HP ENVY Laptop 17-bw0xxx

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 79.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	226% 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.

Run History

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System	HP ENVY Laptop 17-bw0xxx (all builds)
Motherboard	HP 8485
Memory	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180620
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 19 '18 at 06:48
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%
CPU Throttled	90%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st 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 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	79.5% Very good	Memory 79.5 1-Core 127 2-Core 253 84% 153 Pts	4-Core 430 8-Core 605 65% 517 Pts	64-Core 404 25% 404 Pts
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 79.5% Great: 71%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 421GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2142 618 618 616 620 619 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	226% Outstanding	Read 950 Write 894 Mixed 826 SusWrite 872 200% 885 MB/s	4K Read 66.5 4K Write 156 4K Mixed 88.1 296% 104 MB/s	DQ Read 1,058 DQ Write 856 DQ Mixed 947 712% 954 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 226% Great: 340%
Seagate ST1000LM049-2GH172 1TB 145,911 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 893GB free Firmware: RXM3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 157 167 176 177 169 169 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	91.7% Outstanding	Read 150 Write 122 Mixed 68.7 SusWrite 169 93% 127 MB/s	4K Read 1.8 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.9 208% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 91.7% Great: 95%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Adata AO1P24HC8T1-BPGS 2x8GB 761 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	71.4% Very good	MC Read 27.8 MC Write 26.8 MC Mixed 20.9 72% 25.2 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 27.6 SC Mixed 24.5 66% 23.1 GB/s	Latency 81.4 49% 81.4 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 71.4% Great: 73%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Desktop 54%

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Workstation 9%

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System: HP ENVY Laptop 17-bw0xxx

CPU
Core i7-8550UIntelBench 53%, 184,356 samples	123x
Core i5-8250UIntelBench 53%, 234,942 samples	8x

GPU
UHD Graphics 620 (Mobile Kaby Lake R)IntelBench 5%, 420,154 samples	99x
MX150-0NvidiaBench 14%, 29,453 samples	32x

SSD
Optane+932GBHDD 1TBIntelBench 59%, 6,924 samples	15x
PC SN520 SDAPNUW-256G-1006 256GBWDCBench 152%, 17,295 samples	12x
SD9SN8W-128G-1006 128GBSandiskBench 69%, 8,741 samples	8x

RAM
AO1P24HC8T1-BPGS 2x8GBAdataBench 67%, 761 samples	14x
HP26D4S9S8ME-8 2x8GBKingstonBench 75%, 3,072 samples	13x
M471A5244CB0-CTD 2x4GBSamsungBench 60%, 54,777 samples	13x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $45	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