HP Pavilion 15 (2021) Laptop Review: 11th Gen Intel and GeForce MX450 Combo

It's been two years since we last reviewed a standard HP Pavilion 15 and a lot has changed since then. HP has updated the chassis design as well as the 8th gen Whiskey Lake-U CPU and GeForce MX250 GPU to 11th gen Tiger Lake-U and the MX450, respectively. The Pavilion name carries some of HP's most affordable laptops in contrast to the higher-end Envy series and flagship Spectre series.
The system we're looking at today has been fully configured with the Core i7-1165G7 CPU, 16 GB of RAM, 1 TB PCIe SSD, and dedicated Nvidia graphics for about $1100 USD. Its specifications are therefore higher than your typical budget Ultrabook especially in terms of graphics as many in this category have no Nvidia options at all.
Competitors to the Pavilion 15 include other entry-level 15.6-inch multimedia laptops like the Dell Inspiron 15 5502, Lenovo IdeaPad 5 15, Honor MagicBook 15, or Asus VivoBook S15 S533EQ.
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Rating | Date | Model | Weight | Height | Size | Resolution | Best Price |
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81.2 % | 06/2021 | HP Pavilion 15-eg i7-1165G7, GeForce MX450 | 1.7 kg | 17.9 mm | 15.60" | 1920x1080 | |
75.4 % | 03/2020 | HP Pavilion Gaming 15-ec0002ng R5 3550H, GeForce GTX 1050 Mobile | 2.3 kg | 23.5 mm | 15.60" | 1920x1080 | |
78.2 % | 12/2020 | Dell Inspiron 15 5000 5502 i3-1115G4, UHD Graphics Xe G4 48EUs | 1.6 kg | 17.9 mm | 15.60" | 1920x1080 | |
83 % | 07/2020 | Lenovo IdeaPad 5 15IIL05 i5-1035G1, GeForce MX350 | 1.7 kg | 17.9 mm | 15.60" | 1920x1080 | |
83 % | 08/2020 | HP Envy 15-ep0098nr i7-10750H, GeForce RTX 2060 Max-Q | 2 kg | 19 mm | 15.60" | 3840x2160 | |
83.4 % | 12/2020 | Asus VivoBook S15 S533EQ-BQ002T i7-1165G7, GeForce MX350 | 1.8 kg | 16.1 mm | 15.60" | 1920x1080 |
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Case — A Sideways Step In Quality
When compared to the older 2019 design, the 2021 model has narrower top and bottom bezels for a smaller footprint while using the same metal and plastic materials. The speaker grilles along the top of the keyboard are now gone for a more simplistic appearance. It's a basic matte impression with none of the flashy chrome-cut trims or sharp MacBook-like edges of the Spectre or Envy, respectively. Whether it looks any better than a competing Asus VivoBook or Lenovo IdeaPad is up to user preference.
Chassis rigidity is weak around the lid and front corners of the base where the system is most susceptible to twisting. It's only a bit better than the aforementioned VivoBook or IdeaPad but not enough to really make a difference in the long term.
As a budget laptop, the Pavilion 15 isn't trying to be the thinnest or lightest in its category; it just needs to be "good enough" against the competition. Size and weight are therefore very similar to the budget 15.6-inch laptops from other OEMs including the Asus VivoBook S15 or Lenovo IdeaPad 5 15. Moving up to the sleeker HP Envy 15 or Spectre x360 15 will actually be even heavier since those systems have stronger metal frames instead of plastic.
Connectivity — No More RJ-45
Port options are decent for the size. We're surprised to see HDMI 2.0 instead of 1.4 meaning the system properly supports external monitors of up to 4K at 60 FPS. There is no Thunderbolt support, however, as HP wants users to upgrade to the costlier Envy or Spectre series instead.
DisplayPort via USB-C appears to be broken on our unit as shown here. The image on the external monitor would twitch and display incorrectly no matter the settings. We even tried different monitors and laptops, but the results wouldn't change. This seems to be limited to the USB-C port as video-out via HDMI would work without any issues.
