Who can not love the ultimate performance of top-level gaming laptops, ROG Strix Scar 17 SE G733CX uses Intel Core i9-12950HX laptop processor 16C24T with the highest core count and 5.0GHz Turbo clock speed, with RTX 3080 Ti 16GB laptop GPU , with the highest dynamic power consumption of the whole machine of 230W, as well as the heat dissipation design of double liquid gold and vapor chamber, as well as the trendy shape and RGB custom lighting effect, lighting up the player’s personal style.
ROG Strix Scar 17 SE (2022) G733CX Specifications
System: Windows 11 Home
Processor: Intel Core i9-12950HX 8+8C24T 5.0GHz 65W
Memory: 16GB DDR5-4800 SO-DIMM x 2, dual-channel
graphics chip: NVIDIA NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Laptop GPU 175W Dynamic Boost, internal display
Main screen: 17.3 inches FHD+ 16:9 1920×1080, sRGB 100%, 360Hz, 3ms, IPS, Adaptive-Sync, MUX Switch + Optimus
Storage space: 1TB + 1TB PCIe 4.0 NVMe M.2 Performance SSD (RAID 0)
Keyboard: Backlit island-style keyboard, individual key RGB, Touchpad
I/O Ports: 3.5mm Headphone/Mic, HDMI 2.1, 2 x USB 3.2 Gen 1, USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-C (DisplayPort / Power Delivery / G-SYNC), RJ45 2.5GbE LAN, USB 4 Type C ( DP / Thunderbolt 4)
Sound Effects: 4 Smart Amplifier Speakers, Dolby Atmos, Array Mic, AI Noise
Cancellation Network: 2.5GbE LAN, Wi-Fi 6E 802.11ax 2*2 + Bluetooth 5.2
Battery: 90WHrs, 4S1P, 4-cell Lithium Ion battery
Transformer: 19.5V DC, 16.9A, 330W
Dimensions: 39.5 x 28.2 x 2.34 ~ 2.83 cm
Weight: 3.10 Kg
Accessories: ROG backpack, ROG Impact gaming mouse, UV flashlight
Break the code! ROG Strix Scar 17 SE G733CX Unboxing / Invisible Ink, Customize Your RGB Style
ROG Strix Scar 17 SE maintains a young and trendy design with a bit of a rebellious tone in a calm and steady appearance. The beveled design has the design of the ROG logo and cyberpunk-like electronic domain characters, and the right half of the keyboard surface is made of translucent material. The looming half-armor style makes people love it more and more. The RGB light bar under the laptop can better show the player’s personal style.
The new ROG Strix Scar 17 SE G733CX, in addition to its trendy appearance that does not lose the western style, also uses the strongest mobile version of the Intel Core i9-12950HX processor, with 8 P-Core, 8 E-Core, 16 cores, and 24 execution threads. The highest 5.0 GHz Turbo clock preset power consumption is 55-65W.
In addition, it is also equipped with the strongest mobile version of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti 16GB notebook GPU, which can reach a maximum clock speed of 1640MHz and 175W Dynamic Boost; and has the MUX Switch function, which can change the notebook screen to use RTX 3080 Ti independent display output, In this way, the lowest latency and better performance can be obtained.
ROG Strix Scar 17 SE G733CX looks low-key and calm when it is not turned on. Still, when it is turned on, the ROG AURA Logo on the laptop’s surface and the electric field pattern designed with “metallic invisible ink” in the lower left corner needs to use included. The hidden text can only be seen when the UV light is on.
In other words, if the ROG Strix Scar 17 SE G733CX is used in a sunny place, the invisible lines will also appear, but don’t let it bask in the sun all the time. The text will not disappear after a long time.
In addition, ROG Strix Scar 17 SE G733CX also has a “customized ROG armor nameplate.” By default, the nameplates of 稜鏡, Phantom Gray, and Tiefulong Black are provided for players to replace themselves, and there are 3D printing templates for users to choose from. Players can DIY to customize your style.
17.3-inch FHD 1080p ultra-fast 360Hz refresh rate 3ms response speed
ROG Strix Scar 17 SE G733CX uses a 17.3-inch FHD 1920 x 1080 resolution 360Hz refresh rate IPS panel, supporting functions such as Adaptive-Sync and MUX Switch + Optimus. But judging from the price of this unit, it is a pity that there is no option to go straight to 2K QHD 240Hz.
In addition, the laptop has been pre-calibrated and stored in the system when it leaves the factory, which can achieve 100% sRGB color gamut performance and supports Dolby Vision HDR.
