HP EliteBook 1040 G9 review – great build quality and a lot of features


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 P-core frequency; Average E-core frequency; CPU temp.; Package Power

Intel Core i7-1255U (15W TDP)0:02 – 0:10 sec0:15 – 0:30 sec10:00 – 15:00 min
HP EliteBook 1040 G93.58 GHz @ 2.65 GHz @ 73°C @ 44W3.39 GHz @ 2.54 GHz @ 90°C @ 41W1.92 GHz @ 1.60 GHz @ 54°C @ 15W
Lenovo ThinkBook 13x Gen 22.90 GHz @ 2.30 GHz @ 61°C @ 30W2.86 GHz @ 2.29 GHz @ 70°C @ 30W2.34 GHz @ 2.06 GHz @ 65°C @ 23W
HP Elite Dragonfly G33.46 GHz @ 2.65 GHz @ 88°C @ 42W2.70 GHz @ 2.06 GHz @ 84°C @ 26W2.38 GHz @ 1.71 GHz @ 72°C @ 20W
Lenovo V15 Gen 33.75 GHz @ 2.84 GHz @ 82°C @ 51W2.69 GHz @ 2.02 GHz @ 76°C @ 31W2.18 GHz @ 1.69 GHz @ 61°C @ 19W
Acer Aspire 3 (A317-54)3.58 GHz @ 2.68 GHz @ 70°C @ 43W3.53 GHz @ 2.47 GHz @ 74°C @ 37W2.92 GHz @ 2.26 GHz @ 69°C @ 28W
HP EliteBook 860 G93.23 GHz @ 2.57 GHz @ 85°C @ 41W3.09 GHz @ 2.46 GHz @ 86°C @ 38W1.82 GHz @ 1.58 GHz @ 57°C @ 16W
HP 15 (15-dw4000)3.19 GHz @ 2.42 GHz @ 69°C @ 40W1.90 GHz @ 1.49 GHz @ 57°C @ 17W1.91 GHz @ 1.49 GHz @ 56°C @ 17W
Lenovo ThinkPad E15 Gen 43.44 GHz @ 2.63 GHz @ 78°C @ 43W2.98 GHz @ 2.24 GHz @ 75°C @ 36W2.15 GHz @ 1.57 GHz @ 70°C @ 23W
MSI Modern 15 (B12M)3.63 GHz @ 2.68 GHz @ 78°C @ 44W3.63 GHz @ 2.65 GHz @ 86°C @ 44W3.26 GHz @ 2.40 GHz @ 85°C @ 35W

As expected, the EliteBook 1040 G9 runs its CPU at very low temperatures and clocks after about 1 minute of extreme workload. On the bright side, before that, the clocks are quite high, which will definitely make the day-to-day user experience snappy.

Comfort during full load

The additional benefit of running the frequency very low is low noise levels and a cool keyboard.

Battery

Now, we conduct the battery tests with 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. Our configuration is equipped with a 51.3Wh battery pack. It lasts for 13 hours and 53 minutes of Web browsing, or 10 hours and 14 minutes of video playback.



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