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MagyarSchenker XMG Pro 17 with RTX 3080 (Clevo PC70HS) review: A throttled ultra-slim gaming laptop and workstation in one
The last time we tested the 17-inch version of the XMG Pro was in the beginning of 2020, and a lot has happened since then. As we saw in the 15-inch version in March of last year, Schenker has completely reworked the design, turning a case that used to be thick into a particularly slim system with high-performance hardware that is targeted for gamers as well as creative professionals. We now ask whether this ultra-slim design can offer sufficient power for gamers and professionals at the same time.
The predecessor with its RTX 2060 and Intel Core i7-9750H is hardly suited for comparison anymore. For the benchmarks, we therefore use other competitors such as the Alienware x17 R1, the Medion Erazer Beast X25, and the significantly more expensive Asus ROG Zephyrus S17 and MSI GS76 Stealth 11UH, as well as the 15-inch XMG Pro 15 sibling model for comparison.
Possible Competitors for Comparison
Rating | Date | Model | Weight | Height | Size | Resolution | Best Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 84.7 % | 01/2022 | SCHENKER XMG Pro 17 (Late 2021, RTX 3080) i7-11800H, GeForce RTX 3080 Laptop GPU | 2.4 kg | 19.9 mm | 17.30" | 3840x2160 | |
| 84.6 % | 01/2022 | SCHENKER XMG Pro 15 (Late 2021) i7-11800H, GeForce RTX 3080 Laptop GPU | 2 kg | 19.8 mm | 15.60" | 3840x2160 | |
| 89 % | 09/2021 | Alienware x17 RTX 3080 P48E i7-11800H, GeForce RTX 3080 Laptop GPU | 3.2 kg | 21.4 mm | 17.30" | 3840x2160 | |
| 85 % | 07/2021 | Medion Erazer Beast X25 R9 5900HX, GeForce RTX 3080 Laptop GPU | 2.3 kg | 23 mm | 17.30" | 1920x1080 | |
| 86.2 % | 09/2021 | MSI GS76 Stealth 11UH i9-11900H, GeForce RTX 3080 Laptop GPU | 2.4 kg | 20 mm | 17.30" | 3840x2160 | |
| 90.1 % | 07/2021 | Asus ROG Zephyrus S17 GX703HSD i9-11900H, GeForce RTX 3080 Laptop GPU | 2.8 kg | 19.9 mm | 17.30" | 2560x1440 |
Case - Ultra-slim metal case with a plastic keyboard
The slim, black case is now almost completely made of metal, except for the display bezels and the keyboard that is set into the base. For a gaming laptop, the design is kept very modest, reflecting more its parallel ambitions of being a professional workstation.
The basis is not completely resistant to warping but still fairly robust, even though it still produces various creaking noises when we try to bend it, particularly on the right side.
Although the display lid can also be bent slightly, it appears comfortably robust due to the metal frame. The hinges could have been tighter, particularly with small opening angles.
Schenker offers various 17-inch laptops, but the new XMG Pro 17 can easily beat the Key, Apex, Core, Ultra, Focus, Neo, and the predecessor in terms of a slim design. It is a full centimeter (~0.4 in) slimmer, making it the slimmest 17-inch Schenker overall!
The MSI and the Asus ROG are similarly slim but cost considerably more. The Alienware and the Medion cannot quite keep up here, even if at least the Alienware is anything but thick.
Equipment - 3 external monitors
With Thunderbolt 4 (USB-C without a charging function), MiniDisplayport, and HDMI, you can connect three external monitors to the Pro 17. All the display ports are G-Sync compatible. The separate ports for microphone and headphones are also positive.
On the other hand, professional users will probably miss an SD card reader, and the positioning of the connections also gives some small reason for complaint. Even though the ports are distributed over the back, left, and right sides, unfortunately they are placed very close together. In this regard, all the manufacturers should take a look at the affordable MSI GP66 Leopard as a good example.
