HP ProBook 440 G10 review – snappy office device that needs a revamped cooling system

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

The cooling solution is simple, but the Core i5 can maintain decent P and E core clocks (and a 50W power limit) in short loads which should be the main playground of this notebook. In longer loads, the P cores reach just 0.94 GHz frequency. Additionally, the E cores clock is 1.87 GHz – that is an okay result for a 14-incher with such a cooling system. In this scenario, the CPU temperature is 21°C lower (72°C) compared to the short stress test. The good news is that the device feels fast during daily tasks and normal office usage.

Comfort during full load

The cooling fan is almost near-silent during short and medium stress. The fan becomes a bit audible during a maximum CPU torture as video rendering but it’s almost quiet. It’s clearly visible that HP decided to favor noise levels over performance which sounds like a smart choice for an inexpensive office device like this one. The hotspot of the keyboard is in the center but it’s not hot at all. In short, the comfort of this device is very 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 device comes with a 51.3Wh battery pack. It lasts for 9 hours and 5 minutes of Web browsing or 7 hours and 42 minutes of video playback. The predecessor of this laptop was doing a better job here so it looks like the Raptor Lake chip has its tall. Still, the result is decent.

Video playback

Brightness: 180 nits; Display Mode: SDR
Time to Full Discharge: Higher is Better

HP ProBook 440 G10 51Wh, 3-cell

7h 18m

Lenovo ThinkBook 14s Yoga Gen 3 60Wh

9h 19m+27.6%

Acer Swift Go 16 53Wh

9h 30m+30.1%

HP ProBook 450 G10 51Wh, 3-cell

7h 07m-2.5%

ASUS Zenbook S 13 63Wh, 4-cell

10h 48m+47.9%

HP ProBook 440 G9

8h 27m+15.8%

MSI Modern 14 39Wh, 3-cell

5h 36m-23.3%

Acer Aspire Vero

10h 23m+42.2%

Dell Latitude 5430 58Wh, 4-cell

10h 23m+42.2%

Lenovo ThinkPad E14 Gen 4 57Wh

7h 27m+2.1%

Lenovo IdeaPad Flex 5 14 52.5Wh

10h 33m+44.5%

Web surfing

In order to simulate real-life conditions, we used our own script for automatic web browsing through over 70 websites.

HP ProBook 440 G10 51Wh, 3-cell

9h 05m

Lenovo ThinkBook 14s Yoga Gen 3 60Wh

11h 54m+31%

Acer Swift Go 16 53Wh

17h 47m+95.8%

HP ProBook 450 G10 51Wh, 3-cell

8h 20m-8.3%

ASUS Zenbook S 13 63Wh, 4-cell

15h 17m+68.3%

HP ProBook 440 G9

13h 03m+43.7%

MSI Modern 14 39Wh, 3-cell

8h 50m-2.8%

Acer Aspire Vero

11h 11m+23.1%

Dell Latitude 5430 58Wh, 4-cell

13h 20m+46.8%

Lenovo ThinkPad E14 Gen 4 57Wh

9h 52m+8.6%

Lenovo IdeaPad Flex 5 14 52.5Wh

11h 07m+22.4%

Author: Nikolay Palaozov

Author: eng. Kroum NikolovHead of Engineering at LaptopMedia.com, inventor and innovator with 40+ years of experience in electronics and high technology.

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