brightness | 340 | 290 -15% | 308 -9% | 302 -11% | 267 -21% | 264 -22% |
| Brightness Distribution | 85 | 87 2% | 82 -4% | 84 -1% | 82 -4% | 87 2% |
| Black Level * | 0.31 | 0.32 -3% | 0.45 -45% | 0.41 -32% | 0.25 19% | 0.25 19% |
| Contrast | 1181 | 975 -17% | 758 -36% | 783 -34% | 1096 -7% | 1096 -7% |
| Colorchecker dE 2000 * | 3.56 | 3.03 15% | 4.16 -17% | 1.62 54% | 2.07 42% | 2.53 29% |
| Colorchecker dE 2000 max. * | 5.66 | 6.81 -20% | 8.14 -44% | 4.08 28% | 4.89 14% | 6.76 -19% |
| Colorchecker dE 2000 calibrated * | 3.31 | 0.71 79% | 3 9% | 1.93 42% | 0.83 75% | 0.98 70% |
| Greyscale dE 2000 * | 2.84 | 4.7 -65% | 5.09 -79% | 1.24 56% | 3 -6% | 3.49 -23% |
| Gamma | 2.29 96% | 2.177 101% | 2.48 89% | 2.41 91% | 2.207 100% | 2.31 95% |
| CCT | 6835 95% | 6676 97% | 6884 94% | 6261 104% | 6999 93% | 6714 97% |
| Total Average (Program / Settings) | -2% /
-4% | -7% /
-16% | -1% /
3% | -0% /
3% | 14% /
6% |
* ... smaller is better
The covered color space is fairly good and able to compete with that of the Razer Blade. In addition to the full sRGB color space, DisplayP3 is also covered to almost 97%, and AdobeRGB is still to around 85%.
The display is adjusted fairly well in the state of delivery, and calibration with our Portrait Display Calman color calibration tool only brings minimal improvement. This makes calibration by the users really unnecessary.
Display Response Times
| ↔ Response Time Black to White | ||
|---|---|---|
| 11.2 ms ... rise ↗ and fall ↘ combined | ↗ 5.8 ms rise |  |
| ↘ 5.4 ms fall | ||
| The screen shows good response rates in our tests, but may be too slow for competitive gamers. In comparison, all tested devices range from 0.1 (minimum) to 240 (maximum) ms. » 26 % of all devices are better. This means that the measured response time is better than the average of all tested devices (21.1 ms). | ||
| ↔ Response Time 50% Grey to 80% Grey | ||
| 16.4 ms ... rise ↗ and fall ↘ combined | ↗ 7.8 ms rise |  |
| ↘ 8.6 ms fall | ||
| The screen shows good response rates in our tests, but may be too slow for competitive gamers. In comparison, all tested devices range from 0.165 (minimum) to 636 (maximum) ms. » 26 % of all devices are better. This means that the measured response time is better than the average of all tested devices (33.2 ms). | ||
Screen Flickering / PWM (Pulse-Width Modulation)
| Screen flickering / PWM not detected |  | ||
In comparison: 53 % of all tested devices do not use PWM to dim the display. If PWM was detected, an average of 17348 (minimum: 5 - maximum: 3846000) Hz was measured. | |||
Outdoors, the 340-nit brightness, and matte display surface will bring some advantages. However, you should still look for a shady place to avoid direct sunlight.
Performance - Overclocked Predator Helios
With a Core i7-12700H and RTX 3070 Ti, the Helios can be placed in the upper midrange to the high end of the gaming class. The processors are accompanied by ample 32 GB of DDR5 RAM and a 1 TB storage solution. With this, the laptop should be able to reproduce almost all the current games in the native resolution smoothly.
Test Conditions
The Predator Sense software is preinstalled as control center software. For the best benchmark results, we choose the "Extreme" performance mode, where the CPU and GPU are probably slightly "overclocked." Beyond Extreme, there is also a Turbo mode, for which there is also an extra key to activate or deactivate. However, the fans are always running at full speed for this, so for us, the Extreme mode, which is not really quiet either, should be sufficient.
The software also allows you to make various adjustments to the fan control, performance, etc., in addition to configuring the RGB background illumination. Users should therefore take a closer look at this software.
