Schenker XMG Ultra 17 (Clevo P775TM1-G) Laptop Review

[Redaktion]

With the power of six cores. After quad-core processors have been the standard in powerful notebooks and desktop computers for years, 2018 thanks to Intel's Coffee-Lake and AMD's Ryzen architecture is the starting point for Hex- and Octa-Core chipsets on a large scale. The Schenker XMG Ultra 17 has to prove itself, being one of the first notebooks with a six-core processor.

https://www.notebookcheck.net/Schenker-XMG-Ultra-17-Clevo-P775TM1-G-Laptop-Review.288972.0.html

[Noblestone]

So its massive, costs £4300, is the noisiest laptop i've ever seen tested, can't maintain any CPU boost and you still reward it with a high score?

Recently, your scores don't seem to reflect your reviews.

[Imglidinhere]

So its massive, costs £4300, is the noisiest laptop i've ever seen tested, can't maintain any CPU boost and you still reward it with a high score?

Recently, your scores don't seem to reflect your reviews.

Agreed. The lack of any appropriate boost shows serious flaws in the rating scale. It's silly how a system with a score of 75% is considered into the "bad" or "highly not recommended" range when a solid 90% of machines are going to be in that gray area. I feel like the rating system needs a huge overhaul. This shouldn't be a system where anything below an 80%, or 8/10, is not recommended. That's not how systems work. Hell, most GOOD movies are around an 8/10... so the fact that such a score is considered 'AVERAGE' means your scale system is broken.

[Too much bang?!]

Hmm, CPU throttling, too much bang included in this laptop maybe - maybe it's too much to ask of a laptop to effectively cool a six core CPU with the current technology - cooling system needs to be improved.

[Serantares]

Oh how I miss when laptops had replaceable graphics cards. It's mainly barebone makers that do them now, right?

My old MSI GT640 which was reviewed here has MXM, whereas the Asus G752VT I have now (which was also reviewed and it doesn't get any louder than 44dB) doesn't. Something tells me that MXM should be used by default if it's intended for gaming.

[Charlie]

So if you need a Laptop focused on CPU multithreading performance  for use as a workstation is far better to buy an Asus ROG 702ZC with AMD Ryzen 1700 that in Cinebench 15 gets 1420 score and costs half the money also is smaller like a normal gaming laptop and far lighter and less bulkier.

[bodayw]

When I read this review when it first came out and I saw the CPU benchmark I thought "hmm maybe this 8700 is not delidded and the current chassis from Clevo is struggling to cool it down", considering the difference between ~1100 cb here and ~1300 in two other Clevo reviews using 8700K (8700 and 8700K should have very similar scores if not overclocked).

But today I had a more careful look and found out that the CPU was only 71 degrees max during the P95 stress test.

I don't think this is normal and I have never seen a thermal throttling set at this low temperature on a high-end Clevo machine. Would be highly appreciated if the reviewer could find out the reason for this heavy throttling of CPU.

[John Lee]

I bought a very expensive version of this model. There were several minor problems with keys falling off, and the LAN port stopped working. I asked for a replacement part (at my cost) to have my local technician replace the board in a day. Schenker responded that their policy is to only replace parts themselves - I would have to ship my faulty laptop back to them and it would take three weeks !
Technical reviews aside - this Schenker policy of not providing replacement parts is a dead-end model for me. Who can wait three weeks for a repair? I will never purchase anything from them again.