HP ENVY Laptop 17-ae1xx

Performance Results


Gaming 14% Tree trunk	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	7.75% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	150% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

CPU throttled at 90% by Windows. Ensure maximum processor state is set to 100% via Settings > System > Power & sleep > Additional power settings > Change plan settings > Change advanced power settings > Processor power management > Maximum processor state.

System	HP ENVY Laptop 17-ae1xx (all builds)
Motherboard	HP 83AD
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180226
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 11 '18 at 00:31
Run Duration	112 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%
CPU Throttled	90%

PC Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8550U 184,356 User benchmarks, average bench 53% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2 GHz, turbo 3.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	77% Very good	Memory 78.8 1-Core 125 2-Core 248 83% 151 Pts	4-Core 413 8-Core 544 61% 478 Pts	64-Core 543 34% 543 Pts
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 77% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 620 (Mobile Kaby Lake R) FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? HP(103C 83AD) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 23.20.16.4849 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.75% Terrible	Lighting 8.1 Reflection 11.5 Parallax 8.22 7% 9.29 fps	MRender 11.2 Gravity 7.37 Splatting 16.3 10% 11.6 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.75% Great: 6%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Nvme KXG50ZNV256G TOS 256GB 335 User benchmarks, average bench 145% 165GB free (System drive) Firmware: AAHA4102 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 356 326 306 320 271 310 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	150% Outstanding	Read 923 Write 520 Mixed 384 SusWrite 315 118% 535 MB/s	4K Read 33.3 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 62.5 196% 73.2 MB/s	DQ Read 713 DQ Write 734 DQ Mixed 598 484% 682 MB/s
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 150% Great: 206%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMA81GS6CJR8N-VK 2x8GB 28,425 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	75.6% Very good	MC Read 29.8 MC Write 29.4 MC Mixed 22 77% 27.1 GB/s	SC Read 17.2 SC Write 28.3 SC Mixed 23.5 66% 23 GB/s	Latency 82.8 48% 82.8 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 75.6% Great: 84%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 11%

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Desktop 58%

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Workstation 10%

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System: HP ENVY Laptop 17-ae1xx

CPU
Core i7-8550UIntelBench 53%, 184,356 samples	203x
Core i5-8250UIntelBench 53%, 234,942 samples	4x

GPU
UHD Graphics 620 (Mobile Kaby Lake R)IntelBench 5%, 420,154 samples	149x
MX150-0NvidiaBench 14%, 29,453 samples	58x

SSD
MZVLW1T0HMLH-000H1 1TBSamsungBench 219%, 1,211 samples	13x
PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsungBench 196%, 44,403 samples	10x
PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBSamsungBench 177%, 99,566 samples	10x

RAM
8ATF1G64HZ-2G6H1 2x8GBMicronBench 69%, 1,913 samples	39x
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 2x8GBHynixBench 70%, 71,691 samples	35x
M471A1K43CB1-CRC 2x8GBSamsungBench 70%, 62,266 samples	34x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16