Communication
While the Intel AX201 WiFi module used here achieves Gigabit speeds, it still performs slightly below its full capabilities, particularly when receiving data.
| Networking | |
| iperf3 transmit AX12 | |
| MSI GS76 Stealth 11UH | |
| Medion Erazer Beast X25 | |
| SCHENKER XMG Pro 15 (Late 2021) | |
| Alienware x17 RTX 3080 P48E | |
| Average Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX201 (49.8 - 1775, n=324) | |
| Average of class Gaming (450 - 1580, n=43, last 2 years) | |
| SCHENKER XMG Pro 17 (Late 2021, RTX 3080) | |
| Asus ROG Zephyrus S17 GX703HSD | |
| iperf3 receive AX12 | |
| Medion Erazer Beast X25 | |
| MSI GS76 Stealth 11UH | |
| SCHENKER XMG Pro 15 (Late 2021) | |
| Average Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX201 (136 - 1743, n=324) | |
| Alienware x17 RTX 3080 P48E | |
| Average of class Gaming (423 - 1700, n=43, last 2 years) | |
| SCHENKER XMG Pro 17 (Late 2021, RTX 3080) | |
| Asus ROG Zephyrus S17 GX703HSD | |
Webcam
Despite the target group being creative professionals, there is a standard 720p webcam that struggles with even larger color deviations than the competitors, which are already not very good.
Security
There is a Kensington Lock slot and also TPM 2.0. In addition, the Pro 17 offers a fingerprint sensor, which is integrated into the top left corner of the touchpad.
The sensor operates in combination with Windows Hello and succeeds in unlocking the laptop very quickly.
Accessories
In addition to the usual paperwork, as typical for Schenker the box includes a USB stick with drivers and alternatively also a driver CD, as well as a black cleaning cloth. Other manufacturers only include less or no accessories at all.
Maintenance
The bottom of the case is secured with 12 Philips screws. After removing them, it is not too hard to pry open the bottom plate although it is made of solid metal. Once you get access to the insides, you can replace the two RAM modules, the WLAN module, and the SSD and also clean the two fans. There is space for a second SSD, and the battery is also accessible.
Warranty
XMG offers a two-year manufacturer warranty. When ordering the laptop, you can also expand this to three years at an extra cost. In contrast to many other manufacturers, the warranty service also includes a free inspection. After you send in the laptop for free, it is cleaned, the heat paste is renewed, and the firmware is updated to the newest version. If you like, Windows can also be reinstalled with all the current updates.
Input Devices - Small keys on a keyboard that bends too much
Keyboard
The keys look fairly small, particularly for a 17-inch laptop. But the layout looks very clean, and there is a number block. Unfortunately, there is no gap between the regular keyboard and the number block, so that the regular-sized arrow keys are not placed separately but positioned between the two keyboard halves.
It is not apparent at first glance, but the keyboard, which is set into the metal base, is only made from thin plastic. This means that the thin plate below the keys bends down a lot, moving in visible waves while typing. This is a bit much for us and becomes annoying.
The stroke height turns out mediocre, but the feedback is clear and typing is fairly comfortable. Only the small size of the keys is slightly annoying. The typing noise is very moderate.
The keyboard offers a separate RGB illumination for each key, allowing you to illuminate the WASD keys in a different color, for example, to make them stand out more from the other keys. The settings for this are contained in the Control Center.
Touchpad
The touchpad is fairly large (~13 x 6.8 cm, ~5.1 x 2.7 in) with dedicated mouse keys below. The fingerprint sensor is integrated in the left, top corner. Finger movements above and to the left of that are not registered.
The surface allows easy sliding of the fingers, and there are hardly any stutters even in slow movements.
The extra mouse keys below are wide and make a good impression at first glance. The volume of the mouse clicks is also at a moderate level. However, when listening closely, the keys produce some slight squeaking noise.
Display - 4K with a high color space coverage
The matte 4K IPS display is the same that is used in the Schenker XMG Ultra 17 from last year. Unfortunately, you have to make do without a higher refresh rate due to the 4K resolution. Alternatively, the laptop is also available with a Full-HD display and fast 300 Hz.
In addition, the panel is very bright, and the brightness distribution is still decent. The black value and contrast are also at a good level, with the latter being even slightly higher than that of the competitors.
What is less good is the very lame response time. In combination with the lower refresh rate, this also shows that the XMG Pro 17 with the 4K display is targeted more towards creative professionals, while gamers might rather choose the Full-HD model, depending on their preference.
