HP ENVY 17 Notebook PC

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 6% Tree trunk	Desktop 67% Battle cruiser	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (98th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 2 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	4.43% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	The 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.
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 1968
Memory	8 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20140408
Uptime	38.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 10 '17 at 12:56
Run Duration	116 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4710MQ-$50 15,557 User benchmarks, average bench 60% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.5 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	77.5% Very good	Memory 91 1-Core 102 2-Core 197 76% 130 Pts	4-Core 350 8-Core 486 53% 418 Pts	64-Core 481 30% 481 Pts
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 77.5% Great: 73%

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 1968) 2GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 10.18.10.3368 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	4.43% Terrible	Lighting 5 Reflection 9.85 Parallax 6.78 4% 7.21 fps	MRender 7.95 Gravity 2.37 Splatting 7.91 5% 6.08 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 4.43% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Laptop SSHD 2.5" 1TB-$41 64,201 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 719GB free (System drive) Firmware: HPP1 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 99 240936568 (03) Spinup time 98 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 558 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 4361685961 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4655 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2382 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 31 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 53 555483169 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 4 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 8532 (C2) HDA temperature 33 47 4294967329 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 199 10 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	65.2% Good	Read 118 Write 108 Mixed 111 85% 112 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 5.51 4K Mixed 0.72 208% 2.29 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 65.2% Great: 65%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 1TB 266,123 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 850GB free Firmware: 2AR10002 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 325 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 89 88 3452 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6439 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 11054 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 86 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2243 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 515 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 55 197568102430 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 1447 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 86 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 75 75 260569	59% Above average	Read 103 Write 103 Mixed 98.3 76% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.59 4K Mixed 0.29 84% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 59% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471B5173DB0-YK0 Micron 16KTF1G64HZ-1G6E1 12GB 319 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	54.5% Above average	MC Read 20.7 MC Write 20.2 MC Mixed 15.2 53% 18.7 GB/s	SC Read 14.7 SC Write 17.9 SC Mixed 16.4 47% 16.3 GB/s	Latency 65.8 61% 65.8 ns
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 54.5% Great: 54%

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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	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 $40	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