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日本HP Pavilion 15 (15-eh3000) review – decent daily driver at a pleasant price
Temperatures and comfort, Battery Life
Max CPU load
In this test we use 100% on the CPU cores, monitoring their frequencies and chip temperature. The first column shows a computer’s reaction to a short load (2-10 seconds), the second column simulates a serious task (between 15 and 30 seconds), and the third column is a good indicator of how good the laptop is for long loads such as video rendering.
Average core frequency (base frequency + X); CPU temp.
| AMD Ryzen 7 7730U (15W TDP) | 0:02 – 0:10 sec | 0:15 – 0:30 sec | 10:00 – 15:00 min |
|---|---|---|---|
| HP Pavilion 15 (15-eh3000) | 2.78 GHz @ 55°C @ 30W | 2.60 GHz @ 60°C @ 25W | 2.33 GHz @ 70°C @ 20W |
| Lenovo ThinkBook 14 Gen 6 (AMD) | 3.13 GHz @ 79°C @ 45W | 3.03 GHz @ 96°C @ 43W | 2.89 GHz @ 91°C @ 38W |
| Lenovo ThinkPad E16 Gen 1 (AMD) | 2.71 GHz @ 47°C @ 30W | 2.71 GHz @ 58°C @ 30W | 2.75 GHz @ 78°C @ 30W |
| Dell Vostro 15 3535 | 2.70 GHz @ 71°C @ 29W | 2.47 GHz @ 75°C @ 25W | 2.39 GHz @ 84°C @ 23W |
| Lenovo IdeaPad Slim 3 (14″ AMD, Gen 8) | 2.75 GHz @ 80°C @ 29W | 2.56 GHz @ 87°C @ 25W | 2.37 GHz @ 85°C @ 20W |
| Lenovo IdeaPad Slim 5 (14″ AMD, Gen 8) | 2.56 GHz @ 56°C @ 28W | 2.55 GHz @ 63°C @ 27W | 2.49 GHz @ 67°C @ 24W |
| Acer Aspire 5 (A515-48M) | 3.17 GHz @ 63°C @ 44W | 2.97 GHz @ 71°C @ 37W | 3.02 GHz @ 82°C @ 37W |
The frequencies under load of the Ryzen 7 7730U are always above the base clock of 2.00 GHz which is good. The temperatures are surprisingly low, especially in short and medium loads.
Comfort during full load
The single fan isn’t noisy at all, actually, it’s hard to hear it unless the CPU isn’t pounded with serious stress. Of course, when the processor is doing the heavy lifting, you can heat the fan but it’s almost quiet. In this scenario, the left side of the board is slightly warm but not hot. This laptop is tuned for comfort over maximum performance.
Battery
Now, we conduct the battery tests with the Windows Better performance setting turned on, screen brightness adjusted to 120 nits and all other programs turned off except for the one we are testing the notebook with. This laptop comes with a 41Wh battery pack. It lasts for 8 hours and 20 minutes of Web browsing or 6 hours and 40 minutes of video playback. To achieve that, you have to apply the Balanced preset in the Windows “Power & Battery” menu and disable the “Fan always on” function in the BIOS.
In order to simulate real-life conditions, we used our own script for automatic web browsing through over 70 websites.
For every test like this, we use the same video in HD.