The interesting little design is that the laptop screen adopts a three-narrow frame design, and in the shape cutout at the bottom right of the screen, there is an RGB light hidden so that the keyboard surface can reflect the RGB light effect, which also makes the ROG Strix Scar 17 SE more delicate RGB lighting design.
Single key RGB backlit keyboard, M1~M5 custom keys, Keystone
ROG Strix Scar 17 SE has a good keyboard configuration. There is enough space under the large-sized body to design 100% of the keyboard, and there is enough spacing to make the configuration of the laptop keyboard close to that of a desktop mechanical keyboard. Moreover, the laptop’s arrow keys have an independent space, allowing players to be more comfortable when they are villagers.
In addition to the multimedia and function keys combined with Fn Key, there are 5 custom keys, M1~M5, on the upper left of the keyboard. The default is volume-, volume +, microphone Off, fan mode, Armory Crate, and other shortcut keys. All functions can be adjusted in the Armory Crate software.
The laptop touchpad is a hidden button with a smooth feel and a good pressing feeling, and you can use Fn + F10 to turn it on or off the touchpad function.
In addition, ROG Overstroke’s keys feel neat and clear, and the 2mm thin key travel has a clear press and release feel. And it is equipped with a uniform AURA RGB backlight. In addition to the synchronous lighting effect, the lighting of each button can be customized to satisfy players who love RGB lighting effects.
The “Keystone” added in the previous generations is also retained in this generation. Players can insert the Keystone into the magnetic suction groove on the laptop’s right side and use the Armory Crate software to customize the Keystone function.
For example, when the Keystone is inserted into the laptop, there will be unique sound effects and keyboard lighting effects, and it can be used to specify the opening of the program or switch the mode of the laptop; when the Keystone is removed, the laptop can automatically display the desktop and mute, or It is a function that directly locks the system like the BOSS key.
And there is also a handsome Keystone key ring tag in the accessories that can be carried with you, but it cannot be used as a login lock for Windows Hello, which is a bit of a pity.
I/O configuration: 2.5GbE LAN, USB 3.2 Gen2, USB4 supports 3 screen outputs
The laptop I/O is concentrated on the left and rear, the basic 3.5mm headphone/microphone, HDMI 2.1, RJ45 2.5GbE LAN, and 2 USB 3.2 Gen 1 and 1 USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-C support DisplayPort audio and video Output, Power Delivery charging and G-SYNC screen synchronization function.
In addition, a USB 4 Type C port supports DP video output and Thunderbolt 4 high-speed external transmission. As for the video output of the laptop, there are mainly HDMI 2.1, USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-C, and USB 4 Type-C, so it supports 3 external monitor output functions.
The configuration of the video port is that RTX 3080 Ti is connected to HDMI 2.1 and USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-C, while USB 4 Type-C uses the built-in display to output video.
ROG Intelligent Cooling double liquid gold, vapor chamber, 4 air outlets
Back On Top means that the ROG Strix Scar 17 SE has the same design elements at the bottom, using a large area of cooling holes. Rubber feet support the bottom space while ensuring that the cooling holes will not be covered, even the pen. The bottom of the battery also has a very good-looking shape: ROG.
The ROG Intelligent Cooling heat dissipation design adopts a customized temperature chamber and heat pipe, which can effectively dissipate heat for the CPU, GPU, power supply module, and video memory and transfer waste heat to 4 sets of cooling fins and 4 air outlets. The waste heat is discharged by 2 dustproof.
In addition, ROG uses Thermal Grizzly’s Conductonaut Extreme liquid metal as the heat dissipation medium of the CPU and GPU to give the notebook the strongest heat dissipation design.
Armory Crate Laptop Monitoring, Performance Settings and MUX Switch Switching
In terms of software, ROG Strix mainly uses Armory Crate software. The home page has complete system information and CPU, GPU, memory, and fan information. It also provides performance mode switching and system setting functions.
Laptop performance has modes such as Custom, Turbo, Balanced, Silent, and Windows. In the manual custom mode, you can adjust the maximum power consumption of the CPU and the Turbo clock rate, and you can overclock the GPU to increase the clock rate and set Dynamic Boost, power saving, and other functions. , and can be set for the CPU and GPU fan curves simultaneously.
Generally, it is recommended to use the plug-in mode in Performance and switch to Windows or the Silent mode with the lowest performance when going out. When you need game performance or laptop computing performance, you can switch to Turbo or Manual to get the maximum performance, but relatively The fan noise will also come to around 40-50dBA.
