HP ProBook 450 G10 review – only a refresh but still one of the best

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

Although its cooling is not as good as that of the Acer Swift Go 16 (SFG16-71), the HP ProBook 450 G10 is able to run at higher frequencies at the end of the test, while using 5W less power.

Comfort during full load

Interestingly, the laptop remains silent throughout most of the light work we put it through. And when we started the Prime95 stress test the fan needed some time before picking up to a barely audible speed. That’s great for comfort, as the hotspot of the keyboard didn’t even reach 40°C.

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 8 hours and 20 minutes of Web browsing, or 7 hours and 30 minutes of video playback.

Video playback

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

HP ProBook 450 G10 51Wh, 3-cell

7h 07m

HP ProBook 455 G9 51.3Wh, 3-cell

12h 00m+68.6%

Lenovo ThinkPad E15 Gen 4

7h 02m-1.2%

ASUS ExpertBook B1 42Wh, 3-cell

6h 03m-15%

Acer TravelMate P2 54.6Wh

6h 59m-1.9%

Dell Latitude 3530 54Wh, 4-cell

8h 35m+20.6%

Web surfing

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

HP ProBook 450 G10 51Wh, 3-cell

8h 20m

HP ProBook 455 G9 51.3Wh, 3-cell

12h 36m+51.2%

Lenovo ThinkPad E15 Gen 4

11h 15m+35%

ASUS ExpertBook B1 42Wh, 3-cell

8h 35m+3%

Acer TravelMate P2 54.6Wh

10h 30m+26%

Dell Latitude 3530 54Wh, 4-cell

11h 57m+43.4%

Author: Alex Iliev

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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laptopik

2 years ago

Thanks for review
Could you please clarify – Is there any flex on typing like for Dell Vostro 3530? Or base is solid ?

Thanks!

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