We did not detect any PWM. Even looking very closely in the dark, we can only see some minimal screen bleeding at the bottom edge (but it is not visible in the screenshot), so this is not problematic.
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Brightness Distribution: 84 %
Center on Battery: 471 cd/m²
Contrast: 1397:1 (Black: 0.34 cd/m²)
ΔE Color 5.84 | 0.55-29.43 Ø5.1, calibrated: 3.51
ΔE Greyscale 6.56 | 0.57-98 Ø5.3
100% AdobeRGB 1998 (Argyll 2.2.0 3D)
100% sRGB (Argyll 2.2.0 3D)
87.1% Display P3 (Argyll 2.2.0 3D)
Gamma: 2.42
| SCHENKER XMG Pro 17 (Late 2021, RTX 3080) AUO B173ZAN3.0 (AUO309B), IPS, 3840x2160, 17.30 | SCHENKER XMG Pro 15 (Late 2021) Samsung ATNA56WR14-0, OLED, 3840x2160, 15.60 | Alienware x17 RTX 3080 P48E AU Optronics B173ZAN, IPS, 3840x2160, 17.30 | Medion Erazer Beast X25 BOE NE173FHM-NZ1 (BOE0884), IPS, 1920x1080, 17.30 | MSI GS76 Stealth 11UH AUO B173ZAN06.1 (AUODE95), IPS, 3840x2160, 17.30 | Asus ROG Zephyrus S17 GX703HSD BOE099D (BOE CQ NE173QHM-NY3), IPS, 2560x1440, 17.30 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Display | -7% | 0% | -16% | -23% | -3% | |
| Display P3 Coverage | 87.1 | 81.2 -7% | 88.3 1% | 70.4 -19% | 63 -28% | 94.2 8% |
| sRGB Coverage | 100 | 97.7 -2% | 100 0% | 99.8 0% | 94.8 -5% | 98.7 -1% |
| AdobeRGB 1998 Coverage | 100 | 89.1 -11% | 100 0% | 71.6 -28% | 65 -35% | 84.4 -16% |
| Response Times | 94% | 69% | 82% | 81% | 83% | |
| Response Time Grey 50% / Grey 80% * | 46.8 ? | 3.2 ? 93% | 14.4 ? 69% | 9.2 ? 80% | 8.8 ? 81% | 4.8 90% |
| Response Time Black / White * | 32.6 ? | 1.6 ? 95% | 10.4 ? 68% | 5.6 ? 83% | 6.4 ? 80% | 8 75% |
| PWM Frequency | 60 ? | |||||
| Screen | 212% | 13% | 17% | 22% | 11% | |
| Brightness middle | 475 | 443 -7% | 438.7 -8% | 329 -31% | 474 0% | 322 -32% |
| Brightness | 451 | 434 -4% | 435 -4% | 315 -30% | 454 1% | 288 -36% |
| Brightness Distribution | 84 | 94 12% | 91 8% | 88 5% | 88 5% | 72 -14% |
| Black Level * | 0.34 | 0.02 94% | 0.48 -41% | 0.33 3% | 0.46 -35% | 0.3 12% |
| Contrast | 1397 | 22150 1486% | 914 -35% | 997 -29% | 1030 -26% | 1073 -23% |
| Colorchecker dE 2000 * | 5.84 | 3.73 36% | 4.34 26% | 2.03 65% | 1.5 74% | 3.05 48% |
| Colorchecker dE 2000 max. * | 9.97 | 8.12 19% | 7.3 27% | 5.5 45% | 5.59 44% | 5.23 48% |
| Colorchecker dE 2000 calibrated * | 3.51 | 0.72 79% | 0.82 77% | 0.86 75% | 1.92 45% | |
| Greyscale dE 2000 * | 6.56 | 2.5 62% | 2.4 63% | 3.5 47% | 2.8 57% | 3.11 53% |
| Gamma | 2.42 91% | 2.001 110% | 2.09 105% | 2.223 99% | 2.158 102% | 2.13 103% |
| CCT | 6376 102% | 6522 100% | 6413 101% | 6526 100% | 6597 99% | 6553 99% |
| Color Space (Percent of AdobeRGB 1998) | 84 | |||||
| Color Space (Percent of sRGB) | 99 | |||||
| Total Average (Program / Settings) | 100% /
144% | 27% /
18% | 28% /
19% | 27% /
21% | 30% /
18% |
* ... smaller is better
Schenker advertises the display as color calibrated by X-Rite, but the color deviations still leave room for improvement. Warm, red tones are dominating, at least at full brightness. A manual calibration decreases the Delta-E value further, and you can download the corresponding ICC profile file from the link further above.