The homepage and device settings have a “GPU Mode” switching function. This is the “MUX Switch” switching function advertised on the laptop website, allowing the laptop screen to use the RTX 3080 Ti independent display output to obtain the lowest latency performance. It’s just that it has been integrated into the GPU power-saving setting in the Armory Crate software.
Switching from GPU Mode to Ultimate requires restarting the laptop, and the laptop screen will use the discrete display output after booting up; when you are generally away from home, it is recommended to switch back to Standard or Optimized mode, which will get the best GPU power-saving performance.
In terms of lighting effects, there are basic lighting and Aura Sync. If you want more advanced customization functions, you need to use Aura Creator to customize them.
In terms of sound effects, it provides two-way AI noise reduction, which uses a few CPU resources to provide noise reduction functions for input microphones and output sound effects.
GameVisual can adjust the laptop screen’s color mode, color temperature, and other adjustment functions.
ROG Strix Scar 17 SE G733CX creation PR / LR / PS, Blender, V-Ray test
ROG Strix Scar 17 SE G733CX performance test, set to Manual mode CPU maximum power consumption, maximum clock speed, and adjusted to FAN 3 mode, GPU Mode Ultimate discrete graphics mode. The main specifications of the laptop are Intel Core i9-12950HX, 32GB DDR5-4800 dual-channel, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti laptop GPU 175W Dynamic Boost.
CPU-ZView Intel Core i9-12950HX processor information, code-named Alder Lake, 10nm process 8P+8E core 24-thread laptop processor, the highest Boost clock frequency is 5.2GHz, thermal power consumption is 55W TDP; memory is dual-channel 32GB DDR5 -4800.
GPU-Z checks the GeForce RTX 3080 Ti notebook GPU information. It has 7424 rendering cores, 16GB GDDR6 memory, GPU Boost clock frequency of 1640 MHz, and a Resizable BAR is enabled. The driver version is NVIDIA 526.98 during the test. The built-in display is Intel UHD Graphics.
For the conversion output test of Adobe Premiere Pro 2020, the UL Procyon Video Editing Benchmark test tool is used here. The test is to use 2160p 30/60 FPS video, and the output is H.264 – YouTube 1080p Full HD and HEVC (H. 265) – 4K UHD format, and compare the output performance of pure CPU output and adding GPU acceleration.
ROG Strix Scar 17 SE G733CX scored 7,293 points in this project. Accelerated by the RTX 3080 Ti GPU, the H.264 1080p FHD output is completed in 23.4 seconds, and the H.265 4K UHD output is completed in only 52.3 seconds. Action creation ability.
Adobe Photoshop and Lightroom Classic passed the UL Procyon Photo Editing Benchmark test tool; the two working conditions of the test, Image Retouching test is to use Photoshop to perform photo editing and record the time of each step, while the Batch Processing test is a batch Use Lightroom to adjust and output a large number of photos.
ROG Strix Scar 17 SE G733CX scored 9619 points, 8471 points for image editing, and 10923 points for batch processing. The performance is enough for video workers to edit photos anytime, anywhere.
Blender is a cross-platform, open-source 3D creation tool that supports CPU and GPU rendering acceleration functions and various 3D operations: Modeling, Rigging, Animation, Simulation, Rendering, Compositing Motion Tracking, etc.
Through the Blender Benchmark 3.1.0 test, the RTX 3080 Ti can achieve the number of samples per minute of 1903.4 for the monster scene, 1154.6 for the junkshop scene, and 969.4 for the classroom scene, greatly improving the speed of 3D rendering and creation, which is much faster than CPU rendering.
V-Ray BenchmarkDeveloped by Chaos Group, V-Ray is a ray rendering software designed based on the laws of physics, and this tool can perform calculation tests on CPU and GPU for ray-traced rendered images.
RTX 3080 Ti adopts CUDA operation to achieve 1313 vpaths performance and uses RTX operation to achieve 1954 vrays performance.
ROG Strix Scar 17 SE G733CX Computer Performance Benchmark
CINEBENCH R20 and R23, developed by MAXON based on Cinema 4D, can be used to evaluate the 3D rendering performance of computer processors. This is also a reliable test software that can quickly evaluate CPU multi-core computing performance.
The i9-12950HX has the performance of CPU 6526 pts and single-core 708 pts in CINEBENCH R20, and the computing performance of CPU 18144 pts and single-core 1864 pts in the R23 version.