Processor
The Intel Core i7-12700H often takes part in our gaming laptop tests. The CPU from Intel's Alder Lake generation offers 6 Performance and 8 Efficiency cores with 20 threads and a clock speed of 1.8 to 4.7 GHz. It should be able to handle all the games well.
With the Extreme mode, the CPU performance is very good, reaching significantly above that of an average i7-12700H due to the slight overclocking - at least in our Cinebench R15 loop. The very constant performance at a TDP of about 120 watts is also convincing.
With this, our test unit beats the comparison devices, and only MSI Vector is able to half-way keep up. The Helios beats the predecessor with Comet Lake by almost 100% in the multi-thread tasks. However, the single-core performance is only average.
If you switch to the quieter Standard mode, the TDP only reaches the full 120 watts in the first run. After that, it ranges more around 85 watts within one run. Afterwards, the Helios is unable to maintain the maximum of 2,840 points as in the Extreme mode but drops to about 2,230 points after the first few runs.
In battery mode, the performance is limited drastically. Even though the TDP briefly reaches about 40 watts, after one second it always ends up at only around 21 watts.
Cinebench R15 Multi Constant Load Test
Cinebench R23: Multi Core | Single Core
Cinebench R20: CPU (Multi Core) | CPU (Single Core)
Cinebench R15: CPU Multi 64Bit | CPU Single 64Bit
Blender: v2.79 BMW27 CPU
7-Zip 18.03: 7z b 4 | 7z b 4 -mmt1
Geekbench 5.5: Multi-Core | Single-Core
HWBOT x265 Benchmark v2.2: 4k Preset
LibreOffice : 20 Documents To PDF
R Benchmark 2.5: Overall mean
| CPU Performance Rating | |
| Average of class Gaming | |
| MSI Vector GP76 12UGS-434 | |
| Aorus 17 XE4 | |
| Razer Blade 17 (i7-12800H, RTX 3070 Ti) | |
| Average Intel Core i7-12700H | |
| Acer Predator Helios 300 (i7-12700H, RTX 3070 Ti) | |
| HP Omen 17-ck1075ng | |
| Acer Predator Helios 300 PH315-53-786B | |
| Cinebench R23 / Multi Core | |
| Average of class Gaming (5668 - 36249, n=202, last 2 years) | |
| MSI Vector GP76 12UGS-434 | |
| Acer Predator Helios 300 (i7-12700H, RTX 3070 Ti) | |
| Aorus 17 XE4 | |
| Average Intel Core i7-12700H (4032 - 19330, n=63) | |
| Razer Blade 17 (i7-12800H, RTX 3070 Ti) | |
| HP Omen 17-ck1075ng | |
| Acer Predator Helios 300 PH315-53-786B | |
| Cinebench R23 / Single Core | |
| Average of class Gaming (1136 - 2235, n=200, last 2 years) | |
| Razer Blade 17 (i7-12800H, RTX 3070 Ti) | |
| Aorus 17 XE4 | |
| MSI Vector GP76 12UGS-434 | |
| HP Omen 17-ck1075ng | |
| Average Intel Core i7-12700H (778 - 1826, n=62) | |
| Acer Predator Helios 300 (i7-12700H, RTX 3070 Ti) | |
| Acer Predator Helios 300 PH315-53-786B | |
| Cinebench R20 / CPU (Multi Core) | |
| Average of class Gaming (2179 - 13832, n=200, last 2 years) | |
| MSI Vector GP76 12UGS-434 | |
| Aorus 17 XE4 | |
| Average Intel Core i7-12700H (1576 - 7407, n=63) | |
