HP ENVY 15 Notebook PC

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 7%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 54%
Yacht
Workstation
Workstation 5%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 51.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics14.2% 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 DriveThe boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Very high background CPU (35%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemHP ENVY 15 Notebook PC  (all builds)
MotherboardHewlett-Packard 228D
Memory3.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20140804
Uptime1.3 Days
Run DateMar 15 '20 at 19:01
Run Duration110 Seconds
Run User GBR-User
Background CPU 35%

 PC Performing as expected (55th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-4510U
U3E1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 2.7 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (61st percentile)
51.1% Above average
Memory 75.7
1-Core 46.2
2-Core 120
49% 80.7 Pts
4-Core 156
8-Core 155
21% 155 Pts
64-Core 140
9% 140 Pts
Poor: 27%
This bench: 51.1%
Great: 59%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 850M
HP(103C 228D) ≥ 4GB
Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 26.21.14.4259
Performing as expected (52nd percentile)
14.2% Very poor
Lighting 19
Reflection 13.5
Parallax 14.8
16% 15.8 fps
MRender 11
Gravity 17
Splatting 14.1
12% 14 fps
Poor: 11%
This bench: 14.2%
Great: 16%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Seagate Laptop SSHD 2.5" 1TB-$41
277GB free (System drive)
Firmware: HPM6
SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 107 102 108 111 111 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (86th percentile)
60.6% Good
Read 107
Write 111
Mixed 63.8
SusWrite 103
71% 96.2 MB/s
4K Read 1.7
4K Write 4.9
4K Mixed 2
384% 2.87 MB/s
Poor: 19%
This bench: 60.6%
Great: 65%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Hynix HMT41GS6AFR8A-PB 1x8GB
1 of 2 slots used
8GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing below potential (20th percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
23.2% Poor
MC Read 7.1
MC Write 8
MC Mixed 7
21% 7.37 GB/s
SC Read 7.5
SC Write 6.7
SC Mixed 5.9
19% 6.7 GB/s
Latency 88.8
45% 88.8 ns
Poor: 16%
This bench: 23.2%
Great: 32%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical ENVY 15 Notebook PC Builds (Compare 1,500 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 5%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 54%
Yacht
Workstation
Workstation 5%
Tree trunk

System: HP ENVY 15 Notebook PC

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 58% - Above average Total price: $237
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