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日本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
| Intel Core i5-1335U (15W TDP) | 0:02 – 0:10 sec | 0:15 – 0:30 sec | 10:00 – 15:00 min |
|---|---|---|---|
| HP ProBook 440 G10 | 2.39 GHz @ 2.93 GHz @ 93°C @ 50W | 1.51 GHz @ 2.29 GHz @ 92°C @ 30W | 0.94 GHz @ 1.87 GHz @ 72°C @ 19W |
| HP ProBook 450 G10 | 3.41 GHz @ 2.79 GHz @ 94°C @ 48W | 2.80 GHz @ 2.17 GHz @ 94°C @ 31W | 1.87 GHz @ 2.04 GHz @ 81°C @ 23W |
| Acer Swift Go 16 (SFG16-71) | 3.29 GHz @ 2.46 GHz @ 65°C @ 45W | 3.06 GHz @ 2.37 GHz @ 71°C @ 42W | 1.80 GHz @ 1.98 GHz @ 61°C @ 28W |
| Lenovo ThinkBook 14s Yoga Gen 3 | 1.91 GHz @ 1.20 GHz @ 63°C @ 19W | 1.86 GHz @ 0.90 GHz @ 74°C @ 14W | 1.83 GHz @ 0.90 GHz @ 60°C @ 13W |
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.
In order to simulate real-life conditions, we used our own script for automatic web browsing through over 70 websites.
For every test like this, we use the same video in HD.