| Acer Predator Helios 300 (i7-12700H, RTX 3070 Ti) | |
| Razer Blade 17 (i7-12800H, RTX 3070 Ti) | |
| HP Omen 17-ck1075ng | |
| Acer Predator Helios 300 PH315-53-786B | |
| Cinebench R20 / CPU (Single Core) | |
| Average of class Gaming (439 - 855, n=200, last 2 years) | |
| Razer Blade 17 (i7-12800H, RTX 3070 Ti) | |
| Acer Predator Helios 300 (i7-12700H, RTX 3070 Ti) | |
| Aorus 17 XE4 | |
| HP Omen 17-ck1075ng | |
| MSI Vector GP76 12UGS-434 | |
| Average Intel Core i7-12700H (300 - 704, n=63) | |
| Acer Predator Helios 300 PH315-53-786B | |
| Cinebench R15 / CPU Multi 64Bit | |
| Average of class Gaming (905 - 5663, n=206, last 2 years) | |
| Acer Predator Helios 300 (i7-12700H, RTX 3070 Ti) | |
| MSI Vector GP76 12UGS-434 | |
| Razer Blade 17 (i7-12800H, RTX 3070 Ti) | |
| Aorus 17 XE4 | |
| HP Omen 17-ck1075ng | |
| HP Omen 17-ck1075ng | |
| Average Intel Core i7-12700H (1379 - 2916, n=69) | |
| Acer Predator Helios 300 PH315-53-786B | |
| Cinebench R15 / CPU Single 64Bit | |
| Average of class Gaming (191.9 - 318, n=203, last 2 years) | |
| Razer Blade 17 (i7-12800H, RTX 3070 Ti) | |
| Aorus 17 XE4 | |
| MSI Vector GP76 12UGS-434 | |
| HP Omen 17-ck1075ng | |
| HP Omen 17-ck1075ng | |
| Acer Predator Helios 300 (i7-12700H, RTX 3070 Ti) | |
| Average Intel Core i7-12700H (113 - 263, n=64) | |
| Acer Predator Helios 300 PH315-53-786B | |
| Blender / v2.79 BMW27 CPU | |
| Acer Predator Helios 300 PH315-53-786B | |
| HP Omen 17-ck1075ng | |
| Aorus 17 XE4 | |
| Average Intel Core i7-12700H (168 - 732, n=62) | |
| Razer Blade 17 (i7-12800H, RTX 3070 Ti) | |
| Acer Predator Helios 300 (i7-12700H, RTX 3070 Ti) | |
| MSI Vector GP76 12UGS-434 | |
| Average of class Gaming (87 - 555, n=195, last 2 years) | |
| 7-Zip 18.03 / 7z b 4 | |
| Average of class Gaming (23795 - 140932, n=199, last 2 years) | |
| Acer Predator Helios 300 (i7-12700H, RTX 3070 Ti) | |
| MSI Vector GP76 12UGS-434 | |
| Razer Blade 17 (i7-12800H, RTX 3070 Ti) | |
| Average Intel Core i7-12700H (22844 - 73067, n=62) | |
| Aorus 17 XE4 | |
| HP Omen 17-ck1075ng | |
| Acer Predator Helios 300 PH315-53-786B | |
| 7-Zip 18.03 / 7z b 4 -mmt1 | |
| Average of class Gaming (4199 - 7581, n=199, last 2 years) | |
| Aorus 17 XE4 | |
| HP Omen 17-ck1075ng | |
| Razer Blade 17 (i7-12800H, RTX 3070 Ti) | |
| Acer Predator Helios 300 (i7-12700H, RTX 3070 Ti) | |
| Average Intel Core i7-12700H (2743 - 5972, n=62) | |
| MSI Vector GP76 12UGS-434 | |
| Acer Predator Helios 300 PH315-53-786B | |
| Geekbench 5.5 / Multi-Core | |
| Average of class Gaming (4557 - 23194, n=201, last 2 years) | |
| Acer Predator Helios 300 (i7-12700H, RTX 3070 Ti) | |
| Aorus 17 XE4 | |
| Razer Blade 17 (i7-12800H, RTX 3070 Ti) | |
| MSI Vector GP76 12UGS-434 | |
| Average Intel Core i7-12700H (5144 - 13745, n=63) | |
| HP Omen 17-ck1075ng | |
| Acer Predator Helios 300 PH315-53-786B | |
| Geekbench 5.5 / Single-Core | |
| Average of class Gaming (986 - 2210, n=201, last 2 years) | |
| Aorus 17 XE4 | |
