No matter whether that kind of ice cream will melt or not, and is afraid of fire, its original sin is actually expensive, reflecting the public's dissatisfaction with "one penny for one thing, one dollar for two things". We young people have never seen such a scene of "eye protection" when we eat ice cream, but people are still alive and money is gone.
As we all know, the stronger the performance and lighter the weight of digital products, the thicker the RMB required. But the whole line is equipped with the 12th generation Intel ® CoRE ™ The processor, however, makes the HP Star 14 Pro high-performance thin and lightweight notebook become the electronic granny in 2022, which is a scientific and technological progress that even Albert Einstein, a young civil servant, could not imagine.
The reason why we recommend HP Star 14 Pro is very simple and direct: 2.8K 90Hz OLED screen, the highest 12th generation Intel ® CoRE ™ I7 standard pressure processor, as well as the pricing of Houdao. The twelfth generation of Core, whose performance will not fall behind for many years, makes it particularly suitable for young people who are preparing for college or just coming out to work.
Powerful performance is the simplest sense of security
Ten years ago, generally only design and engineering students would receive the suggestion that "computers should buy high-performance ones". Ten years later, the browser has become a memory destroying machine and QQ can be equipped with a fantasy engine today. Performance has become the basic demand of college students' notebooks, and the world has achieved great harmony in some form.
The decision to buy a computer as a freshman will directly affect the 4-year college experience. The weak performance will make the "when to finish rendering" become the new Goldbach's guess before cultivating the hairline of the strong. It will also make you look overloaded at the age of 40 when you are 19.
As for the 12th generation Intel ® CoRE ™ How about the performance of HP Star 14 Pro of i7 processor? Streamline saving: This is a configuration that design teachers don't talk too much. Until graduation, it can also accompany you to spend every good night of "one more round and then sleep".
Official "12th generation Intel" ® CoRE ™ The simple translation of the slogan "multi-core heterogeneous, high-energy new generation" is that this generation adopts a hybrid architecture of performance core and energy efficiency core, taking into account the high energy efficiency of single core at high output and low load, and greatly improving the multi-core performance per unit area.
The HP Star 14 Pro with the core i5-12500H standard voltage processor+2.8k 90Hz OLED is probably the most popular entry model. The i5-12500H standard pressure processor it carries is Intel 7 process technology, Alder Lake architecture, 4 personality energy cores+8 energy efficiency cores, and a total of 12 cores and 16 threads. The maximum Remax frequency of the performance core is 4.5GHz, the maximum Remax frequency of the energy efficiency core is 3.3GHz, the 18M three-level cache, the basic power consumption is 45W, and the maximum Remax power consumption is 95W.
Students who have spare power in learning and in wallet can also choose the i7-12700H with 14 cores, 20 threads, 24M three buffers and a maximum Remax frequency of 4.7GHz.
First, let's warm up with CPU-Z. The i5-12500H of HP Star 14 Pro has a single core 701.1 and a multi-core 5996.
Following is the authoritative three generations of CPU performance CINEBENCH:
CINEBENCH R15 test, single core 247 points, multi core 1985 points
CINEBENCH R20 test, single core 654 points, multi core 4580 points
CINEBENCH R23 test, single core 1709 points, multi-core 10295 points
The huge single core and multi-core performance improvement of the 12th generation Core has enabled the i5-12500H single core to roll over the flagship of the previous year, while the multi-core also caught up with the R7-5800H, which was positioned higher by the next factory last year. As long as the i5-12500H's single core performance is not the same as the 12 generation Core, the i5-12500H's multi-core performance is even close to the top 6-core 12 thread processor on the desktop last year. It's a leap to the top.
The SSD of HP Star 14 Pro is Samsung MZVLQ512HBLU-00BH1, and the performance meets the expectations.
I5-12500H is equipped with Intel Ruiju ® Xe graphics card, 80 EU, frequency 1.3GHz.
3DMark's GPU test three piece set: 1377 points for Time Spy scenario, 3596 points for Fire Strike scenario, and 13486 points for Night Raid scenario. Even though the frequency is 0.05GHz lower than that of the i5-1155G7 with the same specifications as the previous generation GPU, the performance is not as good as that of the i5-1155G7. It should have a stronger CPU and heat dissipation function.
