The HP Pavilion 15 (15-eg3000) is a typical inexpensive daily driver. It offers nothing fancy, you get only the necessary essential extras for normal home or office usage. For starters, the display has a standard aspect ratio of 16:9. Luckily, most panel options are IPS units but there is one TN model in the mix. The latter should be avoided unless you want to buy the most affordable configuration of the series for some reason. By the way, there is a touchscreen variant for those who prefer to use their fingers instead of a mouse. Power-wise, all looks good - six 13th Gen Intel CPUs are available for configuring. Aside from the base Intel Processor U300 which has just one P core and four E cores, the other processors are powerful enough for daily tasks. Still, if you want a bit more snappy machine, you can pick one with a 28W P-series chip. Since these variants are thirstier, if battery life is what matters the most for you, a 15W U chip will be a much better option for your needs. The upgradability options are decent and there is no sign of soldered memory which is great. The port selection is fine for that kind of price tag - at least you can rely on one 10 Gbps Type-C port. The connectivity is up to date - Wi-Fi 6 + Bluetooth 5.3 and you get audio by B&O. You can check the prices and configurations in our Specs System: https://laptopmedia.com/series/hp-pavilion-15-15-eg3000/ Specs, Drivers, What's in the box Drivers All drivers and utilities for this notebook can be found here: https://support.hp.com/us-en/drivers/hp-pavilion-laptop-pc-15-eg3000/2101549751 What's in the box? Inside the box, you will find a couple of manuals and a 45W or 65W barrel plug charger. Design and construction The laptop is almost a carbon copy of the HP Pavilion 15 (15-eh3000). This means a clean design, one rounded "HP" logo on the lid, and a mix of plastic and metal for the build. The dimensions are looking good. The notebook stops the scales at 1.7 kg and has a profile thickness of 18 mm. The portability is on point for a 15.6-inch machine. You can't open the lid with one hand. It also can be flexed with ease and we saw some color shifting on the panel when we twisted the unit. The whole keyboard deck flexes a bit during harsh typing. The zone below the board is slightly spongy if you apply some pressure on it. On the bright side, the bezels around the display are narrow. The upper one is the home of a 720p Web camera with temporal noise reduction. Yep, no privacy shutter here. The lid acts as a lever and its lower side lifts the back of the chassis when the angle of the opening is wider than 90 degrees. The keyboard has an optional backlight and a NumPad which can be handy for some of you. The board is comfortable for typing, the key travel isn't something unseen but the feedback is clicky. The touchpad quality is fine for normal work. Expectedly, the smoothness and the accuracy of the unit are average at best but that's okay given the price class. The bottom plate is business as usual - two long rubber feet, two speaker cutouts, and a ventilation grill. The heat is being exhausted through a vent on the back that is positioned towards the hinge mechanism. Part of the heat reaches the display when the CPU is heavily loaded. Ports On the left, we can see an HDMI 2.1, a USB Type-A 3.2 (Gen. 1) port with charging capabilities, a USB Type-C 3.2 (Gen. 2) port (with USB Power Delivery, DisplayPort 1.4, and HP Sleep & Charge functions), and an Audio combo jack. On the right, you can spot the power plug, a USB Type-A 3.2 (Gen. 1) port that supports charging, and a security lock slot Display quality, Health impact (PWM), Sound HP Pavilion 15 (15-eg3000) is equipped with a Full HD IPS panel, model number LG Display LGD071D. It comes with a 60Hz refresh rate. Its diagonal is 15.6" (39.6 cm), and the resolution - 1920 x 1080p. Additionally, the screen ratio is 16:9, the pixel density – 142 ppi, and their pitch – 0.18 x 0.18 mm. The screen can be considered Retina when viewed from at least 60 cm (from this distance, the average human eye can’t see the individual pixels). Viewing angles are good. We offer images at different angles to evaluate the quality. Also, a video with locked focus and exposure. The