HP ENVY 17 Notebook PC

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 1%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 38%
Jet ski
Workstation
Workstation 1%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing way below expectations (18th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 82 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
ProcessorWith a below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 42.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics3.31% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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.
Memory12GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Very high background CPU (56%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
Run History
13 months ago, 13 months ago.
SystemHP ENVY 17 Notebook PC  (all builds)
MotherboardHewlett-Packard 229D
Memory5.1 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180629
Uptime0.5 Days
Run DateMar 28 '23 at 13:11
Run Duration117 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 56%

 PC Performing way below expectations (18th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-5500U
U3E1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 2.4 GHz, turbo 2.1 GHz (avg)
Performing below expectations (31st percentile)
42.7% Average
Memory 61.2
1-Core 53.1
2-Core 75.1
41% 63.1 Pts
4-Core 163
8-Core 36.2
16% 99.5 Pts
64-Core 178
11% 178 Pts
Poor: 22%
This bench: 42.7%
Great: 58%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Intel HD 5500 (Mobile 0.95 GHz)
HP(103C 229D) 1GB
Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.5058
Performing below expectations (31st percentile)
3.31% Terrible
Lighting 4.3
Reflection 14.2
Parallax 3.7
4% 7.4 fps
MRender 4.7
Gravity 2.8
Splatting 3.4
3% 3.63 fps
Poor: 3%
This bench: 3.31%
Great: 4%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Seagate Laptop SSHD 2.5" 1TB-$41
314GB free (System drive)
Firmware: HPP1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 26 21 21 38 27 32 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (4th percentile)
15.6% Very poor
Read 26.7
Write 33.1
Mixed 28.1
SusWrite 27.6
22% 28.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 0.5
4K Mixed 0.2
61% 0.47 MB/s
Poor: 19%
This bench: 15.6%
Great: 65%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Adata AM1L16BC4R1-B1PS Kingston HP691160-H63-KEB 12GB
1600, 1600 MHz
4096, 8192 MB
Performing below potential (8th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
29.3% Poor
MC Read 13.6
MC Write 10.8
MC Mixed 7.6
30% 10.7 GB/s
SC Read 5.1
SC Write 7.5
SC Mixed 5.7
17% 6.1 GB/s
Latency 124
32% 124 ns
Poor: 29%
This bench: 29.3%
Great: 51%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical ENVY 17 Notebook PC Builds (Compare 1,077 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 8%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 56%
Gunboat
Workstation
Workstation 7%
Tree trunk

System: HP ENVY 17 Notebook PC

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 53% - Above average Total price: $289
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