HP ENVY 17 Notebook PC

Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 68% Battle cruiser	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 73.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	4.1% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	74.8% 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 (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	HP ENVY 17 Notebook PC (all builds)
Motherboard	Hewlett-Packard 1966
Memory	8.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170306
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 16 '20 at 21:52
Run Duration	132 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	19%

PC Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4900MQ-$110 5,651 User benchmarks, average bench 68% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	73.3% Very good	Memory 87.2 1-Core 99 2-Core 192 73% 126 Pts	4-Core 322 8-Core 486 50% 404 Pts	64-Core 475 29% 475 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 73.3% Great: 78%

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. 20.19.15.4835 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	4.1% Terrible	Lighting 4.1 Reflection 6.73 Parallax 6.84 3% 5.89 fps	MRender 9.43 Gravity 2.67 Splatting 8.09 6% 6.73 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 4.1% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Ultimate SU800 1TB-$112 26,139 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 641GB free (System drive) Firmware: R0918B SusWrite @10s intervals: 340 353 324 303 274 52 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	74.8% Very good	Read 451 Write 299 Mixed 226 SusWrite 274 70% 313 MB/s	4K Read 15.4 4K Write 44.9 4K Mixed 26.4 81% 28.9 MB/s	DQ Read 364 DQ Write 286 DQ Mixed 226 196% 292 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 74.8% Great: 126%
Adata Ultimate SU800 1TB-$112 26,139 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 411GB free Firmware: R0918B SusWrite @10s intervals: 377 384 368 379 381 376 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	87.2% Excellent	Read 400 Write 375 Mixed 265 SusWrite 378 80% 354 MB/s	4K Read 22.3 4K Write 59.7 4K Mixed 31.8 106% 37.9 MB/s	DQ Read 370 DQ Write 311 DQ Mixed 244 209% 308 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 87.2% Great: 126%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Adata AM1L16BC8R2-B1JS 2x8GB 187 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	54.1% Above average	MC Read 19.4 MC Write 20.4 MC Mixed 16.2 53% 18.7 GB/s	SC Read 13.1 SC Write 19.2 SC Mixed 16.4 46% 16.2 GB/s	Latency 70.3 57% 70.3 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 54.1% Great: 57%

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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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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