HP Omen 16 (2022) review: Sleek gaming laptop with high-resolution 165 Hz display ↺

Those looking for a powerful gaming notebook in the price range of around 2,000 Euros may already have come across the Omen 16-b1090ng. HP not only packs an lightning-fast Intel Core i7-12700H into the beautifully designed 16-incher, but also a brand-new GeForce RTX 3070 Ti with 8 GB VRAM. This is further accompanied by 32 GB of DDR5 RAM (2x16 GB) and a 1 TB NVMe SSD in M.2 format. A matte IPS panel with 2560x1440 pixels and 165 Hz is used as the display. HP has chosen Windows 11 Home as the operating system.
Competitors include other RTX 3070 Ti laptops such as the Lenovo Legion 5 Pro 16 G7, the MSI Stealth GS66 12UGS and the Aorus 17 XE4. These laptops also appear in the comparison tables alongside the predecessor.
Possible Competitors in Comparison
Rating | Date | Model | Weight | Height | Size | Resolution | Price |
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85.5 % v7 (old) | 05 / 2022 | HP Omen 16-b1090ng i7-12700H, GeForce RTX 3070 Ti Laptop GPU | 2.3 kg | 23 mm | 16.10" | 2560x1440 | |
86.6 % v7 (old) | 10 / 2021 | HP Omen 16-b0085ng i7-11800H, GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU | 2.4 kg | 23 mm | 16.10" | 1920x1080 | |
88 % v7 (old) | 03 / 2022 | Lenovo Legion 5 Pro 16 G7 i7 RTX 3070Ti i7-12700H, GeForce RTX 3070 Ti Laptop GPU | 2.6 kg | 26.6 mm | 16.00" | 2560x1600 | |
84.5 % v7 (old) | 02 / 2022 | MSI Stealth GS66 12UGS i7-12700H, GeForce RTX 3070 Ti Laptop GPU | 2.2 kg | 19.8 mm | 15.60" | 2560x1440 | |
85.2 % v7 (old) | 04 / 2022 | Aorus 17 XE4 i7-12700H, GeForce RTX 3070 Ti Laptop GPU | 2.6 kg | 27 mm | 17.30" | 1920x1080 |
Speaking of predecessors: Since the case is identical to that of the last generation, no details about the case, hardware (interfaces, etc.) and input devices are given in this article. You can find the corresponding information in the review of the Omen 16-b0085ng.
SD Card Reader
SD Card Reader - average JPG Copy Test (av. of 3 runs) | |
Average of class Gaming (19 - 197.3, n=80, last 2 years) | |
HP Omen 16-b1090ng (AV PRO microSD 128 GB V60) | |
HP Omen 16-b0085ng (AV PRO microSD 128 GB V60) |
Communication
Networking | |
iperf3 transmit AXE11000 | |
Aorus 17 XE4 | |
Average of class Gaming (469 - 1843, n=140, last 2 years) | |
HP Omen 16-b1090ng | |
iperf3 receive AXE11000 | |
Aorus 17 XE4 | |
MSI Stealth GS66 12UGS | |
Average of class Gaming (680 - 1744, n=140, last 2 years) | |
HP Omen 16-b1090ng |
Webcam

Display
Like the 144 Hz panel of the old Omen 16, the built-in 165 Hz panel with the identifier BOE09E5 makes a good impression. In addition to the brightness (319 cd/m² on average), the contrast ratio (1196:1) is also satisfactory.