The display is very well suited for image processing and video editing, since various color spaces are covered well. While sRGB and AdobeRGB are covered completely, DCI-P3 is still covered to 87%.
The 4K panel of the Alienware and the 2K panel of the Asus Zephyrus are similarly good, and the Medion Erazer Beast and the MSI GS76 Stealth turn out worse here, but this is also a matter of the price.
Display Response Times
| ↔ Response Time Black to White | ||
|---|---|---|
| 32.6 ms ... rise ↗ and fall ↘ combined | ↗ 16.6 ms rise |  |
| ↘ 16 ms fall | ||
| The screen shows slow response rates in our tests and will be unsatisfactory for gamers. In comparison, all tested devices range from 0.1 (minimum) to 240 (maximum) ms. » 86 % of all devices are better. This means that the measured response time is worse than the average of all tested devices (21.9 ms). | ||
| ↔ Response Time 50% Grey to 80% Grey | ||
| 46.8 ms ... rise ↗ and fall ↘ combined | ↗ 23.4 ms rise |  |
| ↘ 23.4 ms fall | ||
| The screen shows slow response rates in our tests and will be unsatisfactory for gamers. In comparison, all tested devices range from 0.25 (minimum) to 636 (maximum) ms. » 77 % of all devices are better. This means that the measured response time is worse than the average of all tested devices (34.5 ms). | ||
Screen Flickering / PWM (Pulse-Width Modulation)
| Screen flickering / PWM not detected |  | ||
In comparison: 54 % of all tested devices do not use PWM to dim the display. If PWM was detected, an average of 18982 (minimum: 5 - maximum: 3846000) Hz was measured. | |||
Outdoors, the matte surface, the high brightness of more than 400 Nits, the good viewing angles, and the fairly high contrast will benefit, allowing you to read the display contents in most situations without being impacted much.
The viewing angle stability is decent, even though the brightness decreases noticeably from extreme viewing angles. There are IPS panels with even more stable viewing angles.
Performance - Throttled for the slim case
Schenker advertises the XMG Pro 17 targeting gamers as well as professional users. The Intel Core i7-11800H and particularly the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 laptop GPU, and also the ample 32 GB of RAM support this cause. On the other hand, the 4K display with only 60 Hz but very good color space coverage shows that the laptop aims slightly more towards the needs of creative users rather than gamers. Also, you wouldn't really expect the highest gaming performance from an ultra-slim design either. For example, the TGP of the graphics card is limited to relatively weak 105 watts.
Test Conditions
Schenker is fairly transparent about the performance values of its various performance profiles. The manufacturer officially recommends the "Entertainment" mode as the best compromise between noise volume and performance. However, since we measure all the gaming laptops in the best performance mode (without overclocking), we change to the "Performance" mode in the Control Center. Only here, the GPU is also allowed to use the Dynamic Boost, and the TDPs of the CPU are also slightly higher. The image below shows the performance values of all the modes as listed by Schenker.
Processor
The Intel Core i7-11800H offers an ample eight cores that have a clock speed between 2.3 and 4.6 GHz.
In the Cinebench loop, the values drop by about 7% within the first four or five loops, but they remain stable after that.
Even though they use the same CPU, the XMG Pro is unable to keep up with the powerful, unthrottled Alienware X17 in the multi-core test, and the rest of the competitors are slightly ahead of it. However, these small differences are not relevant in everyday operation, and only the Alienware is significantly faster by 10 to 15%.
In the single-core tests, the differences between the laptops are significantly smaller.
In battery mode, the CPU performance is considerably lower. After an initial value of 13 watts, the TDP decreases to only 11.5 watts. Correspondingly, the score drops from 1,865 - 2,009 to only 534 points, which is a decrease of at least 71%!
