HP Victus 16 (16-s0000, 2023) review – efficient and powerful thanks to the Zen 4 CPU

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.

The official base clock of the Ryzen 5 7640HS is 4.30 GHz. As you can see, the cooling of this laptop can maintain a stable clock that is very close to this value no matter the load so we can call it a day. Most importantly, the power limit is 60 – 65W and the CPU temperature is always pleasant.

Real-life gaming

The mobile GeForce RTX 4050 can maintain 2550 MHz and 92W TGP after half an hour of gaming which is a respectable result.

Gaming comfort

If you are using the device in “Performance” mode (like us), you can experience decent noise levels in idle because the fans are spinning at around 2200 RPM. If you disable the “Fan Always On” option in the BIOS, the laptop will be silent in idle. Under 100% CPU usage, the rotation speed is ~4600 RPM which isn’t too loud but fans aren’t quiet either. The max fan speed is 5800 RPM and you can set them manually to this mode. Overall, the noise under heavy stress feels lower compared to the HP Victus 16 (16-r0000).

If the CPU is stressed at 100%, the middle of the keyboard feels warm but it’s still comfortable enough for work.

Idle

Max CPU load

Max fan speed

Fan Always On

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. The 70Wh battery pack lasts for 10 hours of either Web browsing or video playback. The result is good for a gaming laptop. To achieve this, you have to disable the “Fan Always On” function in the BIOS, select the “Hybrid” GPU mode in order to use the iGPU when the power adapter isn’t plugged in, and use the “Balanced” performance preset.

Video playback

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

HP Victus 16 (16-s0000, 2023) 70Wh

9h 30m

ASUS TUF Gaming F15 (FX507, 2023) 90Wh, 4-cell

10h 46m+13.3%

ASUS ROG Zephyrus G14 (GA402, 2023) 76Wh, 4-cell

9h 30m

Dell G15 5530 86Wh, 6-cell

6h 36m-30.5%

Acer Predator Helios Neo 16 (PHN16-71) 90Wh

4h 35m-51.8%

Acer Nitro 16 (AN16-51) 90Wh, 4-cell

6h 47m-28.6%

MSI Thin GF63 (12Vx) 52.4Wh, 3-cell

5h 56m-37.5%

MSI Cyborg 15 (A12Vx) 53.5Wh, 3-cell

4h 14m-55.4%

Web surfing

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

HP Victus 16 (16-s0000, 2023) 70Wh

10h 00m

ASUS TUF Gaming F15 (FX507, 2023) 90Wh, 4-cell

13h 03m+30.5%

ASUS ROG Zephyrus G14 (GA402, 2023) 76Wh, 4-cell

20h 00m+100%

Dell G15 5530 86Wh, 6-cell

6h 25m-35.8%

Acer Predator Helios Neo 16 (PHN16-71) 90Wh

5h 21m-46.5%

Acer Nitro 16 (AN16-51) 90Wh, 4-cell

8h 20m-16.7%

MSI Thin GF63 (12Vx) 52.4Wh, 3-cell

6h 40m-33.3%

MSI Cyborg 15 (A12Vx) 53.5Wh, 3-cell

4h 51m-51.5%

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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