SD Card Reader
Transfer rates from the spring-loaded MicroSD reader is relatively fast at about 70 MB/s. Moving 1 GB of pictures from our UHS-II test card to desktop takes about 15 seconds compared to almost twice that on the older Pavilion 15 Gaming.
SD Card Reader | |
average JPG Copy Test (av. of 3 runs) | |
HP Envy 15-ep0098nr (Toshiba Exceria Pro M501 UHS-II) | |
HP Pavilion 15-eg (AV PRO microSD 128 GB V60) | |
HP Pavilion Gaming 15-ec0002ng (Toshiba Exceria Pro SDXC 64 GB UHS-II) | |
Asus VivoBook S15 S533EQ-BQ002T (Toshiba Exceria Pro M501 microSDXC 64GB) | |
Lenovo IdeaPad 5 15IIL05 (Toshiba Exceria Pro SDXC 64 GB UHS-II) | |
Dell Inspiron 15 5000 5502 (Toshiba Exceria Pro M501 microSDXC 32GB) | |
maximum AS SSD Seq Read Test (1GB) | |
HP Envy 15-ep0098nr (Toshiba Exceria Pro M501 UHS-II) | |
HP Pavilion 15-eg (AV PRO microSD 128 GB V60) | |
HP Pavilion Gaming 15-ec0002ng (Toshiba Exceria Pro SDXC 64 GB UHS-II) | |
Lenovo IdeaPad 5 15IIL05 (Toshiba Exceria Pro SDXC 64 GB UHS-II) | |
Dell Inspiron 15 5000 5502 (Toshiba Exceria Pro M501 microSDXC 32GB) | |
Asus VivoBook S15 S533EQ-BQ002T (Toshiba Exceria Pro M501 microSDXC 64GB) |
Communication
The Intel AX201 comes standard for Wi-Fi 6 and Bluetooth 5.1 connectivity much like on most other Tiger Lake-U laptops. Connection is stable and without any issues when paired to our Netgear RAX200 test router.
Webcam
Camera quality remains unchanged gen-to-gen. We would at least like to see a camera kill switch or privacy shutter much like on most other laptops these days. There is no IR camera for Windows Hello support.

Maintenance
HP Pavilion laptops are traditionally difficult to crack open and it's no different here. The bottom panel hides four screws underneath the rubber feet to dissuade end-user servicing. Even after removing all the screws, we still found the panel difficult to remove without damaging the chassis. End-user upgrades like RAM and storage and therefore more difficult than it needs to be.
Accessories and Warranty
There are no extras in the box other than the barrel-type AC adapter and paperwork. A one-year limited manufacturer warranty applies.
Input Devices — Surprisingly Comfortable Keyboard
Keyboard
Keyboard layout has changed slightly from the 2019 model. The power button, for example, is now a regular keyboard key instead of being off to the left corner. Otherwise, the typing experience remains largely the same. Feedback is surprisingly firm and with good travel to be better than the spongier and lighter keys of the Asus VivoBook or Lenovo IdeaPad.
The NumPad keys offer similar feedback to the QWERTY keys for a good sense of uniformity. It's unfortunate that the NumPad keys are narrower and therefore more cramped for larger fingers.
Touchpad
The Precision clickpad is relatively large at 11.5 x 7.4 cm to be essentially the same as the clickpad on the pricier Envy 15 Creator. Traction is smooth when gliding at medium-to-fast speeds while slower speeds will result in moderate sticking to aid in precision. On the other hand, clicking on the clickpad is both shallow and spongy for an uncomfortable experience without an external mouse.
Display — Sharp, But Not Bright
The display is both good and disappointing. It's good in that contrast ratio is relatively high for a budget laptop at over 1000:1 and that images are sharp because to the glossy overlay. Response times are also decent for reduced ghosting when playing games. Unfortunately, the disappointingly dim backlight and limited colors prevent the display from being outstanding in all aspects. Expect some glare even when indoors.
