HP ENVY 15 Notebook PC

Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 57% Gunboat	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With 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 52%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	8.99% 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	72.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	HP ENVY 15 Notebook PC (all builds)
Motherboard	Hewlett-Packard 228D
Memory	11.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150318
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 20 '21 at 06:36
Run Duration	115 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	18%

PC Performing as expected (47^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4210U 82,966 User benchmarks, average bench 41% U3E1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.4 GHz, turbo 2.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	52% Above average	Memory 74.5 1-Core 70 2-Core 120 54% 88 Pts	4-Core 174 8-Core 166 23% 170 Pts	64-Core 146 9% 146 Pts
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 52% Great: 53%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce 840M 20,978 User benchmarks, average bench 9% HP(103C 228D) 2GB Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 27.21.14.6089 Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	8.99% Terrible	Lighting 11.4 Reflection 14.1 Parallax 9.7 9% 11.7 fps	MRender 6.2 Gravity 14.6 Splatting 9.8 8% 10.2 fps
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 8.99% Great: 10%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 2TB-$224 44,466 User benchmarks, average bench 113% 1.5TB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 316 376 343 346 336 346 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	72.8% Very good	Read 379 Write 328 Mixed 272 SusWrite 344 74% 330 MB/s	4K Read 15.8 4K Write 49.4 4K Mixed 23.1 80% 29.4 MB/s	DQ Read 301 DQ Write 238 DQ Mixed 256 195% 265 MB/s
Poor: 89% ↑ This bench: 72.8% Great: 133%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471B1G73QH0-YK0 M471B1G73DB0-YK0 16GB 1,261 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (18^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	45.5% Average	MC Read 17 MC Write 17.1 MC Mixed 14.5 46% 16.2 GB/s	SC Read 11.5 SC Write 9.9 SC Mixed 14.8 34% 12.1 GB/s	Latency 91.4 44% 91.4 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 45.5% Great: 58%

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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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Typical ENVY 15 Notebook PC Builds (Compare 1,519 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 5%

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Desktop 54%

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Workstation 5%

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System: HP ENVY 15 Notebook PC

CPU
Core i7-4700MQIntel $209Bench 59%, 69,603 samples	375x
Core i7-4510UIntelBench 47%, 63,054 samples	270x
Core i7-5500UIntelBench 46%, 73,655 samples	225x

GPU
HD 4600 (Mobile 1.15 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 258,091 samples	611x
HD 4400 (Mobile 1.0/1.1 GHz)IntelBench 2%, 275,372 samples	239x
HD 5500 (Mobile 0.95 GHz)IntelBench 4%, 231,498 samples	196x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	40x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	29x
870 EVO 500GBSamsung $66Bench 104%, 60,851 samples	29x

RAM
M471B1G73QH0-YK0 1x8GBSamsungBench 28%, 40,451 samples	76x
M471B1G73QH0-YK0 2x8GBSamsungBench 52%, 22,647 samples	68x
M471B1G73DB0-YK0 1x8GBSamsungBench 28%, 44,908 samples	59x

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Value: 58% - Above average

Total price: $237

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16