maximum measured brightness is 282 nits (cd/m2) in the middle of the screen and 270 nits (cd/m2) average across the surface with a maximum deviation of 5%. The Correlated Color Temperature on a white screen and at maximum brightness is 7040K. In the illustration below you can see how the display performs from a uniformity perspective. The illustration below shows how matters are for operational brightness levels (approximately 140 nits) – in this particular case at 76% Brightness (White level = 140 cd/m2, Black level = 0.14 cd/m2). Values of dE2000 over 4.0 should not occur, and this parameter is one of the first you should check if you intend to use the laptop for color-sensitive work (a maximum tolerance of 2.0 ). The contrast ratio isn't bad – 950:1. To make sure we are on the same page, we would like to give you a little introduction to the sRGB color gamut and the Adobe RGB. To start, there’s the CIE 1976 Uniform Chromaticity Diagram that represents the visible specter of colors by the human eye, giving you a better perception of the color gamut coverage and the color accuracy. Inside the black triangle, you will see the standard color gamut (sRGB) that is being used by millions of people on HDTV and on the web. As for the Adobe RGB, this is used in professional cameras, monitors, etc for printing. Basically, colors inside the black triangle are used by everyone and this is the essential part of the color quality and color accuracy of a mainstream notebook. Still, we’ve included other color spaces like the famous DCI-P3 standard used by movie studios, as well as the digital UHD Rec.2020 standard. Rec.2020, however, is still a thing of the future and it’s difficult for today’s displays to cover that well. We’ve also included the so-called Michael Pointer gamut, or Pointer’s gamut, which represents the colors that naturally occur around us every day. The yellow dotted line shows HP Pavilion 15 (15-eg3000)'s color gamut coverage. Its display covers 53% of the sRGB/ITU-R BT.709 (web/HDTV standard) in CIE1976 and 42% of DCI-P3. Our “Design and Gaming” profile delivers optimal color temperature (6500K) at 140 cd/m2 luminance and sRGB gamma mode. We tested the accuracy of the display with 24 commonly used colors like light and dark human skin, blue sky, green grass, orange, etc. You can check out the results at factory condition and also, with the “Design and Gaming” profile. Below you can compare the scores of the HP Pavilion 15 (15-eg3000) with the default settings (left), and with the “Gaming and Web design” profile (right). The next figure shows how well the display is able to reproduce really dark parts of an image, which is essential when watching movies or playing games in low ambient light. The left side of the image represents the display with stock settings, while the right one is with the “Gaming and Web Design” profile activated. On the horizontal axis, you will find the grayscale, and on the vertical axis – the luminance of the display. On the two graphs below you can easily check for yourself how your display handles the darkest nuances but keep in mind that this also depends on the settings of your current display, the calibration, the viewing angle, and the surrounding light conditions. Response time (Gaming capabilities) We test the reaction time of the pixels with the usual “black-to-white” and “white-to-black” method from 10% to 90% and vice versa. We recorded Fall Time + Rise Time = 24 ms. After that, we test the reaction time of the pixels with the usual “Gray-to-Gray” method from 50% White to 80% White and vice versa between 10% and 90% of the amplitude. Health Impact: PWM (Screen flickering) Pulse-width modulation (PWM) is an easy way to control monitor brightness. When you lower the brightness, the light intensity of the backlight is not lowered, but instead turned off and on by the electronics with a frequency indistinguishable to the human eye. In these light impulses, the light/no-light time ratio varies, while brightness remains unchanged, which is harmful to your eyes. You can read more about that in our dedicated article on PWM. HP Pavilion 15 (15-eg3000)'s display doesn't flicker at any brightness level. This makes the screen pretty comfortable