Business elites use this HP Elitebook 1040 G4 to evaluate

[Zhongguancun Online] HP ELITEBOOK1040G4 evaluation: Just as business people are not necessarily dressed in suits and leather collars, more and more SOHO people and young business groups have concurrent demands for "stability" and "fashion", which is a traditional Business They put forward higher requirements and gradually formed the concept of "fashion business". HP Elitebook 1040 G4 Its positioning belongs to the high-end elite category of "fashion business", that is, the elite ultra-thin business book.

Elite ultra thin business can be understood as high-end business and high-end business Flimsy edition A combination of. HP Elitebook 1040 G4 not only has the efficiency, stability, security and firmness of high-end business books, but also has the lightness, fashion, convenience and entertainment of high-end slim books. The following is a detailed explanation of this product.

The appearance design of HP Elitebook 1040 G4 is more in line with the aesthetics of millennials. The appearance of the whole machine adopts the design idea of high-end lightweight. The CNC diamond integrated cutting process presents an all metal appearance. The simple and clear design language with lightweight processing makes the visual perception of the whole machine very quality and younger.

The appearance is simple and meets the aesthetic of youth

This can be done because the machine adopts exquisite manufacturing technology and is very good at detail processing. The machine body adopts an integrated molding and cutting process with precision up to 0.01mm, which is the top technology in the industry; At the same time, in detail processing, CNC diamond cutting is used on three sides of the fuselage to show the diamond light, and the visual feeling of wire drawing on the bright metal surface highlights the texture.

CNC diamond cutting is used on three sides of the fuselage

At the same time, the machine is also excellent in light and thin. Although it is a 14 inch business book, its overall weight is only 1.36kg, and its thickness is only 15.9mm. It can be easily put into a briefcase. Its excellent portability is impressive.

Excellent portability

Even though it is light, thin and beautiful, it still passed 12 of the most rigorous tests of the US Department of Defense MIL STD 810G military standard, including collision, high humidity, high temperature, low temperature, dust and other extreme use environments. It can be seen that the machine can still run freely even in the harsh use environment.

Passed 12 of the most rigorous military standard tests

The charm of adopting the minimalist design style is that it fully meets the needs of a new generation of business people, In particular, some users who are not fixed in the workplace The use environment of interwoven work and life, the exquisite workmanship of the whole machine, the perfect detail handling, and the military standard quality make the machine truly unique in the business field.

The screen is one of the important parts of the machine that is ahead of other business products. First, briefly introduce the basic data of this screen. The size of this screen is 14 inches, the physical resolution is up to 1920 × 1080, the material is IPS, and it supports 10 point touch. It is fully covered with Corning's fourth generation gorilla high strength and toughness glass. The uniqueness of this screen is that the brightness can reach 700 nits, which is Notebook computer It has the highest brightness in the. The refresh rate is up to 120Hz, twice that of the ordinary screen. It also supports one button anti spying.

Screen display effect

The first is brightness. What's the concept of 700 nits? The highest brightness of the screen of the currently recognized best smartphone iPhone X is only about 625 nits, while the screen brightness of the latest MacBook Pro is only 500 nits. The screen brightness of the machine is up to 700 nits, which is basically the best and brightest of the current consumer products. The advantage of high brightness screen is that the screen content can be seen clearly both indoors and outdoors.

The second is the color gamut. The author checked the color Software Spyder5 tested the color gamut performance of this screen. It can be seen from the test results that the color gamut of the screen reaches 97% sRGB and 74% NTSC. Ignoring the test error, we can see that this is a 100% sRGB screen, which has no problem in dealing with daily use.

97% sRGB

74% of NTSC

Then there is the refresh rate. In general, even the main game performance Gamebook The screen refresh rate is only 60Hz, while the screen of this machine has a refresh rate of 120Hz, which is twice higher than that of ordinary screens. The advantage of high refresh rate is that when watching action movies or game videos, high-speed changing images will be more smoothly displayed in front of you, instead of blurring and dragging under the screen with normal refresh rate. The visual experience should be more natural and comfortable.

　　 120Hz refresh rate Screen for appearance The improvement is still obvious, even the transition animation of daily operation can be clearly felt. Moreover, when watching videos, the high refresh rate makes the whole picture appear more smooth and natural. Language cannot accurately describe this smooth visual feeling, which can only be felt when you see the real machine screen.