AIDA64 memory test, ROG Strix Scar 17 SE G733CX uses dual-channel DDR5-4800 32GB memory, memory read and write 69612 MB/s, 66657 MB/s, memory delay 86.4ns.
The computer’s overall performance is first tested with PCMark 10, which can be used to score the basic computer work of Essentials, such as App startup speed, video conferencing, and web browsing performance. The Productivity productivity test uses spreadsheets and paperwork as test items. Digital Content Creation In video, content creation is measured by photo/video editing, rendering, and visualization.
ROG Strix Scar 17 SE G733CX has a score of 8586 points. This performance can undoubtedly meet the basic needs of computer use, such as paperwork and Internet access. General computer work is 11120 points, productivity is 11804 points, digital content creation is 13089, and the CPU is the highest during the test. The clock is recorded at 5.2GHz.
The PCMark 10 Application test is a computer productivity performance test using actual software such as Office Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Edge.
ROG Strix Scar 17 SE G733CX achieved a score of 14504, and all programs can be opened and run within 1 second. It can definitely be used for paperwork.
The cross-platform computer performance testing tool CrossMark is a free tool developed by BAPCo. It supports platforms such as Windows, iOS/iPadOS, macOS and Android. It is aimed at computer productivity, such as text editing, spreadsheets, web browsing, and Creative photo editing, organizing and video editing, etc., plus computer response speed for testing.
ROG Strix Scar 17 SE G733CX achieved a total score of 2059 points, 1888 points for Productivity, 2333 points for Creativity, and 1834 points for Responsiveness.
The ROG Strix Scar 17 SE G733CX laptop uses two 1TB PCIe 4.0 NVMe M.2 SSDs to form a RAID 0 disk array. In terms of performance, CrystalDiskMark can achieve sequential read and write performance of 12017 MB/s and 10284 MB/s.
The 3DMark Fire Strike test quickly tests the performance of the laptop for the old DX11 API and AAA games. In the mainstream 1080p resolution Fire Strike test, the ROG Strix Scar 17 SE G733CX scored 28,289 points, while the 1440p Extreme scored 16,043 points. The Ultra test at a high 4K 2160p resolution scored 8,611.
3DMark Time SpyIt is a test scenario designed using DirectX 12 API, which is also locked in the AAA game level. The ROG Strix Scar 17 SE G733CX scored 13,249 points on the Time Spy test at 1440p, while the Extreme scored 6,321 points.
The 3DMark NVIDIA DLSS test uses the Port Royal ray tracing test scene and tests the performance gap before and after DLSS is turned on. Through DLSS Performance acceleration, the ray tracing performance can be increased from 39.36 FPS to 93.11 FPS, which is about a 2.3x performance upgrade.
ROG Strix Scar 17 SE G733CX – Performance test of 4 e-sports games
The first 4 entry- level e-sports games, “Rainbow Six: Siege,” “League of Legends”, “APEX Legends,” and “CS:GO,” are sure It is basic games that many players have played and installed on their computers. The test is 1080p resolution and has the highest special effect setting.
ROG Strix Scar 17 SE G733CX has an average of 534.85 FPS in “CS:GO”, an average of 307.5 FPS in “League of Legends”, and an average of 380 FPS in “Rainbow Six: Siege”. The average performance of more than 100 frames.
ROG Strix Scar 17 SE G733CX – 11 games performance test
11 AAA game performance tests are tested at 1080p resolution and full special effects, including racing games “F1® 22” and “Forza Horizon 5”, adventure games “Tomb Raider: Shadow”, “The Division 2” “, “Horizon: Waiting for Dawn”, “Death Stranding”, “Gears of War 5”, and of course including the performance-intensive “Border Forbidden Land 3”, “Blood Killing 2”, “Assassin’s Creed: Viking Era” and “God of War” Wait for the test.
The above 11 games ROG Strix Scar 17 SE G733CX achieved an average performance of 118.2 FPS, “The Division 2” averaged 150 FPS, “Horizon: Waiting for Dawn” averaged 120 FPS, and the resource-hungry masterpiece “Green Blood 2” opened DLSS average Up to 106.7 FPS, “God of War” through DLSS image quality acceleration to 104 FPS.
ROG Strix Scar 17 SE G733CX – 8 light-chasing DXR game tests
8 light-chasing game tests, using the most popular “Dian Yu Ren Ke 2077”, “Spider-Man: Miles Moras”, “Polar Warfare” Howl 6 and Evil Castle Village, as well as games such as Control, Watch Dogs 2, Marvel Interstellar, and Tunnel Tremor: Exile, tested with 1600p resolution and special effects Highest and enable DLSS / FSR acceleration.