for long periods of use. Health Impact: Blue light emissions Installing our Health-Guard profile not only eliminates PWM but also reduces the harmful Blue Light emissions while keeping the colors of the screen perceptually accurate. If you’re not familiar with the Blue light, the TL;DR version is – emissions that negatively affect your eyes, skin, and your whole body. You can find more information about that in our dedicated article on Blue Light. Health Impact: Gloss-level measurement Glossy-coated displays are sometimes inconvenient in high ambient light conditions. We show the level of reflection on the screen for the respective laptop when the display is turned off and the measurement angle is 60° (in this case, the result is 52.5 GU). Sound HP Pavilion 15 (15-eg3000)'s B&O speakers produce a sound of very good quality. Its low, mid, and high tones are clear of deviations. Buy our profiles Since our profiles are tailored for each individual display model, this article and its respective profile package are meant for HP Pavilion 15 (15-eg3000) configurations with 15.6" LG Display LGD071D (1920 x 1080) IPS. *Should you have problems with downloading the purchased file, try using a different browser to open the link you’ll receive via e-mail. If the download target is a .php file instead of an archive, change the file extension to .zip or contact us at bg.laptopmedia@gmail.com. Read more about the profiles HERE. Performance: CPU, GPU, Gaming Tests All benchmarks and tests were conducted with the "Best performance" preset activated in the Windows “Power & Battery” menu. Also, the "Fan always on" function is enabled in the BIOS. CPU options You can find this device with Intel Processor U300, Core i3-1315U, Core i5-1335U, Core i7-1355U, Core i5-1340P, or Core i7-1360P. GPU options For graphics, you get just iGPUs. Gaming tests CS:GO HD 1080p, Low (Check settings) HD 1080p, Medium (Check settings) HD 1080p, MAX (Check settings) Average FPS 104 fps 96 fps 56 fps DOTA 2 HD 1080p, Low (Check settings) HD 1080p, Normal (Check settings) HD 1080p, High (Check settings) Average FPS 110 fps 67 fps 41 fps [eBook Guide + Tools] How to MAX OUT your Laptop 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 i7-1355U (15W TDP) 0:02 - 0:10 sec 0:15 - 0:30 sec 10:00 - 15:00 min HP Pavilion 15 (15-eg3000) 3.67 GHz @ 2.80 GHz @ 76°C @ 45W 2.67 GHz @ 2.06 GHz @ 73°C @ 25W 2.22 GHz @ 1.73 GHz @ 69°C @ 18W HP ZBook Firefly 14 G10 3.83 GHz @ 2.88 GHz @ 74°C @ 49W 3.74 GHz @ 2.90 GHz @ 86°C @ 49W 2.69 GHz @ 1.96 GHz @ 75°C @ 23W HP ZBook Firefly 16 G10 3.85 GHz @ 2.89 GHz @ 67°C @ 50W 3.32 GHz @ 2.48 GHz @ 75°C @ 37W 2.14 GHz @ 1.44 GHz @ 66°C @ 17W HP EliteBook 860 G10 3.90 GHz @ 2.95 GHz @ 77°C @ 50W 3.35 GHz @ 2.12 GHz @ 86°C @ 36W 2.48 GHz @ 1.77 GHz @ 65°C @ 20W Acer TravelMate P2 (TMP216-51) 3.90 GHz @ 2.93 GHz @ 89°C @ 55W 2.73 GHz @ 2.49 GHz @ 86°C @ 37W 2.93 GHz @ 2.08 GHz @ 77°C @ 28W Acer TravelMate P6 (TMP614-53) 3.52 GHz @ 2.59 GHz @ 67°C @ 45W 3.22 GHz @ 2.40 GHz @ 73°C @ 40W 2.63 GHz @ 1.90 GHz @ 72°C @ 28W Lenovo ThinkPad X13 Gen 4 3.76 GHz @ 2.88 GHz @ 85°C @ 50W 3.46 GHz @ 2.67 GHz @ 97°C @ 44W 2.02 GHz @ 1.55 GHz @ 69°C @ 18W Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 11 3.66 GHz @ 2.80 GHz @ 94°C @ 49W 3.23 GHz @ 2.50 GHz @ 97°C @ 38W 2.00 GHz @ 1.55 GHz @ 72°C @ 19W Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Yoga Gen 8 3.67 GHz @ 2.81 GHz @ 82°C @ 49W 3.32 GHz @ 2.53 GHz @ 94°C @ 39W 2.17 GHz @ 1.64 GHz @ 76°C @ 20W Lenovo ThinkPad E14 Gen 5 3.49 GHz @ 2.65 GHz @ 69°C @ 42W 3.28 GHz @ 2.46 GHz @ 82°C @ 38W 2.20 GHz @ 1.62 GHz @ 77°C @ 23W Lenovo ThinkPad L15 Gen 4 (Intel) 3.34 GHz @ 2.54 GHz @ 86°C @ 39W 3.16 GHz @ 2.45 GHz @ 93°C @ 35W 2.38 GHz @ 1.77 GHz @ 77°C @ 20W Lenovo ThinkPad T14s Gen 4 3.78 GHz @ 2.93 GHz @ 82°C @ 48W 3.45 GHz @ 2.71 GHz @ 90°C @ 41W 2.52 GHz @ 1.87 GHz @ 78°C @ 22W Lenovo ThinkPad T14 Gen 4 3.83 GHz @ 2.89 GHz @ 78°C @ 51W 3.7 GHz @ 2.82 GHz @ 93°C @ 49W 2.38 GHz @ 1.75 GHz @ 64°C @ 21W Acer Aspire 5 (A514-56M) 3.82 GHz @ 2.82 GHz @ 64°C @ 55W 2.18 GHz @ 2.26 GHz @ 65°C @ 37W 1.43 GHz @ 1.98 GHz @ 60°C @ 28W Dell Vostro 15 3530 2.06 GHz @ 2.70 GHz @ 94°C @ 40W 1.56 GHz @ 2.22 GHz @ 96°C @ 26W 2.06 GHz @ 2.25 GHz @ 95°C @ 26W