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Brightness Distribution: 90 %
Center on Battery: 335 cd/m²
Contrast: 1196:1 (Black: 0.28 cd/m²)
ΔE Color 4.38 | 0.5-29.43 Ø4.89, calibrated: 1.33
ΔE Greyscale 7 | 0.5-98 Ø5.1
73.3% AdobeRGB 1998 (Argyll 2.2.0 3D)
97.9% sRGB (Argyll 2.2.0 3D)
71% Display P3 (Argyll 2.2.0 3D)
Gamma: 2.103
HP Omen 16-b1090ng BOE09E5, IPS, 2560x1440, 16.1" | HP Omen 16-b0085ng BOE09BE, IPS, 1920x1080, 16.1" | Lenovo Legion 5 Pro 16 G7 i7 RTX 3070Ti NE160QDM-NY1, IPS, 2560x1600, 16" | MSI Stealth GS66 12UGS Sharp LQ156T1JW04 (SHP153C), IPS-Level, 2560x1440, 15.6" | Aorus 17 XE4 Sharp LQ173M1JW12, IPS, 1920x1080, 17.3" | |
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Display | 2% | -2% | 18% | -1% | |
Display P3 Coverage | 71 | 72.3 2% | 68.7 -3% | 96.4 36% | 69 -3% |
sRGB Coverage | 97.9 | 99.5 2% | 97.6 0% | 99.7 2% | 99.4 2% |
AdobeRGB 1998 Coverage | 73.3 | 73.8 1% | 70.9 -3% | 85.6 17% | 71.2 -3% |
Response Times | 7% | -1% | 35% | -12% | |
Response Time Grey 50% / Grey 80% * | 14.5 ? | 8 ? 45% | 17.6 ? -21% | 6 ? 59% | 15.2 ? -5% |
Response Time Black / White * | 9.4 ? | 12.4 ? -32% | 7.6 ? 19% | 8.4 ? 11% | 11.2 ? -19% |
PWM Frequency | |||||
Screen | -11% | 26% | 1% | 17% | |
Brightness middle | 335 | 405 21% | 502 50% | 272 -19% | 274 -18% |
Brightness | 319 | 378 18% | 491 54% | 253 -21% | 267 -16% |
Brightness Distribution | 90 | 87 -3% | 91 1% | 87 -3% | 82 -9% |
Black Level * | 0.28 | 0.34 -21% | 0.37 -32% | 0.25 11% | 0.25 11% |
Contrast | 1196 | 1191 0% | 1357 13% | 1088 -9% | 1096 -8% |
Colorchecker dE 2000 * | 4.38 | 3.7 16% | 2.7 38% | 3.73 15% | 2.07 53% |
Colorchecker dE 2000 max. * | 9.48 | 7.77 18% | 4.5 53% | 9.43 1% | 4.89 48% |
Colorchecker dE 2000 calibrated * | 1.33 | 3.49 -162% | 1.4 -5% | 0.98 26% | 0.83 38% |
Greyscale dE 2000 * | 7 | 5.88 16% | 2.7 61% | 6.5 7% | 3 57% |
Gamma | 2.103 105% | 2.57 86% | 2.44 90% | 2.172 101% | 2.207 100% |
CCT | 6244 104% | 6342 102% | 6326 103% | 6485 100% | 6999 93% |
Color Space (Percent of AdobeRGB 1998) | 73.76 | ||||
Color Space (Percent of sRGB) | 99.47 | ||||
Total Average (Program / Settings) | -1% /
-6% | 8% /
16% | 18% /
10% | 1% /
9% |
* ... smaller is better
The same applies to the color space, which is just under 100% sRGB. HP could improve the color accuracy a little. Upon delivery, the display has a certain green tint, but this can be corrected by calibration (our ICC file is linked next to the illumination graphic).
Display Response Times
↔ Response Time Black to White | ||
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9.4 ms ... rise ↗ and fall ↘ combined | ↗ 4.4 ms rise | |
↘ 5 ms fall | ||
The screen shows fast response rates in our tests and should be suited for gaming. In comparison, all tested devices range from 0.1 (minimum) to 240 (maximum) ms. » 23 % of all devices are better. This means that the measured response time is better than the average of all tested devices (20.9 ms). | ||
↔ Response Time 50% Grey to 80% Grey | ||
14.5 ms ... rise ↗ and fall ↘ combined | ↗ 7.2 ms rise | |
↘ 7.3 ms fall | ||
The screen shows good response rates in our tests, but may be too slow for competitive gamers. In comparison, all tested devices range from 0.165 (minimum) to 636 (maximum) ms. » 25 % of all devices are better. This means that the measured response time is better than the average of all tested devices (32.7 ms). |
Screen Flickering / PWM (Pulse-Width Modulation)
Screen flickering / PWM not detected | |||
In comparison: 53 % of all tested devices do not use PWM to dim the display. If PWM was detected, an average of 8619 (minimum: 5 - maximum: 343500) Hz was measured. |
Perfomance
In the current configuration, the Omen 16 falls into the high-end range. The well-balanced components should provide enough power for all possible application scenarios in the coming years.
Test Conditions
Processor
The Core i7-12700H is a 14-core processor from Intel's Alder Lake series, which houses 6 performance cores (including Hyper-Threading) and 8 efficiency cores (without HT). The 10 nm model also boasts a 24 MB L3 cache.
