HP ENVY 17 Notebook PC

Performance Results


Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 50% Yacht	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (40th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 60 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 49.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	3.64% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	50.6% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Very high background CPU (68%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	HP ENVY 17 Notebook PC (all builds)
Motherboard	Hewlett-Packard 229D
Memory	10.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141030
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 06 '23 at 00:15
Run Duration	126 Seconds
Run User	EGY-User
Background CPU	68%

PC Performing as expected (40^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-5500U 73,655 User benchmarks, average bench 46% U3E1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.4 GHz, turbo 2.7 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	49.7% Average	Memory 79.5 1-Core 59.3 2-Core 86.5 50% 75.1 Pts	4-Core 113 8-Core 151 17% 132 Pts	64-Core 140 9% 140 Pts
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 49.7% Great: 58%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 5500 (Mobile 0.95 GHz) FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? HP(103C 229D) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4549 Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	3.64% Terrible	Lighting 4 Reflection 3 Parallax 5.3 3% 4.1 fps	MRender 5.7 Gravity 4.1 Splatting 6 4% 5.27 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.64% Great: 4%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Liteon LCH-128V2S 128GB 933 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 13GB free (System drive) Firmware: GC72201 SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 109 121 118 121 138 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	50.6% Above average	Read 352 Write 162 Mixed 200 SusWrite 122 46% 209 MB/s	4K Read 20.5 4K Write 29.4 4K Mixed 16 67% 22 MB/s	DQ Read 233 DQ Write 165 DQ Mixed 164 132% 187 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 50.6% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471B1G73BH0-YK0 Hynix HMT41GS6BFR8A-PB 16GB 48 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (19^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	45.3% Average	MC Read 15.1 MC Write 17.6 MC Mixed 15.1 46% 15.9 GB/s	SC Read 11.3 SC Write 13.3 SC Mixed 13 36% 12.5 GB/s	Latency 87.3 46% 87.3 ns
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 45.3% Great: 60%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0P 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	66	53	60	17.2"	1600 877	AUO159E

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Desktop 56%

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Workstation 7%

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System: HP ENVY 17 Notebook PC

CPU
Core i7-4700MQIntel $209Bench 59%, 69,603 samples	331x
Core i7-5500UIntelBench 46%, 73,655 samples	174x
Core i7-4710MQIntel $48Bench 60%, 15,557 samples	137x

GPU
HD 4600 (Mobile 1.15 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 258,091 samples	528x
HD 5500 (Mobile 0.95 GHz)IntelBench 4%, 231,498 samples	139x
GeForce GT 740MNvidiaBench 6%, 15,605 samples	86x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	23x
MX500 500GBCrucial $53Bench 106%, 237,241 samples	23x
MX500 1TBCrucial $81Bench 106%, 202,785 samples	19x

RAM
M471B1G73QH0-YK0 2x8GBSamsungBench 52%, 22,647 samples	54x
HMT41GS6AFR8A-PB 2x8GBHynixBench 51%, 18,309 samples	39x
M471B1G73DB0-YK0 2x8GBSamsungBench 53%, 30,591 samples	33x

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Value: 54% - Above average

Total price: $285

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $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