ROG Strix Scar 17 SE G733CX reached an average of 109.4 FPS in these 8 light-chasing games. The game “Dian Yu Ren Ke 2077” with high requirements for light-chasing performance averaged 94.7 FPS, “Control” averaged 106 FPS, and “Spider-Man: Miles Moras has an average of 104 FPS, which satisfies the players’ ultimate pursuit of light and shadow in the game, and relatively better light-tracing performance is like “Marvel Interstellar Attack Team” with an average of 132 FPS, and “Evil Castle Village” 156 FPS average.
ROG Strix Scar 17 SE G733CX temperature test
Temperature test, also set to “Manual” mode to test standby, AIDA64 CPU, Cinebench R23 and Time Spy Stress test (GPU) stress test of simulated games, and the game “Dianyu Renke 2077” subsequent temperature performance.
When ROG Strix Scar 17 SE G733CX is on standby, the CPU and GPU temperatures are at 50°C and 48.7°C, and in the AIDA64 CPU stress test for 10 minutes, the temperature reaches 95°C, while the Cinebench R23 CPU 10-minute test CPU temperature reaches 95°C c.
The CPU stress test has experienced frequency reduction, and the maximum power consumption has gradually dropped from 85W to 77W at the beginning.
The Time Spy Stress test of the simulation game tests the temperature of the CPU at 96°C and the GPU at 80.4°C. As for the light-chasing game “Dianyu Renke 2077” test, the CPU is 95°C, and the GPU is 80°C.
The laptop still focuses on GPU cooling performance while the CPU is pressed at the upper limit of 95°C. The noise is about 40-50 dBA in manual mode and fan 3 settings. If you wear headphones, the noise can be ignored.
Using a thermal imager to capture the surface of the laptop keyboard while gaming, the hottest spot in the center reaches 49.6°C, the QWER temperature of the keyboard area is only 30.5°C. Still, the temperature of the blank keys is 38.6°C higher, and the palm rest area is quite close to the ambient temperature.
The air outlet on the left is 41.6°C, the air outlet on the right is 41.5°C, and the air outlet on the rear is 40.6°C and 38.9°C. Having some space on the desktop is recommended to avoid heat accumulation.
ROG Strix Scar 17 SE G733CX Endurance Test
Notebook Endurance Test PCMark 10 Battery Profile’s Modem Office scenario, Modem Office test includes input, web browsing, video conferencing, etc., and idle time is added in the middle to simulate general use of laptops working environment; ROG Strix Scar 17 SE G733CX is set to 50% screen brightness, Wi-Fi On, RGB Off.
AC in the diagram represents the Armory Crate mode setting and GPU mode.
The battery life of the laptop can reach 3 hours and 16 minutes in Performance mode, and then change to the power supply Windows default, GPU Optimized can reach 4 hours and 14 minutes, as for the longest battery life setting Silent, GPU Eco can reach 5 hours and 50 minutes of a battery lifetime.
If you go out for daily use, it is recommended to set it to Silent, GPU Eco mode, and the performance is higher than Windows, but the overall battery life has good performance.
Summary
ROG Strix Scar 17 SE G733CX continues ROG’s low-key and calm line, but it shows young, trendy, and unique RGB lighting effects as soon as it is turned on. It has the most powerful Intel Core i9-12950HX and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti pen. Flagship hardware specifications for electric GPUs.
It’s just a pity that it is equipped with FHD, 360Hz high refresh rate IPS screen. It would be perfect if there were QHD and 240Hz options; in addition, the 4 Smart Amplifier speakers can also bring good game sound effects and music experience and have an array microphone and AI noise reduction function, but the WebCam is canceled. If you need a video conference, prepare a USB video camera.
This extreme performance can meet the performance of FHD, QHD e-sports, AAA, and ray-chasing games. Under the test, the average AAA games are 118.2 FPS, ray-chasing games are 109.4 FPS, and the performance of e-sports games is more than 100 FPS. Meet the performance needs of gamers, audio-visual, computing, and other work.
ROG Strix Scar 17 SE G733CX is priced in Taiwan at NT$94,900, which is 100,000. The price you can find is better than the noble West Wind, but next year’s CES is coming soon, and the Taiwan market may be at the end of January or February next year. A new generation of gaming notebooks is ushered in. Players who want to buy a flagship notebook should spend more time researching it!
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