The actual screen refresh rate of the software is as high as 120Hz

Graphics card driver The software displays a refresh rate of 120Hz

Finally, the anti camera screen. Anti spying is very necessary for business people, and the machine uses the SureView integrated anti spying screen, which can be achieved by pressing F2 button, and the operation is very convenient. The anti spying effect is good. From the side, it looks like the power off state. The screen content is completely invisible, while facing the screen is not affected. This function is frequently used in noisy places. The following shows the anti spying effect:

Opening and closing angle Up to 180 ° The screen is very suitable for collaborative office

In addition, the rotation axis of the machine can achieve a screen opening and closing angle of up to 180 °, which makes it convenient to share screen content with others. In addition, the screen supports 10 touch control, which will make it easier for many people to share the screen and collaborate. The machine also supports a touch pen, which is not only convenient for annotation and document modification, but also can achieve more functions with Windows Ink, and is also very convenient for designers.

Elite business naturally has higher requirements for efficiency. The method of improving the processing efficiency of this machine is very simple and crude, and it directly provides a hardware configuration that can be called the workstation level. This makes the machine far superior to ordinary in terms of processing speed and smoothness Business 。

Complete machine configuration

In terms of hardware configuration, the machine has three highlights. The first highlight is the use of i7-7820HQ, the top model of Intel's seventh generation standard pressure mobile processor. This processor is based on the 14nm process technology and adopts the four core eight thread design. The initial main frequency is 2.9GHz, and the frequency can reach 3.9GHz. The shared three-level cache is 8MB, and the overall TDP (thermal design power consumption) is 45W.

I7-7820HQ parameters

The author tested its performance with CINEBENCH R15, and finally the processor obtained 694cb for multi-core and 165cb for single core. From the score, it can be concluded that the performance of this processor belongs to the top level of mobile platform, and its performance is better than that of the current one Gamebook The i7-7700HQ used is more than 15% stronger. This means that the theoretical processing speed of the machine is faster than the current mainstream game book!

CINEBENCH R15 score

The second highlight is that the machine uses 16GB DDR4 on-board memory. Thanks to the adoption of Flimsy edition Therefore, the on-board memory design is adopted, and the 16GB super capacity is achieved directly, so there is no need to add it later; In addition, the memory specification is dual channel DDR4 2400 high frequency, which is faster, less hot and more stable.

CrystalDiskMark test data

The third highlight is that the machine uses the workstation level Turbo Drive solid state disk, and the solid state capacity of the test model is up to 512GB. The peak reading speed of HP workstation level Turbo Drive SSDs is greater than 3Gb/s, which is terrifying. Through the CrystalDiskMark test, the author found that the continuous read speed of this hard disk is 3120MB/s, and the continuous write speed is 1578MB/s. This speed is already among the top consumer SSDs. The reading and writing speed can fully meet the requirements of database computing, image and video processing, animation rendering and CAD Design.

PCMark 10 test data

These three highlights make the machine unique in terms of processing efficiency in the business field. The author used PCMark 10 to evaluate the overall performance of the product, and the test item was PCMark 10 standard mode. The final overall score was 3916, including 6549 for productivity and 8011 for common basic functions. This score has exceeded the mainstream business book and reached the workstation level.

The higher the configuration under the same process, the greater the heat naturally. This is an unchangeable truth in the chip industry. With such a high hardware configuration, how does the whole machine perform in terms of heat dissipation and system stability? The author has conducted targeted tests on the cooling capacity and system stability of the machine.

The first is the ability to dissipate heat. From the point of view of disassembly, the machine uses a cooling module with double fans and double copper tubes, one fan on the left and one fan on the right, and two fans heat the processor at the same time. The direction of the heat dissipation air outlet is the rear and left side of the fuselage respectively, which will not affect the use of the mouse on the right side, so it is reasonable.

thermal module

How effective the heat dissipation module with double fans and double copper tubes can be? The author conducted a pressure test on the processor of the machine. The system stability test program of ADIA64 is used by the author to copy the machine for more than 30 minutes. from Software From the measured temperature, the heat dissipation level of the machine is very strong, and the CPU temperature is stable at about 81 °. The temperature of i7-7820HQ can be controlled at about 80 °, which is sufficient to explain the force supply of the heat dissipation module.

Single copy test

Close up of air outlet

In addition, the endurance of the aircraft is also the focus of our investigation. According to the official data, the endurance of the aircraft is up to 15 hours, and it also has fast charging technology, which can charge 50% in 30 minutes. It is necessary to deal with special situations; In addition, the battery life is also very impressive. 1000 times of charging and discharging can still ensure that the power is more than 65%, which will not affect the normal update cycle.

The author evaluated the endurance of the aircraft through PCMark 8, and the test item is Work accelerated. The whole test process adopts the system default settings, in which the brightness and volume are both 75% and connected to WiFi, without human interference. The final endurance of the aircraft was 5 hours and 37 minutes. This score is the result of continuous high intensity use.

