HP ENVY Laptop 17m-ae1xx

Performance Results


Gaming 12% Tree trunk	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 72.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	5.36% 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	172% 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 17m-ae1xx (all builds)
Motherboard	HP 83AD
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190429
Uptime	8 Days
Run Date	Feb 28 '22 at 02:26
Run Duration	177 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%
CPU Throttled	90%

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd 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 3.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	72.8% Very good	Memory 78.9 1-Core 110 2-Core 223 77% 138 Pts	4-Core 379 8-Core 421 52% 400 Pts	64-Core 429 26% 429 Pts
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 72.8% 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. 25.20.100.6519 Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	5.36% Terrible	Lighting 6.2 Reflection 16.8 Parallax 6.9 5% 9.97 fps	MRender 9 Gravity 6.6 Splatting 6.6 6% 7.4 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.36% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata SX8200PNP 2TB 22,361 User benchmarks, average bench 287% 2TB free (System drive) Firmware: 42AZS6AC SusWrite @10s intervals: 628 981 792 968 1127 705 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	172% Outstanding	Read 1141 Write 529 Mixed 607 SusWrite 867 175% 786 MB/s	4K Read 42.7 4K Write 73.9 4K Mixed 57.3 177% 58 MB/s	DQ Read 443 DQ Write 337 DQ Mixed 595 389% 458 MB/s
Poor: 195% ↑ This bench: 172% Great: 370%
Seagate ST1000LM049-2GH172 1TB 145,911 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 818GB free Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 396 399 411 404 403 409 MB/s Relative performance n/a - drive id incomplete or inconclusive		Read 346 Write 384 Mixed 354 SusWrite 404 276% 372 MB/s	4K Read 35.5 4K Write 69.7 4K Mixed 42.5 7,492% 49.2 MB/s	DQ Read 376 DQ Write 325 DQ Mixed 335 3,117% 345 MB/s
Poor: 32% Great: 95%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471A1K43CB1-CRC 2x8GB 62,266 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	75.3% Very good	MC Read 28.2 MC Write 30.4 MC Mixed 21.4 76% 26.7 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 31 SC Mixed 24 69% 24.2 GB/s	Latency 82.7 48% 82.7 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 75.3% Great: 78%

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Typical ENVY Laptop 17m-ae1xx Builds (Compare 32 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 10%

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Desktop 55%

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Workstation 10%

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System: HP ENVY Laptop 17m-ae1xx

CPU
Core i7-8550UIntelBench 53%, 184,356 samples	32x

GPU
UHD Graphics 620 (Mobile Kaby Lake R)IntelBench 5%, 420,154 samples	27x
MX150-0NvidiaBench 14%, 29,453 samples	5x

SSD
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	6x
ssd 512GBBench 73%, 4,609 samples	1x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung $92Bench 235%, 154,949 samples	1x

RAM
M471A1K43CB1-CRC 2x8GBSamsungBench 70%, 62,266 samples	14x
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 2x8GBHynixBench 70%, 71,691 samples	10x
8ATF1G64HZ-2G6E1 2x8GBMicronBench 76%, 20,226 samples	4x

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Value: 32% - Below average

Total price: $139

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16