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 5.2 - 5.5: Multi-Core | Single-Core
HWBOT x265 Benchmark v2.2: 4k Preset
LibreOffice : 20 Documents To PDF
R Benchmark 2.5: Overall mean
| Cinebench R23 / Multi Core | |
| Average of class Gaming (2435 - 34521, n=242, last 2 years) | |
| Alienware x17 RTX 3080 P48E | |
| MSI GS76 Stealth 11UH | |
| SCHENKER XMG Pro 15 (Late 2021) | |
| Asus ROG Zephyrus S17 GX703HSD | |
| Medion Erazer Beast X25 | |
| SCHENKER XMG Pro 17 (Late 2021, RTX 3080) | |
| Average Intel Core i7-11800H (6508 - 14088, n=48) | |
| Cinebench R23 / Single Core | |
| Average of class Gaming (527 - 2169, n=240, last 2 years) | |
| Asus ROG Zephyrus S17 GX703HSD | |
| MSI GS76 Stealth 11UH | |
| SCHENKER XMG Pro 17 (Late 2021, RTX 3080) | |
| SCHENKER XMG Pro 15 (Late 2021) | |
| Alienware x17 RTX 3080 P48E | |
| Average Intel Core i7-11800H (1386 - 1522, n=45) | |
| Medion Erazer Beast X25 | |
| Cinebench R20 / CPU (Multi Core) | |
| Average of class Gaming (930 - 13769, n=240, last 2 years) | |
| Alienware x17 RTX 3080 P48E | |
| Asus ROG Zephyrus S17 GX703HSD | |
| MSI GS76 Stealth 11UH | |
| Medion Erazer Beast X25 | |
| SCHENKER XMG Pro 15 (Late 2021) | |
| SCHENKER XMG Pro 17 (Late 2021, RTX 3080) | |
| Average Intel Core i7-11800H (2498 - 5408, n=50) | |
| Cinebench R20 / CPU (Single Core) | |
| Average of class Gaming (169 - 825, n=240, last 2 years) | |
| MSI GS76 Stealth 11UH | |
| Asus ROG Zephyrus S17 GX703HSD | |
| SCHENKER XMG Pro 17 (Late 2021, RTX 3080) | |
| SCHENKER XMG Pro 15 (Late 2021) | |
| Alienware x17 RTX 3080 P48E | |
| Medion Erazer Beast X25 | |
| Average Intel Core i7-11800H (520 - 586, n=47) | |
| Cinebench R15 / CPU Multi 64Bit | |
| Average of class Gaming (400 - 5663, n=246, last 2 years) | |
| Asus ROG Zephyrus S17 GX703HSD | |
| Alienware x17 RTX 3080 P48E | |
| MSI GS76 Stealth 11UH | |
| SCHENKER XMG Pro 15 (Late 2021) | |
| Medion Erazer Beast X25 | |
| SCHENKER XMG Pro 17 (Late 2021, RTX 3080) | |
| Average Intel Core i7-11800H (1342 - 2173, n=50) | |
| Cinebench R15 / CPU Single 64Bit | |
| Average of class Gaming (79.2 - 312, n=245, last 2 years) | |
| Asus ROG Zephyrus S17 GX703HSD | |
| Medion Erazer Beast X25 | |
| MSI GS76 Stealth 11UH | |
| SCHENKER XMG Pro 17 (Late 2021, RTX 3080) | |
| Alienware x17 RTX 3080 P48E | |
| SCHENKER XMG Pro 15 (Late 2021) | |
| Average Intel Core i7-11800H (201 - 231, n=46) | |
| Blender / v2.79 BMW27 CPU | |
| Average Intel Core i7-11800H (217 - 454, n=46) | |
| SCHENKER XMG Pro 17 (Late 2021, RTX 3080) | |
| Medion Erazer Beast X25 | |
| MSI GS76 Stealth 11UH | |
| SCHENKER XMG Pro 15 (Late 2021) | |
