HP ENVY 17 Notebook PC

Performance Results


Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 69% Battle cruiser	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 74.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	3.62% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	103% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

System	HP ENVY 17 Notebook PC (all builds)
Motherboard	Hewlett-Packard 1966
Memory	8.2 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20140305
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Mar 24 '18 at 09:09
Run Duration	148 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4700MQ-$209 69,603 User benchmarks, average bench 59% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.4 GHz, turbo 2.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	74.4% Very good	Memory 91 1-Core 97.5 2-Core 183 73% 124 Pts	4-Core 332 8-Core 360 46% 346 Pts	64-Core 358 22% 358 Pts
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 74.4% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4600 (Mobile 1.15 GHz) FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? HP(103C 1966) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 10.18.14.4578 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	3.62% Terrible	Lighting 3.7 Reflection 7.69 Parallax 6.5 3% 5.96 fps	MRender 7.24 Gravity 2.33 Splatting 7.48 5% 5.68 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 3.62% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung Portable SSD T5 500GB 14,526 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 353GB free Firmware: 0 Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	78.9% Very good	Read 427 Write 428 Mixed 432 96% 429 MB/s	4K Read 23.5 4K Write 38.6 4K Mixed 29 93% 30.4 MB/s	DQ Read 145 DQ Write 146 DQ Mixed 97.9 87% 129 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 78.9% Great: 97%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 63GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 3666 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 688 (B1) Unknown 98 98 38 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 50 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 8 (F1) Unknown 99 99 18369035632	103% Outstanding	Read 508 Write 406 Mixed 413 98% 442 MB/s	4K Read 41.3 4K Write 76.3 4K Mixed 45.8 162% 54.5 MB/s	DQ Read 253 DQ Write 80.7 DQ Mixed 119 100% 151 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 134%
WD Blue 2.5" 1TB (2004)-$47 218,164 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 149GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 185 181 1708 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2633 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 11174 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2559 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 77 90 (BC) Unknown 100 1 1232674423491 (BE) vendor-specific 73 54 454426651 (BF) G-sense error rate 1 1 347 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 117 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 144 144 169328 (C2) HDA temperature 120 101 27 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 2 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	50.4% Above average	Read 85.5 Write 89.9 Mixed 87.7 66% 87.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.35 4K Write 1.95 4K Mixed 0.19 72% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 50.4% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT351S6CFR8A-PB HMT41GS6AFR8A-PB 12GB 59 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	46% Average	MC Read 16.4 MC Write 16.1 MC Mixed 13.5 44% 15.3 GB/s	SC Read 12 SC Write 15.5 SC Mixed 15.8 41% 14.4 GB/s	Latency 65.8 61% 65.8 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 46% Great: 53%

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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	330x
Core i7-5500UIntelBench 46%, 73,655 samples	174x
Core i7-4710MQIntel $50Bench 60%, 15,557 samples	137x

GPU
HD 4600 (Mobile 1.15 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 258,091 samples	525x
HD 5500 (Mobile 0.95 GHz)IntelBench 4%, 231,498 samples	139x
GeForce GT 740MNvidiaBench 6%, 15,605 samples	86x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	23x
MX500 500GBCrucial $54Bench 106%, 237,241 samples	23x
MX500 1TBCrucial $66Bench 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: 53% - Above average

Total price: $289

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16