Lenovo Yoga Book 9 (13IRU8) 2.23 GHz @ 2.58 GHz @ 76°C @ 40W 2.13 GHz @ 2.42 GHz @ 85°C @ 35W 1.64 GHz @ 2.03 GHz @ 77°C @ 24W ASUS Zenbook S 13 OLED (UX5304) 3.46 GHz @ 2.47 GHz @ 80°C @ 41W 3.06 GHz @ 2.24 GHz @ 91°C @ 31W 2.36 GHz @ 1.68 GHz @ 75°C @ 21W The optional Core i7-1355U inside this machine can maintain high CPU clocks in short loads and decent frequencies in medium and long loads. The temperatures are always in check. Overall, the results are good for such an inexpensive device. Comfort during full load What is more curious is that the fan isn't noisy at all, even when the CPU is tortured with Cinebecnh R24 or Prime95. At the same time, the keyboard becomes a bit warm on the left but it's not hot to the touch. We can conclude that the comfort under load is good. 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 15 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. Disassembly, Upgrade options, and Maintenance To open this machine, you have to undo six Phillips-head screws. The pair on the bottom is visible while the other four are hidden beneath the two long rubber feet. You have to unglue them to gain access to the screws. The next step is to raise the bottom plate close to one of the top corners to create a gap between the base and the panel. Then, pry the plate with a thin plastic tool. Here's how the bottom panel looks on the inside. This device has a 41Wh battery. Since its connector is built into the unit you have to wear gloves before removing it to avoid short circuits. Six Phillips-head screws are fixing the unit to the chassis. After undoing them, you can lift the battery away from the chassis. It lasts for 8 hours and 20 minutes of Web browsing or 6 hours and 15 minutes of video playback. That's a good result considering the small capacity. The two SODIMMs fit up to 16GB of DDR4-3200 MHz memory in dual-channel mode. Storage-wise, you can rely on a single M.2 slot compatible with 2280 Gen 4 SSDs. Beneath the preinstalled NVMe, there is a thermal pad. The SSD speed is limited to Gen 3 values. The cooling solution has a single fan, a long heat pipe, one extra large heat sink, and a heat spreader. Storage performance Our laptop has a 1TB D PC SN560 SDDPNQE-1T00-1006. Below you can see some benchmarks of this SSD. It reached 64°C during benchmarking but that's still ok since we didn't observe any thermal throttling. Verdict The HP Pavilion 15 (15-eg3000) is a budget device that is suitable for casual daily or office tasks. Just stay away from the TN display variant and avoid the default CPU options that look more or less underpowered even for light usage. Our laptop has the optional Core i7-1355U and the machine feels quite responsive. That's possible because of the cooling solution. The CPU can sustain very high clock in light loads and decent frequencies in long max processor stress. The good news is that the fan isn't noisy and the keyboard isn't scorching hot to the touch. It's hard to ask for more in this price range. You get two SODIMMs for memory upgrades that can handle up to 16GB of DDR4-3200MHz RAM. If you want to boost the CPU and the iGPU performance, dual-channel memory is a must. The iGPU has enough power for more than 60 FPS in CS:GO or Dota 2 on Medium details. Unfortunately, there is just one M.2 slot compatible with Gen 4 SSDs and the speed of the slot is limited to Gen 3 values. The notebook is light and thin but the overall rigidity isn't top-tier. The lid is spongy and the whole keyboard zone feels a bit wobbly during typing. The 1080p IPS display (LG Display LGD071D) is PWM-free and boasts wide viewing angles. So, you're not going to experience the negative side effects of backlight flickering. However, the panel color coverage and accuracy are low which is normal for such a device. The battery life is good for a 41Wh capacity - 8 hours and 20 minutes of Web browsing sounds good to us. The port selection includes three USB ports and an HDMI 2.1 - not too shabby. The HP Pavilion 15 (15-eg3000) is a device that doesn't cost a lot but it offers snappy performance, a PWM-free display, and adequate battery life. You can check the prices and configurations in our Specs System: https://laptopmedia.com/series/hp-pavilion-15-15-eg3000/