| Asus ROG Zephyrus S17 GX703HSD | |
| Average of class Gaming (91 - 1259, n=238, last 2 years) | |
| Alienware x17 RTX 3080 P48E | |
| 7-Zip 18.03 / 7z b 4 | |
| Average of class Gaming (11386 - 140932, n=237, last 2 years) | |
| Medion Erazer Beast X25 | |
| Asus ROG Zephyrus S17 GX703HSD | |
| SCHENKER XMG Pro 15 (Late 2021) | |
| Alienware x17 RTX 3080 P48E | |
| MSI GS76 Stealth 11UH | |
| SCHENKER XMG Pro 17 (Late 2021, RTX 3080) | |
| Average Intel Core i7-11800H (33718 - 56758, n=46) | |
| 7-Zip 18.03 / 7z b 4 -mmt1 | |
| Average of class Gaming (2685 - 7581, n=238, last 2 years) | |
| Asus ROG Zephyrus S17 GX703HSD | |
| Medion Erazer Beast X25 | |
| MSI GS76 Stealth 11UH | |
| SCHENKER XMG Pro 17 (Late 2021, RTX 3080) | |
| SCHENKER XMG Pro 15 (Late 2021) | |
| Average Intel Core i7-11800H (5138 - 5732, n=46) | |
| Alienware x17 RTX 3080 P48E | |
| Geekbench 5.2 - 5.5 / Multi-Core | |
| Average of class Gaming (1946 - 22200, n=243, last 2 years) | |
| MSI GS76 Stealth 11UH | |
| Asus ROG Zephyrus S17 GX703HSD | |
| SCHENKER XMG Pro 15 (Late 2021) | |
| SCHENKER XMG Pro 17 (Late 2021, RTX 3080) | |
| Medion Erazer Beast X25 | |
| Average Intel Core i7-11800H (4655 - 9851, n=40) | |
| Geekbench 5.2 - 5.5 / Single-Core | |
| Average of class Gaming (158 - 2139, n=243, last 2 years) | |
| Asus ROG Zephyrus S17 GX703HSD | |
| MSI GS76 Stealth 11UH | |
| SCHENKER XMG Pro 17 (Late 2021, RTX 3080) | |
| SCHENKER XMG Pro 15 (Late 2021) | |
| Average Intel Core i7-11800H (1429 - 1625, n=40) | |
| Medion Erazer Beast X25 | |
| HWBOT x265 Benchmark v2.2 / 4k Preset | |
| Average of class Gaming (3 - 37.6, n=241, last 2 years) | |
| Alienware x17 RTX 3080 P48E | |
| Asus ROG Zephyrus S17 GX703HSD | |
| Medion Erazer Beast X25 | |
| SCHENKER XMG Pro 15 (Late 2021) | |
| MSI GS76 Stealth 11UH | |
| SCHENKER XMG Pro 17 (Late 2021, RTX 3080) | |
| Average Intel Core i7-11800H (7.38 - 17.4, n=46) | |
| LibreOffice / 20 Documents To PDF | |
| Average of class Gaming (32.8 - 332, n=236, last 2 years) | |
| Medion Erazer Beast X25 | |
| MSI GS76 Stealth 11UH | |
| SCHENKER XMG Pro 15 (Late 2021) | |
| SCHENKER XMG Pro 17 (Late 2021, RTX 3080) | |
| Alienware x17 RTX 3080 P48E | |
| Average Intel Core i7-11800H (38.6 - 59.9, n=45) | |
| Asus ROG Zephyrus S17 GX703HSD | |
| R Benchmark 2.5 / Overall mean | |
| Average Intel Core i7-11800H (0.548 - 0.615, n=46) | |
| Alienware x17 RTX 3080 P48E | |
| SCHENKER XMG Pro 17 (Late 2021, RTX 3080) | |
| SCHENKER XMG Pro 15 (Late 2021) | |
| MSI GS76 Stealth 11UH | |
| Asus ROG Zephyrus S17 GX703HSD | |
| Medion Erazer Beast X25 | |