| Razer Blade 17 (i7-12800H, RTX 3070 Ti) | |
| MSI Vector GP76 12UGS-434 | |
| HP Omen 17-ck1075ng | |
| Average Intel Core i7-12700H (803 - 1851, n=63) | |
| Acer Predator Helios 300 (i7-12700H, RTX 3070 Ti) | |
| Acer Predator Helios 300 PH315-53-786B | |
| HWBOT x265 Benchmark v2.2 / 4k Preset | |
| Average of class Gaming (6.72 - 38.9, n=199, last 2 years) | |
| MSI Vector GP76 12UGS-434 | |
| Average Intel Core i7-12700H (4.67 - 21.8, n=63) | |
| Acer Predator Helios 300 (i7-12700H, RTX 3070 Ti) | |
| Aorus 17 XE4 | |
| Razer Blade 17 (i7-12800H, RTX 3070 Ti) | |
| HP Omen 17-ck1075ng | |
| Acer Predator Helios 300 PH315-53-786B | |
| LibreOffice / 20 Documents To PDF | |
| Acer Predator Helios 300 (i7-12700H, RTX 3070 Ti) | |
| Average of class Gaming (31.4 - 96.6, n=196, last 2 years) | |
| Average Intel Core i7-12700H (34.2 - 95.3, n=62) | |
| Acer Predator Helios 300 PH315-53-786B | |
| HP Omen 17-ck1075ng | |
| MSI Vector GP76 12UGS-434 | |
| Razer Blade 17 (i7-12800H, RTX 3070 Ti) | |
| Aorus 17 XE4 | |
| R Benchmark 2.5 / Overall mean | |
| Acer Predator Helios 300 PH315-53-786B | |
| Average Intel Core i7-12700H (0.4441 - 1.052, n=62) | |
| HP Omen 17-ck1075ng | |
| MSI Vector GP76 12UGS-434 | |
| Acer Predator Helios 300 (i7-12700H, RTX 3070 Ti) | |
| Razer Blade 17 (i7-12800H, RTX 3070 Ti) | |
| Aorus 17 XE4 | |
| Average of class Gaming (0.3609 - 0.759, n=200, last 2 years) | |
* ... smaller is better
AIDA64: FP32 Ray-Trace | FPU Julia | CPU SHA3 | CPU Queen | FPU SinJulia | FPU Mandel | CPU AES | CPU ZLib | FP64 Ray-Trace | CPU PhotoWorxx
| Performance Rating | |
| Average of class Gaming | |
| Acer Predator Helios 300 (i7-12700H, RTX 3070 Ti) | |
| HP Omen 17-ck1075ng | |
| Average Intel Core i7-12700H | |
| MSI Vector GP76 12UGS-434 | |
| Razer Blade 17 (i7-12800H, RTX 3070 Ti) | |
| Aorus 17 XE4 | |
| Acer Predator Helios 300 PH315-53-786B | |
| AIDA64 / FP32 Ray-Trace | |
| Average of class Gaming (4986 - 60169, n=196, last 2 years) | |
| Acer Predator Helios 300 (i7-12700H, RTX 3070 Ti) | |
| HP Omen 17-ck1075ng | |
| Average Intel Core i7-12700H (2585 - 17957, n=62) | |
| Acer Predator Helios 300 PH315-53-786B | |
| MSI Vector GP76 12UGS-434 | |
| Razer Blade 17 (i7-12800H, RTX 3070 Ti) | |
| Aorus 17 XE4 | |
| AIDA64 / FPU Julia | |
| Average of class Gaming (25360 - 252486, n=196, last 2 years) | |
| Acer Predator Helios 300 (i7-12700H, RTX 3070 Ti) | |
| HP Omen 17-ck1075ng | |
| Average Intel Core i7-12700H (12439 - 90760, n=62) | |
| Acer Predator Helios 300 PH315-53-786B | |
| MSI Vector GP76 12UGS-434 | |
| Razer Blade 17 (i7-12800H, RTX 3070 Ti) | |
| Aorus 17 XE4 | |
| AIDA64 / CPU SHA3 | |
| Average of class Gaming (1339 - 10389, n=196, last 2 years) | |
| Acer Predator Helios 300 (i7-12700H, RTX 3070 Ti) | |
| HP Omen 17-ck1075ng | |
| MSI Vector GP76 12UGS-434 | |
| Average Intel Core i7-12700H (833 - 4242, n=62) | |
| Razer Blade 17 (i7-12800H, RTX 3070 Ti) | |
