In my own experience browsing the web and watching video, the brightness here is okay for indoor use, but isn’t really sufficient for uber-bright sunlight, presenting quite a glossy screen in some levels. In terms of performance, the HP 15s is powered by an Intel processor, which ensures smooth and efficient multitasking capabilities. Here it also shows that the CPU should be able to deliver the expected performance constantly, if the cooling would start earlier.

The HP Pavilion 15 has so much on offer that you could argue it’s punching above its weight as a mid-range laptop. Engineered by Micron® for intensive workloads using Gen4 NVMe® technology, the Crucial P5 Plus is also backward compatible with most Gen3 systems for ultimate flexibility. After training to become a Telecommunications Systems Technician and gaining a few years of experience, I graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Engineering. However, since there is no 2x2-MIMO antenna technology, the laptop only reaches relatively slow transfer speeds of 277 Mb/s when receiving and 253 Mb/s when sending data.Lenovo’s Yoga Slim 7 lasted 14hrs 39mins, and our favourite budget Windows machine, Microsoft’s Surface Go, made it to 8hrs 45mins.

inch IPS display presents enough screen real estate for an ideal experience when streaming films or television. Build quality is sturdy, comprising mostly of aluminium to ensure this device could withstand a drop.However, the latter was unable to read our Toshiba Exceria Pro SDXC 64 GB UHS-II reference storage card, which is the reason why we don't have any test results. In addition, some of the benchmarks refused to run in our test, and we were also unable to start them after a driver update. If your operating system is not listed then HP may not provide driver support for your product with that operating system. It sports an attractive, understated look, with a modern and pleasingly thin bezel that still manages to hold a 720p webcam for all your video conferencing needs. It manages to work well on less-intense titles such as Minecraft, but loading up a massive Football Manager database proved a bit too much.

In the HP 15s, the integrated Intel UHD Graphics G1graphics unit handles the display of the image content. With its stellar benchmark scores in PCMark 10 and the Geekbench 5 multi-core tests, the Pavilion 15 is ideal for those who want to power through their office workloads without any slowdown. One of the first major things to note about the HP Pavilion 15 is that it doesn’t really look like a mid-range office laptop. In our test, the HP 15s was unable to run the already seven-year-old BioShock Infinite smoothly in Full HD resolution. However, benchmarks are only one side of the story; in real-world testing, the 15-eh0014na comfortably lasted a working day before requiring the big charge back up to 100%.

Many modern Ultrabooks have ditched what would now be deemed as legacy ports, such as older USB-As and HDMI, so it’s nice to see HP support these rather than forcing you to convert to USB-C and Thunderbolt. While this allows you to easily play media content in quiet surroundings, you should prefer external speakers or headphones for longer sessions.

The benchmarks demonstrate that the HP Pavilion 15 is a laptop punching above its weight when it comes to performance. The CalMAN analysis also shows that colors are displayed with a balanced RGB proportion, but with an elevated deviation.The system does what it should do, and the usual office applications, browsing the Internet, and consumption of media content do not pose any problem.