Hello all,
I just started work and received and HP EliteBook with an 8th generation i5, my previous old computer was a HP Pavilion with an 8th generation i7. The EliteBook is much faster, although it has definitely seen more usage, has not been constantly been placed on a cooling rack like mine, and I completely factory reset mine every year, why is that?
Also please note I have went to benchmarking websites and have seen that the processor on the i7 should be faster (i7-8565U vs i5 8265U).
Thanks!
Edit: They both have SSD’s and both have 16GB of ram, the Pavilion has an MX250 GPU while the EliteBook has a UHD 620 onboard graphics
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Firstly, this post will probably be removed as any answer will be speculative.
My answer: Background processes most likely. Most users install many things on their own laptop that are not installed on a work laptop. In my case I always have Discord open and frequently Steam and Battle.net and a game, and my various browser tabs, and my LED manager, and my 3rd party AV.
A work computer would have probably be using Windows Defender, Microsoft Office apps and some browser tabs and maybe some other low-overhead software in many cases.
Alternative answers: faulty hardware, component batch variation, motherboard bus speed, differing RAM clock speed, disk read/write differences, thermal issues, viruses, Windows Home vs Professional (I’m reaching with this one), differing system preferences, differing peripheral setups, and I’m sure plenty more.
Lots can go goofy with computers and only you have the information to determine which option(s) it may be.
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