HP ENVY 17 Notebook PC

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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 57.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Boot Drive	45.2% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (38%). 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 144D
Memory	5.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20110407
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 04 '20 at 21:29
Run Duration	134 Seconds
Run User	PRT-User
Background CPU	38%

PC Performing as expected (48^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 Q 720-$220 13,149 User benchmarks, average bench 51% CPU, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 1.6 GHz, turbo 1.75 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	57.1% Above average	Memory 92.3 1-Core 37.9 2-Core 69.6 47% 66.6 Pts	4-Core 122 8-Core 213 20% 167 Pts	64-Core 214 13% 214 Pts
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 57.1% Great: 60%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Mobility Radeon HD 5850 1,228 User benchmarks, average bench 7% HP(103C 144D) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.301.1901.0 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 9.27 23% 9.27 fps
Poor: 4% Great: 9%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$36 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 36GB free (System drive) Firmware: 505ABBF1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 129 125 123 122 122 125 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	45.2% Average	Read 211 Write 148 Mixed 164 SusWrite 124 36% 162 MB/s	4K Read 15.8 4K Write 36.4 4K Mixed 22.5 72% 24.9 MB/s	DQ Read 152 DQ Write 146 DQ Mixed 101 89% 133 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 45.2% Great: 73%
KINGSTON SV300S37A12 120GB 14 User benchmarks, average bench 120% 59GB free, PID 0711 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 61 65 69 67 68 62 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	55.8% Above average	Read 88.7 Write 50.5 Mixed 61.5 SusWrite 65.5 86% 66.6 MB/s	4K Read 8.3 4K Write 8.7 4K Mixed 8.6 619% 8.53 MB/s	DQ Read 11.7 DQ Write 12 DQ Mixed 11.8 853% 11.8 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 55.8% Great: 145%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT351S6AFR8C-H9 2x4GB 208 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 2 of 2 slots used 8GB SODIMM DDR3 1333 MHz Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	39.7% Below average	MC Read 15.6 MC Write 11.5 MC Mixed 13.3 38% 13.5 GB/s	SC Read 9.7 SC Write 8.7 SC Mixed 10.5 28% 9.63 GB/s	Latency 63.4 63% 63.4 ns
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 39.7% Great: 49%

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Gaming 8%

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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	333x
Core i7-5500UIntelBench 46%, 73,655 samples	174x
Core i7-4710MQIntel $46Bench 60%, 15,557 samples	137x

GPU
HD 4600 (Mobile 1.15 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 258,091 samples	529x
HD 5500 (Mobile 0.95 GHz)IntelBench 4%, 231,498 samples	139x
GeForce GT 740MNvidiaBench 6%, 15,605 samples	87x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	23x
MX500 500GBCrucial $53Bench 106%, 237,241 samples	23x
MX500 1TBCrucial $88Bench 106%, 202,785 samples	19x

RAM
M471B1G73QH0-YK0 2x8GBSamsungBench 52%, 22,647 samples	54x
HMT41GS6AFR8A-PB 2x8GBHynixBench 51%, 18,309 samples	40x
M471B1G73DB0-YK0 2x8GBSamsungBench 53%, 30,591 samples	33x

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Value: 54% - Above average

Total price: $285

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $125	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $44	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16