| Aorus 17 XE4 | |
| Acer Predator Helios 300 PH315-53-786B | |
| AIDA64 / CPU Queen | |
| Average of class Gaming (50699 - 200651, n=196, last 2 years) | |
| HP Omen 17-ck1075ng | |
| Acer Predator Helios 300 (i7-12700H, RTX 3070 Ti) | |
| Aorus 17 XE4 | |
| Average Intel Core i7-12700H (57923 - 103202, n=62) | |
| MSI Vector GP76 12UGS-434 | |
| Razer Blade 17 (i7-12800H, RTX 3070 Ti) | |
| Acer Predator Helios 300 PH315-53-786B | |
| AIDA64 / FPU SinJulia | |
| Average of class Gaming (4800 - 32988, n=196, last 2 years) | |
| Acer Predator Helios 300 (i7-12700H, RTX 3070 Ti) | |
| MSI Vector GP76 12UGS-434 | |
| HP Omen 17-ck1075ng | |
| Razer Blade 17 (i7-12800H, RTX 3070 Ti) | |
| Average Intel Core i7-12700H (3249 - 9939, n=62) | |
| Aorus 17 XE4 | |
| Acer Predator Helios 300 PH315-53-786B | |
| AIDA64 / FPU Mandel | |
| Average of class Gaming (12321 - 134044, n=196, last 2 years) | |
| Acer Predator Helios 300 (i7-12700H, RTX 3070 Ti) | |
| HP Omen 17-ck1075ng | |
| Average Intel Core i7-12700H (7135 - 44760, n=62) | |
| Acer Predator Helios 300 PH315-53-786B | |
| MSI Vector GP76 12UGS-434 | |
| Razer Blade 17 (i7-12800H, RTX 3070 Ti) | |
| Aorus 17 XE4 | |
| AIDA64 / CPU AES | |
| HP Omen 17-ck1075ng | |
| Average of class Gaming (19065 - 328679, n=196, last 2 years) | |
| MSI Vector GP76 12UGS-434 | |
| Average Intel Core i7-12700H (31839 - 144360, n=62) | |
| Acer Predator Helios 300 (i7-12700H, RTX 3070 Ti) | |
| Aorus 17 XE4 | |
| Razer Blade 17 (i7-12800H, RTX 3070 Ti) | |
| Acer Predator Helios 300 PH315-53-786B | |
| AIDA64 / CPU ZLib | |
| Average of class Gaming (373 - 2409, n=196, last 2 years) | |
| Acer Predator Helios 300 (i7-12700H, RTX 3070 Ti) | |
| MSI Vector GP76 12UGS-434 | |
| Razer Blade 17 (i7-12800H, RTX 3070 Ti) | |
| HP Omen 17-ck1075ng | |
| Average Intel Core i7-12700H (305 - 1171, n=62) | |
| Aorus 17 XE4 | |
| Acer Predator Helios 300 PH315-53-786B | |
| AIDA64 / FP64 Ray-Trace | |
| Average of class Gaming (2540 - 31796, n=196, last 2 years) | |
| Acer Predator Helios 300 (i7-12700H, RTX 3070 Ti) | |
| HP Omen 17-ck1075ng | |
| Average Intel Core i7-12700H (1437 - 9692, n=62) | |
| Acer Predator Helios 300 PH315-53-786B | |
| MSI Vector GP76 12UGS-434 | |
| Razer Blade 17 (i7-12800H, RTX 3070 Ti) | |
| Aorus 17 XE4 | |
| AIDA64 / CPU PhotoWorxx | |
| Average of class Gaming (10805 - 60161, n=197, last 2 years) | |
| Acer Predator Helios 300 (i7-12700H, RTX 3070 Ti) | |
| HP Omen 17-ck1075ng | |
| Average Intel Core i7-12700H (12863 - 52207, n=62) | |
| Razer Blade 17 (i7-12800H, RTX 3070 Ti) | |
| MSI Vector GP76 12UGS-434 | |
| Aorus 17 XE4 | |
| Acer Predator Helios 300 PH315-53-786B | |
System Performance
In PCMark 10, our Helios 300 PH317 test unit also runs faster than the average of all laptops with the same CPU in our database. The performance advantage is between 3 and 10%. However, the MSI Vector is still able to place first, barely ahead of the Helios.