| Average of class Gaming (0.375 - 4.47, n=238, 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 | |
| SCHENKER XMG Pro 17 (Late 2021, RTX 3080) | |
| Average Intel Core i7-11800H | |
| AIDA64 / FP32 Ray-Trace | |
| Average of class Gaming (2585 - 55084, n=231, last 2 years) | |
| SCHENKER XMG Pro 17 (Late 2021, RTX 3080) | |
| Average Intel Core i7-11800H (8772 - 15961, n=20) | |
| AIDA64 / FPU Julia | |
| Average of class Gaming (12439 - 234848, n=231, last 2 years) | |
| SCHENKER XMG Pro 17 (Late 2021, RTX 3080) | |
| Average Intel Core i7-11800H (39404 - 65636, n=20) | |
| AIDA64 / CPU SHA3 | |
| SCHENKER XMG Pro 17 (Late 2021, RTX 3080) | |
| Average Intel Core i7-11800H (2599 - 4439, n=20) | |
| Average of class Gaming (629 - 9930, n=231, last 2 years) | |
| AIDA64 / CPU Queen | |
| Average of class Gaming (15371 - 186519, n=231, last 2 years) | |
| SCHENKER XMG Pro 17 (Late 2021, RTX 3080) | |
| Average Intel Core i7-11800H (85233 - 91941, n=20) | |
| AIDA64 / FPU SinJulia | |
| Average of class Gaming (2137 - 30810, n=231, last 2 years) | |
| SCHENKER XMG Pro 17 (Late 2021, RTX 3080) | |
| Average Intel Core i7-11800H (6420 - 9792, n=20) | |
| AIDA64 / FPU Mandel | |
| Average of class Gaming (7135 - 124377, n=231, last 2 years) | |
| SCHENKER XMG Pro 17 (Late 2021, RTX 3080) | |
| Average Intel Core i7-11800H (23365 - 39464, n=20) | |
| AIDA64 / CPU AES | |
| SCHENKER XMG Pro 17 (Late 2021, RTX 3080) | |
| Average Intel Core i7-11800H (74617 - 149388, n=20) | |
| Average of class Gaming (18146 - 328679, n=231, last 2 years) | |
| AIDA64 / CPU ZLib | |
| Average of class Gaming (150.9 - 2231, n=234, last 2 years) | |
| SCHENKER XMG Pro 17 (Late 2021, RTX 3080) | |
| Average Intel Core i7-11800H (461 - 830, n=43) | |
| AIDA64 / FP64 Ray-Trace | |
| Average of class Gaming (1437 - 29473, n=231, last 2 years) | |
| SCHENKER XMG Pro 17 (Late 2021, RTX 3080) | |
| Average Intel Core i7-11800H (4545 - 8717, n=21) | |
| AIDA64 / CPU PhotoWorxx | |
| Average of class Gaming (8341 - 52949, n=232, last 2 years) | |
| SCHENKER XMG Pro 17 (Late 2021, RTX 3080) | |
| Average Intel Core i7-11800H (11898 - 26757, n=21) | |
System Performance
In PCMark 10, the XMG Pro doesn't necessarily deliver the most powerful performance, to say it mildly. Usually, the competitors in the test remain fairly close together, but our test unit always remains behind the competitors by about 8% (MSI) to 18% (Alienware). While in this performance class, this won't really be that noticeable in everyday operation since everything runs smoothly, for performance enthusiasts, the PCMark scores of the slim laptop are a disappointment.