The new CPU has an easy game against the Core i7-11800H of the predecessor, which "only" offers 8 cores. According to the performance analysis, the increased advantage is around 26%. However, the CPU performance of the i7-12700H drops somewhat after a while, as our Cinebench loop shows. Overall, the CPU speed is similar to the MSI GS66 Stealth, which is equipped with the same CPU. The Lenovo Legion 5 Pro performs slightly better and the Aorus 17 slightly worse.
Cinebench R15 Multi Sustained Load
CPU Performance Rating - Percent | |
Average of class Gaming | |
Lenovo Legion 5 Pro 16 G7 i7 RTX 3070Ti | |
MSI Stealth GS66 12UGS | |
HP Omen 16-b1090ng | |
Aorus 17 XE4 | |
Average Intel Core i7-12700H | |
HP Omen 16-b0085ng |
* ... smaller is better
AIDA64: FP32 Ray-Trace | FPU Julia | CPU SHA3 | CPU Queen | FPU SinJulia | FPU Mandel | CPU AES | CPU ZLib | FP64 Ray-Trace | CPU PhotoWorxx
Performance Rating | |
Average of class Gaming | |
Lenovo Legion 5 Pro 16 G7 i7 RTX 3070Ti | |
MSI Stealth GS66 12UGS | |
Average Intel Core i7-12700H | |
HP Omen 16-b1090ng | |
Aorus 17 XE4 |
AIDA64 / FP32 Ray-Trace | |
Average of class Gaming (4986 - 60169, n=168, last 2 years) | |
Average Intel Core i7-12700H (2585 - 17957, n=62) | |
Lenovo Legion 5 Pro 16 G7 i7 RTX 3070Ti | |
MSI Stealth GS66 12UGS | |
HP Omen 16-b1090ng | |
Aorus 17 XE4 |
AIDA64 / FPU Julia | |
Average of class Gaming (25360 - 252486, n=168, last 2 years) | |
Average Intel Core i7-12700H (12439 - 90760, n=62) | |
Lenovo Legion 5 Pro 16 G7 i7 RTX 3070Ti | |
MSI Stealth GS66 12UGS | |
HP Omen 16-b1090ng | |
Aorus 17 XE4 |
AIDA64 / CPU SHA3 | |
Average of class Gaming (1339 - 10389, n=168, last 2 years) | |
Lenovo Legion 5 Pro 16 G7 i7 RTX 3070Ti | |
MSI Stealth GS66 12UGS | |
Average Intel Core i7-12700H (833 - 4242, n=62) | |
HP Omen 16-b1090ng | |
Aorus 17 XE4 |
AIDA64 / CPU Queen | |
Average of class Gaming (50699 - 200651, n=168, last 2 years) | |
HP Omen 16-b1090ng | |
Aorus 17 XE4 | |
Lenovo Legion 5 Pro 16 G7 i7 RTX 3070Ti | |
Average Intel Core i7-12700H (57923 - 103202, n=62) | |
MSI Stealth GS66 12UGS |
AIDA64 / FPU SinJulia | |
Average of class Gaming (4800 - 32988, n=168, last 2 years) | |
Lenovo Legion 5 Pro 16 G7 i7 RTX 3070Ti | |
MSI Stealth GS66 12UGS | |
HP Omen 16-b1090ng | |
Average Intel Core i7-12700H (3249 - 9939, n=62) | |
Aorus 17 XE4 |
AIDA64 / FPU Mandel | |
Average of class Gaming (12321 - 134044, n=168, last 2 years) | |
Average Intel Core i7-12700H (7135 - 44760, n=62) | |
Lenovo Legion 5 Pro 16 G7 i7 RTX 3070Ti | |
MSI Stealth GS66 12UGS | |
HP Omen 16-b1090ng | |
Aorus 17 XE4 |
AIDA64 / CPU AES | |
Average of class Gaming (19065 - 328679, n=168, last 2 years) | |
Lenovo Legion 5 Pro 16 G7 i7 RTX 3070Ti | |
MSI Stealth GS66 12UGS | |
HP Omen 16-b1090ng | |
Average Intel Core i7-12700H (31839 - 144360, n=62) | |
Aorus 17 XE4 |
AIDA64 / CPU ZLib | |
Average of class Gaming (373 - 2409, n=168, last 2 years) | |
Lenovo Legion 5 Pro 16 G7 i7 RTX 3070Ti | |
MSI Stealth GS66 12UGS | |
Average Intel Core i7-12700H (305 - 1171, n=62) | |
HP Omen 16-b1090ng | |
Aorus 17 XE4 |
AIDA64 / FP64 Ray-Trace | |
Average of class Gaming (2540 - 31796, n=168, last 2 years) | |
Average Intel Core i7-12700H (1437 - 9692, n=62) | |
Lenovo Legion 5 Pro 16 G7 i7 RTX 3070Ti | |
MSI Stealth GS66 12UGS | |
HP Omen 16-b1090ng | |
Aorus 17 XE4 |
AIDA64 / CPU PhotoWorxx | |
HP Omen 16-b1090ng | |
Average of class Gaming (10805 - 60161, n=168, last 2 years) | |
MSI Stealth GS66 12UGS | |
Lenovo Legion 5 Pro 16 G7 i7 RTX 3070Ti | |
Average Intel Core i7-12700H (12863 - 52207, n=62) | |
Aorus 17 XE4 |
System Performance
In terms of system performance, the Omen 16 lands in the middle of the test field. 7322 points in PCMark 10 is an extremely good value and shows the Omen 16's all-round capability.