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Brightness Distribution: 76 %
Center on Battery: 294.3 cd/m²
Contrast: 1132:1 (Black: 0.26 cd/m²)
ΔE Color 4.08 | 0.59-29.43 Ø5.2, calibrated: 3.7
ΔE Greyscale 3 | 0.57-98 Ø5.5
44.4% AdobeRGB 1998 (Argyll 2.2.0 3D)
64% sRGB (Argyll 2.2.0 3D)
42.9% Display P3 (Argyll 2.2.0 3D)
Gamma: 2.21
HP Pavilion 15-eg Chi Mei CMN1523, IPS, 15.60, 1920x1080 | HP Pavilion Gaming 15-ec0002ng Chi Mei N156HGA-EA3, TN LED, 15.60, 1920x1080 | Dell Inspiron 15 5000 5502 BOE NV15N3D, IPS, 15.60, 1920x1080 | Lenovo IdeaPad 5 15IIL05 AU Optronics B156HAN02.1, IPS, 15.60, 1920x1080 | HP Envy 15-ep0098nr Samsung SDC4145, AMOLED, 15.60, 3840x2160 | Asus VivoBook S15 S533EQ-BQ002T Panda LM156LF-5L04, IPS, 15.60, 1920x1080 | |
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Display | -4% | -8% | -12% | 96% | -9% | |
Display P3 Coverage | 42.9 | 41.22 -4% | 39.42 -8% | 37.63 -12% | 88.5 106% | 39.01 -9% |
sRGB Coverage | 64 | 61.8 -3% | 58.7 -8% | 56.5 -12% | 100 56% | 58.5 -9% |
AdobeRGB 1998 Coverage | 44.4 | 42.62 -4% | 40.73 -8% | 38.88 -12% | 99.9 125% | 40.33 -9% |
Response Times | -52% | -83% | -49% | 29% | -41% | |
Response Time Grey 50% / Grey 80% * | 22.8 ? | 44 ? -93% | 45.6 ? -100% | 42 ? -84% | 0.8 ? 96% | 38 ? -67% |
Response Time Black / White * | 23.6 ? | 15 ? 36% | 36.4 ? -54% | 27 ? -14% | 2.7 ? 89% | 27 ? -14% |
PWM Frequency | 26320 ? | 250 ? -99% | 1020 ? -96% | 242.7 ? -99% | ||
Screen | -59% | -10% | -9% | 17% | -13% | |
Brightness middle | 294.3 | 233 -21% | 233.1 -21% | 340 16% | 374.3 27% | 287 -2% |
Brightness | 251 | 211 -16% | 226 -10% | 325 29% | 379 51% | 261 4% |
Brightness Distribution | 76 | 82 8% | 90 18% | 88 16% | 91 20% | 84 11% |
Black Level * | 0.26 | 0.405 -56% | 0.21 19% | 0.27 -4% | 0.51 -96% | |
Contrast | 1132 | 575 -49% | 1110 -2% | 1259 11% | 563 -50% | |
Colorchecker dE 2000 * | 4.08 | 8.22 -101% | 5.69 -39% | 6.62 -62% | 5.47 -34% | 4.72 -16% |
Colorchecker dE 2000 max. * | 19.49 | 18.6 5% | 20.62 -6% | 21.05 -8% | 8.22 58% | 17.94 8% |
Colorchecker dE 2000 calibrated * | 3.7 | 5.12 -38% | 4.71 -27% | 4.61 -25% | 3.74 -1% | |
Greyscale dE 2000 * | 3 | 10.13 -238% | 3.3 -10% | 4.61 -54% | 2.3 23% | 2.2 27% |
Gamma | 2.21 100% | 2.27 97% | 2.35 94% | 2.74 80% | 2.09 105% | 2.51 88% |
CCT | 6616 98% | 11323 57% | 6749 96% | 6262 104% | 6340 103% | 6758 96% |
Color Space (Percent of AdobeRGB 1998) | 39 | 37.1 | 36 | 87.8 | 37 | |
Color Space (Percent of sRGB) | 62 | 58 | 56 | 100 | 58 | |
Total Average (Program / Settings) | -38% /
-45% | -34% /
-24% | -23% /
-16% | 47% /
38% | -21% /
-16% |
* ... smaller is better
X-Rite colorimeter results are a mixed bag. While grayscale and gamma are decent, certain colors like blue and magenta are very off with high deltaE values of 19.5 and 9.9, respectively. These two colors would remain more inaccurate than any other color by large margins even after calibration. Though perfectly fine for web browsing, video, or gaming, graphics editors may want to connect an external monitor or consider a higher-end laptop with more accurate colors. This is supposed to be a budget HP laptop, after all.
