CONFIGURATION OPTIONS
The version of the Envy Desktop reviewed here includes
a six-core Intel Core i5 processor with Intel UHD 630
integrated graphics; 12GB of DDR4-2666 memory; and
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eight-core Core i7 CPU, Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660
graphics, and up to 16GB of memory.
The latest Envy Desktops use Intel’s 9th Generation
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Generation chip such as the Core i5-8400 in our
review unit.
I compared the Envy Desktop’s performance in our
benchmark tests to that of other similarly priced
desktops, including the HP Pavilion, the Acer Aspire,
the Lenovo IdeaCentre 510A, and the Apple Mac mini.
The Envy’s six-core processor helped propel it to
impressive results in multimedia tasks such as editing
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tasks such as word processing, spreadsheet editing, and
casual gaming, it’s still a step ahead, but the
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We use PCMark 10 to measure overall system
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processing, web browsing, and videoconferencing. A
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performance, and this HP scored 4.098. Indeed, I
noticed no slowdowns while web browsing or installing
and uninstalling apps.
PCMark 8 has a storage subtest that we use to assess
the speed of the system’s boot drive. Since all of the PCs
we compared here have SSDs, their storage
performance is roughly equal.
The Envy’s six-
core processor
helped propel
it to
impressive
results in
multimedia
tasks such as
editing photos.