Endurance test results

Because software testing is under continuous high intensity, the test results are generally short. Comparatively average Business The overall endurance of the aircraft is better than that of ordinary business. If converted into travel time, it is about 14 hours, which is in line with the official publicity of 15 hours.

In addition to high efficiency and stable operation, the machine also has outstanding performance in safety and convenience. In addition to the aforementioned anti camera screen, the security configuration of the machine is luxurious.

In terms of hardware, the machine is not only equipped with an infrared face recognition device, but also a fingerprint recognition device. The two layers of face+fingerprint security protection basically make the safety factor of the machine reach the safe level. The infrared face recognition device of this machine is different from the face recognition realized by the smart phone through the camera, but uses a more secure infrared ray. This allows the machine to successfully recognize faces in very weak light.

Infrared face recognition device

Face recognition even in dark light

The fingerprint identification device is located in the right palm rest on the C side, and fingerprint input and reading can be realized by touching. Moreover, the machine has a special module for storing fingerprint data to ensure the security and uniqueness of fingerprint data. In terms of the input speed, you can basically touch about 10 times to complete the input; In terms of unlocking speed, you can directly enter the desktop with a touch, and you can hardly feel the delay.

Fingerprint identification device

Both infrared face recognition and fingerprint recognition support Windows Hello. It is very convenient to log in to the system and encrypt files.

　　 Software On the other hand, the machine not only has the protection of HP Sure Start at the BIOS level, but also can detect intrusion in real time and self repair to ensure the security of the underlying system; At the same time, it also has HP Client Security data protection software, through which users can protect data and device security.

HP Client Security data protection software

The keyboard is specially integrated with keys for dialing and hanging up

In order to facilitate business people to conduct conference calls, the machine has specially integrated dialing and hanging up keys on the keyboard, which can facilitate voice and video calls, and the built-in two-way environmental noise reduction technology can ensure clear and smooth voice calls. In addition, HP Velocity HP Web Conference Acceleration can further ensure the stability of data transmission. According to official data, this technology can effectively improve the quality of video calls by 60% and audio calls by 30%, avoiding voice delay and jamming.

It can be seen from the above that the business features of the aircraft are very comprehensive, providing continuous support for business people from efficiency, stability, endurance, safety, convenience and other aspects. Of course, as an elite with high appearance, it is super slim Business It is also very comfortable in daily use.

The first is the input experience. The machine adopts a full-size keyboard and has a two-stage adjustable backlight. In terms of keyboard feel, due to the medium length of the key stroke, the overall hardness of the key is medium, and the rebound follower, the overall typing feel tends to be soft and comfortable, which is more in line with the typing habits of the public, and will not be tired after a long time of use. Moreover, the distance between keys is reasonable, and false touch rarely occurs.

Close up of keyboard

The touch control panel is an integrated design, with a layer of glass like material covering the surface, and its height is basically the same as that of surface C. In terms of hand feel, the surface of the touch panel is smooth and delicate, and the touch is very good. The touchpad supports Windows 10 multi gesture operation, which is very convenient after being familiar with. The basic operation can be completely separated from the mouse.

Close up of touch pad

In terms of sound, the machine continues the tradition of cooperation between HP and BANG&OLUFSEN, and integrates BANG&OLUFSEN technology into the machine. In addition, the machine has 6 built-in speakers and 2 intelligent independent amplifiers, which makes the bass performance more impressive. When playing the Blu ray version of Master, the action drama is more fluent than the ordinary entertainment book, and the sound of weapons collision is also very three-dimensional; Eason Chan - Red Mansion Concert The sound performance of the original Blu ray disc is better. The sound space is very good, and the separation between voice and instrument sound is good, It can provide better audio-visual experience than ordinary entertainment books.

BANG&OLUFSEN sound effect control Software

play Original Blu ray disc of Eason Chan Hong Kong Concert

In terms of interfaces, the left side interfaces of the machine body are USB3.1 and 3.5mm earphones respectively, and the right side interfaces are 2 × Type-C (Thunderbolt 3), USB3.0 and HDMI respectively. It is very conscientious to provide two Thunderbolt 3 interfaces. Thunderbolt 3 can provide a speed of up to 40GB/S, and support external high-performance graphics docking stations. With HDMI interface, it can support three external 4K displays at the same time, which is very scalable.

Left fuselage interface

Right fuselage interface

Evaluation summary:

　　 HP Elitebook 1040 G4 It is very suitable for the current business people's demands for integration of work and life. Under the fashionable appearance Pentium And secure business kernel. It can not only meet the aesthetic requirements of business people in the trend of youth, but also help users calmly and steadily cope with the increasingly complex business environment. This is a product that elite business people should have.