PC World (2019-04)

68 PCWorld APRIL 2019

REVIEWS HP SPECTRE X360 15 (2019)

comprehensive

performance landscape.

The Spectre x360 15 dwells

in the middle of the pack.

Maxon’s Cinebench

benchmark renders a 3D

scene using all available

CPU cores and threads.

Think of this test as a sprint,

or as a deadlift—it’s a quick test of the available

power of the CPU. Here, the Spectre x360

does well.

HandBrake, by

contrast, is more of a

marathon. The open-

source video conversion

tool converts a full-length

Hollywood movie into

format appropriate for an

Android tablet. It’s a

good way to understand if

the laptop can hold up

under load, and whether

Under load, the HP Spectre

x360 15 (2019) holds its

own. This is an excellent

HandBrake result.

M8RE SI GS65 Stealth Thin (Core i7-8750U)

Dell XPS 15 9570

(Core i7-8750H)

HP Spectre x360 15 (2019)

(Core i7-8750H)

HP Spectre x360 15 (2018)

(Core i7-8750G)

HP Spectre x360 15 (2018) (Core i7-8550U)

Huaw(Core i7-8550U)ei Matebook X Pro

Lenovo IdeaPad Flex 5 15 (Core i7-8550U)

Handbrake 0.99.0 Encoding

(H.264) (Seconds)

SHORTER BARS INDICATE BETTER PERFORMANCE

1,985

4,077

2,032

4,225

2,016

4,175

2,710

In the Cinebench rendering

tests, the Spectre x360 15’s

6-core processor chews

through the benchmark

quickly. Dell XPS 15 9570

(Core i7-8750H)

M8RE SI GS65 Stealth Thin (Core i7-8750U)

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

HP Spectre x360 15 (2018)(Core i7-8750G)

HP Spectre x360 15

(2018) (Core i7-8550U)

Huawei Matebook X Pro

(Core i7-8550U)

Lenovo IdeaPad Flex 5 15

(Core i7-8550U)

Cinebench RT15.038

(All threads)

LONGER BARS INDICATE BETTER PERFORMANCE

1,150

534

972

485

1,144

529

807

the cooling solution is up to snuff. It’s still

largely CPU driven, though. Note the time:

Taking just 33 minutes to transcode a