FEBRUARY 2020 PCWorld 59the quad-core HP Envy 13 and its Core i7 CPU
gets an expected speed bump thanks to its
faster boost clock. At the bottom of the list,
once again, is the dual-core but bargain-
priced Acer Aspire 5.
3DMark Sky Diver
Like many midrange, productivity-minded
laptops, the HP Pavilion x360 isn’t much of a
gaming machine, although its integrated
graphics core is designed to deliver enough
adequate performance for light photo editing
and similar tasks. As a rule, laptops with
discrete graphics cards will score much
higher in our graphics-oriented 3DMark Sky
Diver benchmark, and our results bear that out.
As expected, the HP Pavilion x360 sits
right alongside similar laptops with integrated
Intel UHD Graphics 620 cores. While it’s
nearer the back of the pack, you’re not going
to see any of these integrated graphics
systems deliver even close to 30 fps while
playing, say, Fortnite. For smooth gaming
performance, you’d need a laptop with
discrete graphics, such as the two laptops at
the top of our chart, which both boast entry-
level Nvidia GeForce MX250 graphics cards.Battery life
We test a laptop’s battery life by looping a 4K
video using the stock Windows Movies & TV
app. We set screen brightness set to about
250 nits (which
means cranking the
brightness all the
way up on the HP
Pavilion x360) and
with the volume set
to 50 percent,
headphones on.
At first glance,
the Pavilion’s
position near the
bottom of the chart
doesn’t look so
great, but its
484-minute battery
drain result (a sliver
over 8 hours) isn’t
bad considering itsWithout discrete graphics, the HP Pavilion x360 isn’t much of a gaming
machine, but that likely won’t matter to productivity-minded users.
Dell Inspiron 15 7000 Black Edition (Core i7-8565U)
HP Envy 13-AQ(Ryzen 7 3780U SE)0044NR
Dell XPS 13 7390 (Core i7-10710U)
Lenovo IdeaPad S340-151WL
(Core i5-8265U)
Acer Aspire 5 A515-54-51DJ
(Core i5-8265U)
HP Pavilion x360
14M-DH0003DX (Core i5-8265U)
Lenovo IdeaPad Flex 6-141KB 81EM (Core i5-8250U)
Acer Aspire A515-54-30BQ(Core i3-8145U)3DMark Sky Diver 1.0 Overall
(Demo Mode Off)LONGER BARS INDICATE BETTER PERFORMANCE9,4084,5865,0154,1519,0764,1554,7093,451