PC World - USA (2020-02)

FEBRUARY 2020 PCWorld 57

HandBrake

A benchmark that

involves converting

a 30GB MKV file

into a format

suitable for an

Android tablet, our

HandBrake test

pushes even the

beefiest CPUs to

their limits. It also

tells us a lot about

how a given laptop

balances cooling

and performance

over a relatively

lengthy period,

given that our

HandBrake test

often takes more

than an hour to

perform.

Checking our

chart, the HP Pavilion

x360 lands where

we’d expect, right in

the mix with other

quad-core Core i5

Whiskey Lake

laptops. The Pavilion

is also neck-and-

neck with the HP

Envy 13, a Core i7

Whiskey Lake

With its solid PCMark 8 score, the HP Pavilion x360 should handle day-to-day
computing tasks with ease.

Lenovo IdeaPad S340-151WL

(Core i5-8265U)

Acer Aspire 5 A515-54-51DJ

(Core i5-8265U)

HP Pavilion x360 14M-DH0003DX (Core i5-8265U)

Dell XPS 13 7390 (Core i7-10710U)

Lenovo IdeaPad Flex 6-141KB 81EM (Core i5-8250U)

Acer Aspire A515-54-30BQ(Core i3-8145U)

HP Envy 13-AQ0044NR

(Ryzen 7 3780U SE)

Dell Inspiron 15 7000 Black

Edition (Core i7-8565U)

PCMark 8 Work 2.0 Conventional

(Native resolution)

LONGER BARS INDICATE BETTER PERFORMANCE

3,562

3,292

3,462

3,126

3,506

3,224

3,338

3,039

With its quad-core i5 CPU, the HP Pavilion x360’s HandBrake performance sits
right where it should, with the six-core Dell XPS 13 at the top of the heap.

Dell XPS 13 7390 (Core i7-10710U)

Dell Inspiron 15 7000 Black Edition (Core i7-8565U)

Lenovo IdeaPad S340-151W(Core i5-8265U) L

HP Envy 13-AQ(Ryzen 7 3780U SE)0044NR

HP Pavilion x360

14M-DH0003DX (Core i5-8265U)

Lenovo IdeaPad Flex 6-141KB

81EM (Core i5-8250U)

Acer Aspire 5 A515-54-51DJ

(Core i5-8265U)

Acer Aspire A515-54-30BQ(Core i3-8145U)

HandBrake Total Encode Time

(Seconds)

SHORTER BARS INDICATE BETTER PERFORMANCE

2,635

4,108

3,878

4,973

3,654

4,117

4,064

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