CrossMark: Overall | Productivity | Creativity | Responsiveness
| PCMark 10 / Score | |
| MSI Vector GP76 12UGS-434 | |
| Acer Predator Helios 300 (i7-12700H, RTX 3070 Ti) | |
| Average of class Gaming (5776 - 9852, n=176, last 2 years) | |
| Aorus 17 XE4 | |
| Average Intel Core i7-12700H, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti Laptop GPU (6941 - 7947, n=11) | |
| HP Omen 17-ck1075ng | |
| Razer Blade 17 (i7-12800H, RTX 3070 Ti) | |
| Acer Predator Helios 300 PH315-53-786B | |
| PCMark 10 / Essentials | |
| Average of class Gaming (9057 - 12334, n=175, last 2 years) | |
| Aorus 17 XE4 | |
| Acer Predator Helios 300 (i7-12700H, RTX 3070 Ti) | |
| MSI Vector GP76 12UGS-434 | |
| HP Omen 17-ck1075ng | |
| Average Intel Core i7-12700H, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti Laptop GPU (9892 - 10935, n=11) | |
| Razer Blade 17 (i7-12800H, RTX 3070 Ti) | |
| Acer Predator Helios 300 PH315-53-786B | |
| PCMark 10 / Productivity | |
| MSI Vector GP76 12UGS-434 | |
| Acer Predator Helios 300 (i7-12700H, RTX 3070 Ti) | |
| Average of class Gaming (6662 - 14612, n=175, last 2 years) | |
| Aorus 17 XE4 | |
| Average Intel Core i7-12700H, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti Laptop GPU (9024 - 10638, n=11) | |
| HP Omen 17-ck1075ng | |
| Razer Blade 17 (i7-12800H, RTX 3070 Ti) | |
| Acer Predator Helios 300 PH315-53-786B | |
| PCMark 10 / Digital Content Creation | |
| Acer Predator Helios 300 (i7-12700H, RTX 3070 Ti) | |
| MSI Vector GP76 12UGS-434 | |
| Average of class Gaming (6703 - 18475, n=175, last 2 years) | |
| Aorus 17 XE4 | |
| Average Intel Core i7-12700H, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti Laptop GPU (10165 - 12546, n=11) | |
| Razer Blade 17 (i7-12800H, RTX 3070 Ti) | |
| HP Omen 17-ck1075ng | |
| Acer Predator Helios 300 PH315-53-786B | |
| CrossMark / Overall | |
| Aorus 17 XE4 | |
| MSI Vector GP76 12UGS-434 | |
| Average of class Gaming (1247 - 2344, n=159, last 2 years) | |
| Acer Predator Helios 300 (i7-12700H, RTX 3070 Ti) | |
| HP Omen 17-ck1075ng | |
| Average Intel Core i7-12700H, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti Laptop GPU (974 - 2000, n=12) | |
| Razer Blade 17 (i7-12800H, RTX 3070 Ti) | |
| CrossMark / Productivity | |
| Aorus 17 XE4 | |
| MSI Vector GP76 12UGS-434 | |
| Average of class Gaming (1299 - 2204, n=159, last 2 years) | |
| Acer Predator Helios 300 (i7-12700H, RTX 3070 Ti) | |
| Average Intel Core i7-12700H, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti Laptop GPU (907 - 1962, n=12) | |
| HP Omen 17-ck1075ng | |
| Razer Blade 17 (i7-12800H, RTX 3070 Ti) | |
| CrossMark / Creativity | |
| Average of class Gaming (1275 - 2660, n=159, last 2 years) | |
| Acer Predator Helios 300 (i7-12700H, RTX 3070 Ti) | |
| HP Omen 17-ck1075ng | |
| Aorus 17 XE4 | |
| Razer Blade 17 (i7-12800H, RTX 3070 Ti) | |
| MSI Vector GP76 12UGS-434 | |
| Average Intel Core i7-12700H, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti Laptop GPU (1027 - 2057, n=12) | |
| CrossMark / Responsiveness | |
