PC World (2019-04)

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completely with a discrete GPU, we’re told.)
PCMark 8 breaks down into three
separate tests: Work, which focuses on
spreadsheet, text editing, HTML, and VOIP
calls; the Home test, which leans a bit more
into photo editing and light gaming, and the
Creative test, which aligns more with HP’s
target audience. The latter emphasizes photo
and video editing as well as gaming
applications, and stresses the GPU more than
the other two tests. We’ve used the PCMark

Work and Creative tests, here.

Note that HP’s Spectre x360

Kaby Lake-G experiment from

yesteryear outperforms the Spectre x360, as

does the MSI GS65, a true gaming notebook

that we added for comparison’s sake.

In both PCMark 8 tests, the HP Spectre

x360 15 falls a bit behind its chief rival, the

Dell XPS 15, though some of that may be due

to the far greater resolution of the Spectre

x360’s screen.

PCMark 10 combines a number of more

modern workloads under one umbrella,

offering a single score as well as the

opportunity to dig down into

individual tests in the scoring

summary. Our database

happens to include several

competitors, presenting a fairly

It’s worth noting that while

the October 2018 Update

inexplicably dragged down the

PCMark Work and Home, even

the original scores were at the

performance level produced by

the original Surface Laptop, as

measured by both benchmarks.

Dell XPS 15 9570(Core i7-8750H)

HP Spectre x360 15 (2019)(Core i7-8750H)

Huawei Matebook X Pro

(Core i7-8550U)

Lenovo IdeaPad Flex 5 15

(Core i7-8550U)

PCMark 8 Creative 3.0

(Native resolution)

LONGER BARS INDICATE BETTER PERFORMANCE

3,233

3,479

3,056

Note that our limited PCMark

database compares to the Dell

XPS 13, not the 15-inch model.

Still, there’s nothing to frown at,

here. The Acer Predator Helios is

another gaming PC.

Acer Predator Helios 500

(Core i9-8950HK)

Lenovo ThinkPad

Extreme (Core i7-8850H)

HP Spectre x360 15 (2019)(Core i7-8750H)

Huaw(Core i7-8565UU)ei Matebook 13

Dell XPS 15 9370(Core i5-8250U)

PCMark 10

(Native resolution)

LONGER BARS INDICATE BETTER PERFORMANCE

5,641

3,737

4,691

5,003

4,299