| PCMark 10 / Score | |
| Alienware x17 RTX 3080 P48E | |
| Average of class Gaming (4477 - 9331, n=198, last 2 years) | |
| Asus ROG Zephyrus S17 GX703HSD | |
| Average Intel Core i7-11800H, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Laptop GPU (6673 - 7470, n=11) | |
| SCHENKER XMG Pro 17 (Late 2021, RTX 3080) | |
| Medion Erazer Beast X25 | |
| MSI GS76 Stealth 11UH | |
| SCHENKER XMG Pro 15 (Late 2021) | |
| PCMark 10 / Essentials | |
| Asus ROG Zephyrus S17 GX703HSD | |
| Average of class Gaming (7334 - 12176, n=197, last 2 years) | |
| Average Intel Core i7-11800H, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Laptop GPU (9862 - 11064, n=11) | |
| Alienware x17 RTX 3080 P48E | |
| SCHENKER XMG Pro 17 (Late 2021, RTX 3080) | |
| Medion Erazer Beast X25 | |
| SCHENKER XMG Pro 15 (Late 2021) | |
| MSI GS76 Stealth 11UH | |
| PCMark 10 / Productivity | |
| Alienware x17 RTX 3080 P48E | |
| Average of class Gaming (6161 - 11833, n=197, last 2 years) | |
| Medion Erazer Beast X25 | |
| Asus ROG Zephyrus S17 GX703HSD | |
| SCHENKER XMG Pro 17 (Late 2021, RTX 3080) | |
| Average Intel Core i7-11800H, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Laptop GPU (8278 - 9803, n=11) | |
| MSI GS76 Stealth 11UH | |
| SCHENKER XMG Pro 15 (Late 2021) | |
| PCMark 10 / Digital Content Creation | |
| Alienware x17 RTX 3080 P48E | |
| Average of class Gaming (5288 - 16424, n=197, last 2 years) | |
| Asus ROG Zephyrus S17 GX703HSD | |
| Average Intel Core i7-11800H, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Laptop GPU (9881 - 11323, n=11) | |
| SCHENKER XMG Pro 17 (Late 2021, RTX 3080) | |
| MSI GS76 Stealth 11UH | |
| SCHENKER XMG Pro 15 (Late 2021) | |
| Medion Erazer Beast X25 | |
| PCMark 10 Score | 6996 points | |
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| AIDA64 / Memory Copy | |
| Average of class Gaming (18074 - 80776, n=231, last 2 years) | |
| SCHENKER XMG Pro 15 (Late 2021) | |
| SCHENKER XMG Pro 17 (Late 2021, RTX 3080) | |
| Medion Erazer Beast X25 | |
| Average Intel Core i7-11800H (24508 - 48144, n=21) | |
| AIDA64 / Memory Read | |
| Average of class Gaming (20318 - 89096, n=231, last 2 years) | |
| SCHENKER XMG Pro 15 (Late 2021) | |
| SCHENKER XMG Pro 17 (Late 2021, RTX 3080) | |
| Average Intel Core i7-11800H (25882 - 50365, n=20) | |
| Medion Erazer Beast X25 | |
| AIDA64 / Memory Write | |
| Average of class Gaming (15975 - 99898, n=231, last 2 years) | |
| Medion Erazer Beast X25 | |
| SCHENKER XMG Pro 15 (Late 2021) | |
| SCHENKER XMG Pro 17 (Late 2021, RTX 3080) | |
| Average Intel Core i7-11800H (22240 - 46214, n=20) | |
| AIDA64 / Memory Latency | |
| SCHENKER XMG Pro 15 (Late 2021) | |
| SCHENKER XMG Pro 17 (Late 2021, RTX 3080) | |
| Medion Erazer Beast X25 | |
| Average of class Gaming (76.2 - 136.8, n=231, last 2 years) | |
| Average Intel Core i7-11800H (71.9 - 104.1, n=44) | |
| Asus ROG Zephyrus S17 GX703HSD | |
| Alienware x17 RTX 3080 P48E | |
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DPC Latencies
When just opening the web browser (Edge), the LatencyMon software already encounters some latency problems. These increase when playing our 4K, 60-fps YouTube test video (32 dropped frames) or briefly starting the Prime95 test.
The fault appears to lie mainly in the ACPI driver for NT, but there is also an Nvidia driver that creates some problems for the system.
However, in our comparison the size of the latency value is more in the middle of the field, and the comparison laptops are also not free of problems. It is only that their latencies start later and definitely not when just starting the browser.
| DPC Latencies / LatencyMon - interrupt to process latency (max), Web, Youtube, Prime95 | |
| Alienware x17 RTX 3080 P48E | |
| Asus ROG Zephyrus S17 GX703HSD | |
| SCHENKER XMG Pro 17 (Late 2021, RTX 3080) | |
| SCHENKER XMG Pro 15 (Late 2021) | |
| Medion Erazer Beast X25 | |
| MSI GS76 Stealth 11UH | |
* ... smaller is better
Storage Solution
Schenker uses the proven and fast Samsung SSD 980 Pro with 1 TB of storage space. Its performance is at the top end, and only the PM9A1 (MSI, Asus Zephyrus) from the same manufacturer is slightly faster in some areas.
During the constant read test, the very high performance drops slightly over time, but it should still be higher than that of some competitors.
* ... smaller is better