Display Response Times
↔ Response Time Black to White | ||
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23.6 ms ... rise ↗ and fall ↘ combined | ↗ 13.6 ms rise | |
↘ 10 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 0.4 (minimum) to 240 (maximum) ms. » 43 % of all devices are better. This means that the measured response time is similar to the average of all tested devices (22.7 ms). | ||
↔ Response Time 50% Grey to 80% Grey | ||
22.8 ms ... rise ↗ and fall ↘ combined | ↗ 10 ms rise | |
↘ 12.8 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 0.25 (minimum) to 636 (maximum) ms. » 24 % of all devices are better. This means that the measured response time is better than the average of all tested devices (35.8 ms). |
Screen Flickering / PWM (Pulse-Width Modulation)
Screen flickering / PWM detected | 26320 Hz | ≤ 43 % brightness setting | |
The display backlight flickers at 26320 Hz (Likely utilizing PWM) Flickering detected at a brightness setting of 43 % and below. There should be no flickering or PWM above this brightness setting. The frequency of 26320 Hz is quite high, so most users sensitive to PWM should not notice any flickering. In comparison: 53 % of all tested devices do not use PWM to dim the display. If PWM was detected, an average of 19466 (minimum: 5 - maximum: 3846000) Hz was measured. |
Outdoor visibility is poor because of the overwhelming glare. The dim backlight is unable to overcome both the glossy overlay and natural ambient lighting for a washed out screen. If outdoor visibility is a concern, then you may want to invest in a Spectre convertible instead which offers much brighter display options.
Performance — GeForce MX450 Powerhouse
Though the Core i7-1165G7 has become ubiquitous, it's the GeForce MX450 GPU that separates the Pavilion 15 from most other Ultrabooks. Laptops with Tiger Lake CPUs typically lack discrete graphics options since the integrated Intel Iris Xe GPU competes directly with the GeForce MX series.
AMD Ryzen options are available for lower prices with similar display, RAM, and storage options. However, they lack the GeForce MX GPU and AX201 Wi-Fi 6 wireless of the Intel SKUs.
Our unit was set to High Performance mode prior to running any performance benchmarks below for the highest possible scores.
Processor — Limited Turbo Boost Power
Single-thread performance is slightly above the average Core i7-1165G7 laptop in our database by a few percentage points while multi-thread performance is slightly under. Overall performance is somewhat lacking as a result as CineBench scores are comparable to the older and cheaper Core i5-1035G1 even though we know the Core i7-1165G7 is capable of much more. The ADATA Xenia, for example, offers up to 25 to 30 percent faster multi-thread performance than our HP despite the fact that both systems come with the same processor.
Cinebench R23: Multi Core | Single Core
Cinebench R15: CPU Multi 64Bit | CPU Single 64Bit