| Aorus 17 XE4 | |
| MSI Vector GP76 12UGS-434 | |
| Average Intel Core i7-12700H, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti Laptop GPU (1029 - 2142, n=12) | |
| Acer Predator Helios 300 (i7-12700H, RTX 3070 Ti) | |
| Average of class Gaming (1030 - 2330, n=159, last 2 years) | |
| HP Omen 17-ck1075ng | |
| Razer Blade 17 (i7-12800H, RTX 3070 Ti) | |
| PCMark 10 Score | 7899 points | |
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| AIDA64 / Memory Copy | |
| Average of class Gaming (21842 - 94222, n=196, last 2 years) | |
| Acer Predator Helios 300 (i7-12700H, RTX 3070 Ti) | |
| Average Intel Core i7-12700H (25615 - 80511, n=62) | |
| HP Omen 17-ck1075ng | |
| Razer Blade 17 (i7-12800H, RTX 3070 Ti) | |
| Aorus 17 XE4 | |
| MSI Vector GP76 12UGS-434 | |
| Acer Predator Helios 300 PH315-53-786B | |
| AIDA64 / Memory Read | |
| Average of class Gaming (23681 - 99713, n=196, last 2 years) | |
| HP Omen 17-ck1075ng | |
| Acer Predator Helios 300 (i7-12700H, RTX 3070 Ti) | |
| Average Intel Core i7-12700H (25586 - 79442, n=62) | |
| Razer Blade 17 (i7-12800H, RTX 3070 Ti) | |
| Aorus 17 XE4 | |
| MSI Vector GP76 12UGS-434 | |
| Acer Predator Helios 300 PH315-53-786B | |
| AIDA64 / Memory Write | |
| Average of class Gaming (22986 - 108954, n=196, last 2 years) | |
| HP Omen 17-ck1075ng | |
| Acer Predator Helios 300 (i7-12700H, RTX 3070 Ti) | |
| Average Intel Core i7-12700H (23679 - 88660, n=62) | |
| Razer Blade 17 (i7-12800H, RTX 3070 Ti) | |
| MSI Vector GP76 12UGS-434 | |
| Aorus 17 XE4 | |
| Acer Predator Helios 300 PH315-53-786B | |
| AIDA64 / Memory Latency | |
| HP Omen 17-ck1075ng | |
| MSI Vector GP76 12UGS-434 | |
| Average of class Gaming (59.5 - 259, n=196, last 2 years) | |
| Aorus 17 XE4 | |
| Acer Predator Helios 300 (i7-12700H, RTX 3070 Ti) | |
| Average Intel Core i7-12700H (76.2 - 133.9, n=60) | |
| Acer Predator Helios 300 PH315-53-786B | |
| Razer Blade 17 (i7-12800H, RTX 3070 Ti) | |
* ... smaller is better
DPC Latencies
While there are no problems when opening the browser or various tabs on our homepage, the problems start when playing our 4K/60-fps YouTube video. Even though it completes with zero dropped frames, there are some latencies that turn out high on average in the comparison.
| DPC Latencies / LatencyMon - interrupt to process latency (max), Web, Youtube, Prime95 | |
| HP Omen 17-ck1075ng | |
| MSI Vector GP76 12UGS-434 | |
| Aorus 17 XE4 | |
| Acer Predator Helios 300 (i7-12700H, RTX 3070 Ti) | |
| Razer Blade 17 (i7-12800H, RTX 3070 Ti) | |
| Acer Predator Helios 300 PH315-53-786B | |
* ... smaller is better
Storage Solution
Acer uses a fast Samsung 980 Pro with 1 TB of storage space and PCIe 4.0 x4 support. In our SSD ranking list, the model places 10th.
In our test, the SSD reaches good values in the comparison, but unfortunately it is unable to maintain those in the constant load test, despite the cooling pad and powerful cooling performance. Since this was a surprise to us, we repeated the test three times later, but always received a similar result.