CrossMark: Overall | Productivity | Creativity | Responsiveness
PCMark 10 / Score | |
Average of class Gaming (5776 - 9852, n=153, last 2 years) | |
Aorus 17 XE4 | |
MSI Stealth GS66 12UGS | |
Lenovo Legion 5 Pro 16 G7 i7 RTX 3070Ti | |
HP Omen 16-b1090ng | |
HP Omen 16-b0085ng |
PCMark 10 / Essentials | |
MSI Stealth GS66 12UGS | |
Average of class Gaming (9057 - 12600, n=153, last 2 years) | |
Aorus 17 XE4 | |
HP Omen 16-b0085ng | |
HP Omen 16-b1090ng | |
Lenovo Legion 5 Pro 16 G7 i7 RTX 3070Ti |
PCMark 10 / Productivity | |
Average of class Gaming (6662 - 14612, n=153, last 2 years) | |
Lenovo Legion 5 Pro 16 G7 i7 RTX 3070Ti | |
Aorus 17 XE4 | |
HP Omen 16-b1090ng | |
MSI Stealth GS66 12UGS | |
HP Omen 16-b0085ng |
PCMark 10 / Digital Content Creation | |
Average of class Gaming (6807 - 18475, n=153, last 2 years) | |
Lenovo Legion 5 Pro 16 G7 i7 RTX 3070Ti | |
Aorus 17 XE4 | |
MSI Stealth GS66 12UGS | |
HP Omen 16-b1090ng | |
HP Omen 16-b0085ng |
CrossMark / Overall | |
Aorus 17 XE4 | |
Lenovo Legion 5 Pro 16 G7 i7 RTX 3070Ti | |
Average of class Gaming (1247 - 2344, n=133, last 2 years) |
CrossMark / Productivity | |
Aorus 17 XE4 | |
Lenovo Legion 5 Pro 16 G7 i7 RTX 3070Ti | |
Average of class Gaming (1299 - 2204, n=133, last 2 years) |
CrossMark / Creativity | |
Average of class Gaming (1275 - 2660, n=133, last 2 years) | |
Lenovo Legion 5 Pro 16 G7 i7 RTX 3070Ti | |
Aorus 17 XE4 |
CrossMark / Responsiveness | |
Aorus 17 XE4 | |
Lenovo Legion 5 Pro 16 G7 i7 RTX 3070Ti | |
Average of class Gaming (1030 - 2330, n=133, last 2 years) |
PCMark 10 Score | 7322 points | |
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AIDA64 / Memory Copy | |
Average of class Gaming (21842 - 94222, n=168, last 2 years) | |
HP Omen 16-b1090ng | |
MSI Stealth GS66 12UGS | |
Lenovo Legion 5 Pro 16 G7 i7 RTX 3070Ti | |
Aorus 17 XE4 |
AIDA64 / Memory Read | |
Average of class Gaming (23681 - 99713, n=168, last 2 years) | |
HP Omen 16-b1090ng | |
MSI Stealth GS66 12UGS | |
Lenovo Legion 5 Pro 16 G7 i7 RTX 3070Ti | |
Aorus 17 XE4 |
AIDA64 / Memory Write | |
Average of class Gaming (22986 - 108954, n=168, last 2 years) | |
MSI Stealth GS66 12UGS | |
HP Omen 16-b1090ng | |
Lenovo Legion 5 Pro 16 G7 i7 RTX 3070Ti | |
Aorus 17 XE4 |
AIDA64 / Memory Latency | |
Lenovo Legion 5 Pro 16 G7 i7 RTX 3070Ti | |
MSI Stealth GS66 12UGS | |
Average of class Gaming (59.5 - 259, n=168, last 2 years) | |
Aorus 17 XE4 | |
HP Omen 16-b1090ng | |
HP Omen 16-b0085ng |
* ... smaller is better
DPC Latencies
DPC Latencies / LatencyMon - interrupt to process latency (max), Web, Youtube, Prime95 | |
MSI Stealth GS66 12UGS | |
Aorus 17 XE4 | |
Lenovo Legion 5 Pro 16 G7 i7 RTX 3070Ti | |
HP Omen 16-b1090ng | |
HP Omen 16-b0085ng |
* ... smaller is better
Storage Devices
An NVMe SSD from Western Digital (PC SN810 model) with 1 TB of storage space serves as the mass storage here. The M.2 drive cannot quite match the SSDs of the competition in the benchmarks, but compared to the old Omen 16, a large increase in speed is noticeable. One downside: The performance of the SSD tends to fluctuate or collapse under prolonged use (see performance graph).