Blender: v2.79 BMW27 CPU
7-Zip 18.03: 7z b 4 -mmt1 | 7z b 4
Geekbench 5.4: Single-Core | Multi-Core
HWBOT x265 Benchmark v2.2: 4k Preset
LibreOffice : 20 Documents To PDF
R Benchmark 2.5: Overall mean
Cinebench R23 / Multi Core | |
HP Envy x360 15-eu0097nr | |
Tuxedo Aura 15 Gen1 | |
ADATA XPG Xenia Xe | |
Average Intel Core i7-1165G7 (2525 - 6862, n=64) | |
HP Pavilion 15-eg | |
Honor MagicBook 15 i5 1135G7 |
Cinebench R23 / Single Core | |
ADATA XPG Xenia Xe | |
HP Pavilion 15-eg | |
Average Intel Core i7-1165G7 (1110 - 1539, n=59) | |
Honor MagicBook 15 i5 1135G7 | |
HP Envy x360 15-eu0097nr | |
Tuxedo Aura 15 Gen1 |
Blender / v2.79 BMW27 CPU | |
Dell Inspiron 15 5000 5502 | |
Honor MagicBook 15 i5 1135G7 | |
Average Intel Core i7-1165G7 (468 - 1138, n=80) | |
Lenovo IdeaPad 5 15IIL05 | |
HP Pavilion 15-eg | |
Honor MagicBook 15 4500U | |
ADATA XPG Xenia Xe | |
Tuxedo Aura 15 Gen1 | |
HP Envy 15-ep0098nr | |
HP Envy x360 15-eu0097nr |
7-Zip 18.03 / 7z b 4 -mmt1 | |
HP Pavilion 15-eg | |
ADATA XPG Xenia Xe | |
Average Intel Core i7-1165G7 (4478 - 5507, n=80) | |
Dell Inspiron 15 5000 5502 | |
HP Envy x360 15-eu0097nr | |
HP Envy 15-ep0098nr | |
Tuxedo Aura 15 Gen1 | |
Lenovo IdeaPad 5 15IIL05 | |
Honor MagicBook 15 4500U | |
Honor MagicBook 15 i5 1135G7 |
7-Zip 18.03 / 7z b 4 | |
HP Envy x360 15-eu0097nr | |
Tuxedo Aura 15 Gen1 | |
HP Envy 15-ep0098nr | |
ADATA XPG Xenia Xe | |
Honor MagicBook 15 4500U | |
Average Intel Core i7-1165G7 (15347 - 27405, n=80) | |
HP Pavilion 15-eg | |
Lenovo IdeaPad 5 15IIL05 | |
Honor MagicBook 15 i5 1135G7 | |
Dell Inspiron 15 5000 5502 |
Geekbench 5.4 / Single-Core | |
ADATA XPG Xenia Xe | |
Average Intel Core i7-1165G7 (1302 - 1595, n=77) | |
Honor MagicBook 15 i5 1135G7 | |
Dell Inspiron 15 5000 5502 | |
HP Envy 15-ep0098nr | |
Lenovo IdeaPad 5 15IIL05 | |
Honor MagicBook 15 4500U | |
HP Envy x360 15-eu0097nr | |
Tuxedo Aura 15 Gen1 | |
HP Pavilion Gaming 15-ec0002ng |
Geekbench 5.4 / Multi-Core | |
HP Envy x360 15-eu0097nr | |
Tuxedo Aura 15 Gen1 | |
HP Envy 15-ep0098nr | |
Honor MagicBook 15 4500U | |
ADATA XPG Xenia Xe | |
Average Intel Core i7-1165G7 (3078 - 5926, n=77) | |
Honor MagicBook 15 i5 1135G7 | |
Lenovo IdeaPad 5 15IIL05 | |
HP Pavilion Gaming 15-ec0002ng | |
Dell Inspiron 15 5000 5502 |
HWBOT x265 Benchmark v2.2 / 4k Preset | |
HP Envy x360 15-eu0097nr | |
HP Envy 15-ep0098nr | |
Tuxedo Aura 15 Gen1 | |
ADATA XPG Xenia Xe | |
Honor MagicBook 15 4500U | |
HP Pavilion 15-eg | |
Lenovo IdeaPad 5 15IIL05 | |
Average Intel Core i7-1165G7 (1.39 - 8.47, n=80) | |
Honor MagicBook 15 i5 1135G7 | |
Dell Inspiron 15 5000 5502 |
LibreOffice / 20 Documents To PDF | |
Honor MagicBook 15 4500U | |
Dell Inspiron 15 5000 5502 | |
HP Envy x360 15-eu0097nr | |
Tuxedo Aura 15 Gen1 | |
Lenovo IdeaPad 5 15IIL05 | |
Honor MagicBook 15 i5 1135G7 | |
Average Intel Core i7-1165G7 (21.5 - 88.1, n=78) | |
HP Envy 15-ep0098nr | |
ADATA XPG Xenia Xe | |
HP Pavilion 15-eg |
