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 (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 80.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	258% 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

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	HP ENVY Laptop 17-bw0xxx (all builds)
Motherboard	HP 8485
Memory	13.1 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 20 '18 at 00:41
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%
CPU Throttled	90%

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd 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)	80.1% Excellent	Memory 78.9 1-Core 126 2-Core 254 84% 153 Pts	4-Core 443 8-Core 600 66% 522 Pts	64-Core 553 34% 553 Pts
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 80.1% 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% 418GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1576 1101 620 619 619 621 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	258% Outstanding	Read 1844 Write 1665 Mixed 846 SusWrite 859 291% 1,304 MB/s	4K Read 65.1 4K Write 147 4K Mixed 86.1 287% 99.4 MB/s	DQ Read 1,075 DQ Write 824 DQ Mixed 916 694% 938 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 258% Great: 340%
Seagate ST1000LM049-2GH172 1TB 145,911 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 893GB free Firmware: RXM3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 154 171 166 173 176 166 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	90.2% Outstanding	Read 146 Write 151 Mixed 67.6 SusWrite 168 97% 133 MB/s	4K Read 1.9 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.9 211% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 90.2% Great: 95%
Samsung Flash Drive 128GB 4,330 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 47GB free, PID 1000 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 37 40 34 24 9.6 16 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	25.6% Poor	Read 129 Write 47.7 Mixed 61.3 SusWrite 26.7 76% 66.2 MB/s	4K Read 3.4 4K Write 0.1 4K Mixed 1.8 77% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 25.6% Great: 113%

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)	71.3% Very good	MC Read 26.7 MC Write 27.9 MC Mixed 20.4 71% 25 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 31.5 SC Mixed 23.1 68% 23.7 GB/s	Latency 82.7 48% 82.7 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 71.3% Great: 73%

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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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16