Drive Performance Rating - Percent | |
Lenovo Legion 5 Pro 16 G7 i7 RTX 3070Ti | |
Aorus 17 XE4 | |
MSI Stealth GS66 12UGS -8! | |
Average of class Gaming | |
HP Omen 16-b1090ng | |
HP Omen 16-b0085ng |
* ... smaller is better
Sustained Performance Read: DiskSpd Read Loop, Queue Depth 8
GPU
With the GeForce RTX 3070 Ti, Nvidia has provided a somewhat stronger version of the GeForce RTX 3070. Once again, this offers 8 GB of GDDR6 VRAM, but 5,888 instead of 5,120 shader units, which promises a certain performance boost. However, the speed of the current Nvidia GPUs largely depends on the cooling and the set TGP. In view of 115 watts, HP chooses the same level here as with the RTX 3070 of the predecessor.
The difference in performance difference is thus limited. According to the synthetic graphics tests, the upgrade does not pay off, with results being mostly on par with the old Omen 16. The RTX 3070 Ti laptops we have tested so far have been slightly faster on average.
3DMark Performance Rating - Percent | |
Average of class Gaming | |
Lenovo Legion 5 Pro 16 G7 i7 RTX 3070Ti -1! | |
Average NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti Laptop GPU | |
Aorus 17 XE4 | |
HP Omen 16-b0085ng -1! | |
HP Omen 16-b1090ng | |
MSI Stealth GS66 12UGS |
3DMark 11 Performance | 30414 points | |
3DMark Cloud Gate Standard Score | 60228 points | |
3DMark Fire Strike Score | 22942 points | |
3DMark Time Spy Score | 10306 points | |
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Gaming Performance
The situation is similar for gaming performance, with the new Omen 16 hardly standing out from its predecessor. Basically, the GeForce RTX 3070 Ti is fast enough to run all modern games smoothly at the native resolution of 2,560x1,440 at high to maximum details. However, in the case of very demanding titles like Dying Light 2 and/or - if supported - activated ray tracing, the laptop may struggle.
The Witcher 3 | |
1920x1080 High Graphics & Postprocessing (Nvidia HairWorks Off) | |
Average of class Gaming (40.1 - 449, n=107, last 2 years) | |
Lenovo Legion 5 Pro 16 G7 i7 RTX 3070Ti | |
Average NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti Laptop GPU (139.7 - 226, n=27) | |
HP Omen 16-b1090ng | |
HP Omen 16-b0085ng | |
Aorus 17 XE4 | |
MSI Stealth GS66 12UGS | |
1920x1080 Ultra Graphics & Postprocessing (HBAO+) | |
Average of class Gaming (18.4 - 216, n=147, last 2 years) | |
Lenovo Legion 5 Pro 16 G7 i7 RTX 3070Ti | |
Average NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti Laptop GPU (76.8 - 124.1, n=39) | |
Aorus 17 XE4 | |
HP Omen 16-b0085ng | |
HP Omen 16-b1090ng | |
MSI Stealth GS66 12UGS |
In contrast to CPU and SSD performance, the performance of the GPU remains quite stable over longer periods of time. No abnormalities were detected during our one-hour Witcher 3 test.