PC World - USA (2019-12)

DECEMBER 2019 PCWorld 47

cord clutter when a laptop’s desk-bound.
Problem is, rear-facing ports are a huge
annoyance when traveling. They’re hard to
access and hard to orient when working in close
quarters. The Omen 17 crams in power, ethernet,
HDMI-out, Mini DisplayPort, two USB-A, a
USB-C, and dual 3.5mm headphones and mic
jacks all on the left side. The
right houses a modest SD
card reader and an
additional USB-A port.
The rear? All fans, the
way it’s meant to be.

PERFORMANCE
You’re probably not
buying the Omen 17 for
its looks, though. Also
remember our review
unit sports a full-size RTX
2070, not the Max-Q
model we’ve reviewed so
often this year. It makes a
difference.
More on that later,
though. First, let’s take a
look at our CPU tests.
We’re very familiar with
the Core i7-9750H at this
point, so anomalies are
glaring—and there are
some here. We use
Cinebench to test both
single-core and

multi-core performance. This being a short-

burst test, it’s mostly good for gauging

top-speed performance. The Omen 17 slots

in right alongside its peers, albeit on the

lower end.

Trouble brews during our CPU stress test,

where we measure how long it takes the

Alienware Area-51m R1

(Core i9-9900K)

M(Core i9-9880H)SI GE 65 Raider-51

Dell G7 (Core i7-9750H)

Lenovo Legion Y740(Core i7-8750H)

Alienw(Core i7-9750H)are M15 R2

HP Omen 17

(Core i7-9750H)

HandBrake Total Encode Time

(Seconds)

SHORTER BARS INDICATE BETTER PERFORMANCE

1,128

1,798

1,740

1,445

2,115

1,767

Alienw(Core i9-9900K)are Area-51m R1

Alienware M15 R2

(Core i7-9750H)

MSI GE 65 Raider-51

(Core i9-9880H)

HP Omen 17

(Core i7-9750H)

Lenovo Legion Y740(Core i7-8750H)

Dell G7 (Core i7-9750H)

3DMark TimeSpy 1.1

(GPU score)

LONGER BARS INDICATE BETTER PERFORMANCE

10,427

6,356

7, 6 4 8

8,424

5,692

7, 6 1 4