R Benchmark 2.5 / Overall mean | |
Lenovo IdeaPad 5 15IIL05 | |
Dell Inspiron 15 5000 5502 | |
Honor MagicBook 15 4500U | |
Honor MagicBook 15 i5 1135G7 | |
HP Envy 15-ep0098nr | |
Tuxedo Aura 15 Gen1 | |
Average Intel Core i7-1165G7 (0.552 - 1.002, n=80) | |
HP Envy x360 15-eu0097nr | |
ADATA XPG Xenia Xe | |
HP Pavilion 15-eg |
Cinebench R23: Multi Core | Single Core
Cinebench R15: CPU Multi 64Bit | CPU Single 64Bit
Blender: v2.79 BMW27 CPU
7-Zip 18.03: 7z b 4 -mmt1 | 7z b 4
Geekbench 5.4: Single-Core | Multi-Core
HWBOT x265 Benchmark v2.2: 4k Preset
LibreOffice : 20 Documents To PDF
R Benchmark 2.5: Overall mean
* ... smaller is better
System Performance
PCMark 10 / Digital Content Creation | |
HP Envy 15-ep0098nr | |
HP Pavilion 15-eg | |
Asus VivoBook S15 S533EQ-BQ002T | |
Average Intel Core i7-1165G7, NVIDIA GeForce MX450 (4812 - 5878, n=9) | |
ADATA XPG Xenia Xe | |
HP Pavilion Gaming 15-ec0002ng | |
Lenovo IdeaPad 5 15IIL05 | |
Dell Inspiron 15 5000 5502 |
PCMark 10 Score | 5814 points | |
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DPC Latency
DPC Latencies / LatencyMon - interrupt to process latency (max), Web, Youtube, Prime95 | |
HP Envy 15-ep0098nr | |
HP Pavilion 15-eg | |
Dell Inspiron 15 5000 5502 | |
Lenovo IdeaPad 5 15IIL05 | |
Asus VivoBook S15 S533EQ-BQ002T |
* ... smaller is better
Storage Devices
Our unit comes with a mid-range PCIe 3.0 x4 1 TB Samsung PM991 NVMe SSD. The manufacturer advertises sequential read and write rates of 2300 MB/s and 1350 MB/s, respectively, which we can confirm. It's a fast drive relative to the competing Intel 660p or Toshiba BG4 commonly found on other budget laptops.
HP offers no secondary internal storage options.
HP Pavilion 15-eg Samsung PM991 MZVLQ1T0HALB | HP Pavilion Gaming 15-ec0002ng Intel SSD 660p SSDPEKNW512G8 | Dell Inspiron 15 5000 5502 Toshiba BG4 KBG40ZNS128G | Lenovo IdeaPad 5 15IIL05 SK hynix BC511 HFM512GDHTNI-87A0B | HP Envy 15-ep0098nr Intel Optane Memory H10 with Solid State Storage 32GB + 512GB HBRPEKNX0202A(L/H) | Asus VivoBook S15 S533EQ-BQ002T Intel SSD 660p 1TB SSDPEKNW010T8 | |
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AS SSD | -61% | -73% | -21% | -40% | -13% | |
Seq Read | 2030 | 1623 -20% | 1142 -44% | 1625 -20% | 1005 -50% | 1754 -14% |
Seq Write | 1003 | 891 -11% | 199.8 -80% | 860 -14% | 436.8 -56% | 1567 56% |
4K Read | 46.74 | 48.06 3% | 39.5 -15% | 52.1 11% | 51.5 10% | 53 13% |
4K Write | 164.2 | 102.1 -38% | 165.7 1% | 131.3 -20% | 88 -46% | 167.9 2% |
4K-64 Read | 1098 | 325.6 -70% | 461.2 -58% | 797 -27% | 517 -53% | 586 -47% |
4K-64 Write | 891 | 94.1 -89% | 203 -77% | 769 -14% | 839 -6% | 858 -4% |
Access Time Read * | 0.053 | 0.171 -223% | 0.124 -134% | 0.063 -19% | 0.088 -66% | 0.097 -83% |
Access Time Write * | 0.062 | 0.048 23% | 0.181 -192% | 0.032 48% | 0.151 -144% | 0.038 39% |
Score Read | 1348 | 536 -60% | 615 -54% | 1012 -25% | 669 -50% | 815 -40% |
Score Write | 1155 | 285 -75% | 389 -66% | 986 -15% | 970 -16% | 1182 2% |
