Acer Predator Helios 300 (PH317-55)

  • Launched: January 2021
  • Screen-to-body ratio: ~75.4%
  • Dimensions: 398 x 275 x 26.5 mm (15.67 x 10.83 x 1.04 inches)
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Review

Evaluation of the main characteristics with the configuration selected for the Acer Predator Helios 300 (PH317-55)
Performance
60
Gaming
42
Display
51
Battery Life
54
Connectivity
67
Portability
41
BestCheck Score
53

Tests and Specifications

Detailed tests and technical specifications of the Acer Predator Helios 300 (PH317-55)

Case

Weight 2.9 kg (6.39 lbs)
Dimensions 398 x 275 x 26.5 mm 15.67 x 10.83 x 1.04 inches
Area 1095 cm2 (169.7 inches2)
Screen-to-body ratio ~75.4%
Side bezels 7.5 mm
Colors Black
Material Top: Aluminum Middle: Plastic Bottom: Plastic
Transformer No
Cooling solution
Cooling system Active
Vapor chamber No
Number of fans 2

Display

 
Size 17.3 inches
Type IPS LCD
Refresh rate 144 Hz
PPI 127 ppi
Aspect ratio 16:9
Resolution 1920 x 1080 pixels
Sync technology G-Sync
Touchscreen No
Coating Matte
Display tests
Contrast 1520:1
sRGB color space 96%
Response time 10 ms
Max. brightness
300 nits

Battery

Capicity
Battery type Li-Ion
Replaceable No
Fast charging Yes
USB Power Delivery Yes
Charging port position Bottom
Charge power 230 W

CPU

 
Base frequency 2.2-2.7 GHz
Turbo frequency 4.5 GHz
Cores 6
Threads 12
L3 Cache 12 MB
Integrated GPU Intel UHD Graphics for 11th Gen (16 EU)
Fabrication process 10 nm
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
2115
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
7367
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
1538
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
9595

Graphics Card

 
TGP 95 W
Nvidia Optimus Yes
Type Dedicated
Fabrication process 8 nm
GPU base clock 1463 MHz
GPU boost clock 1695 MHz
FLOPS 8.7 TFLOPS
Memory size 4 GB
Memory type GDDR6
Memory bus 128 bit
Memory speed 12 Gbps
Shading units (cores) 2560
Texture mapping units (TMUs) 80
Raster operations pipelines (ROPs) 48
GPU performance
8.7 TFLOPS

RAM

 
Channels 2x8 GB
Clock 3200 MHz
Type DDR4
Upgradable Yes
Total slots 2
Max. ram size 64 GB

Storage

 
Bus PCI-E Gen 3.0 (4x)
Storage type SSD (M2)
Channels 1x512 GB
Upgradable Yes
Total slots 2
NVMe Yes

Sound

Speakers 2.0
Dolby Atmos No
Microphones 2

Connectivity

Wi-Fi standard v6
Bluetooth v5.2
Fingerprint No
Infrared sensor No
Optical drive No
Webcam Above the display
Webcam resolution 1280 x 720
Ports
USB-A 2x USB 3.2
USB Type-C 1x USB 3.2
Thunderbolt Thunderbolt 4
HDMI 1x HDMI 2.1
DisplayPort No
VGA No
Audio jack (3.5 mm) Yes
Ethernet (RJ45) Yes
SD card reader No
Proprietary charging port Yes

Input

Keyboard
Keyboard type Island
Numpad Yes
Backlight Yes
Touchpad
Surface Plastic
Windows Precision Yes