Score Total | 3149 | 1077 -66% | 1284 -59% | 2492 -21% | 1972 -37% | 2421 -23% |
Copy ISO MB/s | 1583 | 566 -64% | 216.8 -86% | 638 -60% | 1173 -26% | 1477 -7% |
Copy Program MB/s | 682 | 223.8 -67% | 163 -76% | 290.2 -57% | 769 13% | 495.3 -27% |
Copy Game MB/s | 1428 | 104.3 -93% | 176 -88% | 525 -63% | 1045 -27% | 719 -50% |
CrystalDiskMark 5.2 / 6 | -15% | -34% | -3% | 5% | 25% | |
Write 4K | 141.6 | 136.9 -3% | 138.5 -2% | 159.7 13% | 100.2 -29% | 214.4 51% |
Read 4K | 42.61 | 57 34% | 41.98 -1% | 48.31 13% | 112.8 165% | 58.5 37% |
Write Seq | 1337 | 968 -28% | 213.5 -84% | 1038 -22% | 537 -60% | 1678 26% |
Read Seq | 1575 | 1631 4% | 1289 -18% | 1158 -26% | 1270 -19% | 1648 5% |
Write 4K Q32T1 | 397.8 | 237 -40% | 157.8 -60% | 493.9 24% | 480.6 21% | 644 62% |
Read 4K Q32T1 | 454.2 | 337.1 -26% | 448.9 -1% | 522 15% | 364.9 -20% | 600 32% |
Write Seq Q32T1 | 1648 | 963 -42% | 210.5 -87% | 1028 -38% | 1224 -26% | 1760 7% |
Read Seq Q32T1 | 2388 | 1863 -22% | 1853 -22% | 2280 -5% | 2635 10% | 1853 -22% |
Total Average (Program / Settings) | -38% /
-44% | -54% /
-59% | -12% /
-15% | -18% /
-23% | 6% /
1% |
* ... smaller is better
Disk Throttling: DiskSpd Read Loop, Queue Depth 8
GPU Performance
Graphics performance is comparable to the Iris Xe 96 EUs in worst case scenarios. More often than not, however, the GeForce MX450 will handily outperform the integrated Intel solution especially when gaming. Running DOTA 2 Reborn on maximum 1080p settings, for example, results in 2x faster frame rates on our Pavilion system when compared to any Iris Xe laptop even though their 3DMark scores are relatively close. Having separate power envelopes for the CPU and GPU means neither processor will be as limited by the performance of the other.
3DMark 11 | |
1280x720 Performance GPU | |
HP Pavilion Gaming 15-ec0002ng | |
HP Pavilion 15-eg | |
Average NVIDIA GeForce MX450 (6341 - 9580, n=16) | |
Lenovo IdeaPad 5 15IIL05 | |
HP Envy x360 15-eu0097nr | |
Average Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EUs (2867 - 7202, n=141) | |
Honor MagicBook 15 i5 1135G7 | |
Tuxedo Aura 15 Gen1 | |
Honor MagicBook 15 4500U | |
Lenovo Ideapad S340-15IIL | |
Dell Inspiron 15 5000 5502 | |
HP Pavilion x360 15-dq0065cl | |
1280x720 Performance Combined | |
HP Pavilion Gaming 15-ec0002ng | |
Average NVIDIA GeForce MX450 (4915 - 7419, n=15) | |
HP Pavilion 15-eg | |
Average Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EUs (1926 - 7183, n=140) | |
Lenovo IdeaPad 5 15IIL05 | |
Tuxedo Aura 15 Gen1 | |
HP Envy x360 15-eu0097nr | |
Honor MagicBook 15 i5 1135G7 | |
Honor MagicBook 15 4500U | |
Dell Inspiron 15 5000 5502 | |
Lenovo Ideapad S340-15IIL | |
HP Pavilion x360 15-dq0065cl |
3DMark 11 Performance | 8276 points | |
3DMark Cloud Gate Standard Score | 16928 points | |
3DMark Fire Strike Score | 4351 points | |
3DMark Time Spy Score | 2103 points | |
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