Graphic performance translation means that it is more than enough for daily life and office work, LOL、Dota 2、CS GO、 Daily games such as eating chicken can be played at the lowest picture quality of 1080p. But after all, the positioning of core display is not for playing with 3A masterpiece, Intel Ruiju ® The advantage of Xe core display is actually the powerful hardware decoder, which almost takes all formats, and the coding output is also increased.
In addition to the extreme CPU and GPU performance tests, we also tested PCMARK tests close to the daily use load. HP Star 14 Pro has 5285 points in productivity test, 11245 points in basic functions, 6927 points in productivity and 6117 points in digital creation.
For PCMARK Extended test with higher load, HP Star 14 Pro productivity test scored 5382 points, basic function score 10369 points, productivity score 6927 points, digital creation score 6335 points, and game score 3061 points.
Reasonably, the i5-12500H can provide such performance output, which inevitably makes people wonder, what kind of entry version is this?
We use the Stress CPU stress test with low load. The room temperature is 25.8 ℃, the humidity is 56.3%, and the performance mode. After 30 minutes of baking, the maximum CPU temperature is 100 ℃, and the peak value is 52.5W. After 30 minutes, the CPU temperature is stable at 97 ℃, and the power consumption is about 40W. The P core frequency is 3.7GHz, and the E core frequency is 2.8GHz.
After hitting the temperature wall, the frequency and power consumption are basically maintained at the same level, which is as stable as a straight line, resulting in the average value being very close to the final value. It seems that this mold still has heat dissipation allowance.
The fan of HP Star 14 Pro is quiet oriented and more inclined to control fan noise. The wind of its baking machine is close to that of many games when the energy-saving mode takes off. Playing games at night or rendering all night will not disturb classmates or roommates.
After 30 minutes of baking, the highest temperature of the fuselage appears at the left of the middle of the shaft, 50.7 degrees; The highest temperature at the back is 49.3 degrees in the middle of the left heat dissipation grille.
The temperature on the left side of the keyboard area is below 36 degrees, and the maximum temperature on the right side of the keyboard area is 44.7 degrees.
We have also tested the effect of IUS standard heat transfer technology - placing bottle caps under the fuselage. The impact on HP Star 14 Pro is about 1W and P core 0.5GHz, which further proves that it is a quiet setting orientation.
Unless you are fighting in the midsummer without air conditioning, the HP Star 14 Pro does not need to be cushioned for heat dissipation. It will make you lose yourself with four happy water bottle caps.
Screen: 2.8K OLED world, cool!
Although it is the mobile era, in the field of productivity, "your next computer must be a computer". The computer screen is the screen with the longest viewing time, whether it is the 4-year university or the job after graduation. For every experienced "station B explorer", your screen directly affects the world you see. The importance of the screen cannot be overemphasized.
HP Star 14 Pro is equipped with a 14 inch 2.8K 90Hz OLED screen, with a 16:10 ratio, 100% DCI-P3 color gamut, 1 billion colors, narrow left and right edges, and 87% screen proportion. It has passed the TUV+Eyesafe low blue light dual certification in Germany, as well as the HDR 400 certification.
HP Star 14 Pro Screen Subpixel Arrangement ↑
The special RGB arrangement is very similar to Samsung's previous screen arrangement on tablets and notebooks. 2880x1800 resolution, ppi 242。 Because there is no discount, the fineness is higher than the 1080P A screen on some mobile phones.
The measured total white maximum brightness is 376 nits. At this time, the four corner brightness is 385/383/378/381 nits, and the uniformity is good. The screen does not fluctuate in brightness due to changes in the lighted area, as is the case with mobile OLED screens. The brightness of small area displays is the same.
In HDR mode, the full white brightness is also about 370 nits. In HDR content, when large areas of white content are displayed, the brightness can exceed 500 nits, and the local peak value is 550 nits, which is the top level of HDR 400 certification screen.
HDR mode color gamut ↑
HDR mode color standard ↑
The HP Star 14 is already a rare color alignment oriented notebook, while the HP Star 14 Pro basically inherits a similar style. The machine provides default mode and HDR mode, and the color temperature is 6280K and 6286K respectively:
The default mode is adjusted according to P3 color gamut, covering 145.2% of sRGB color gamut and 107% of P3 color gamut; Gamma value 1.95, gray scale deviation 3.8; The average color deviation under sRGB color gamut is 5.4 and the maximum is 8.3, while the average color deviation under P3 color gamut is 3.5 and the maximum is 5.
HDR mode is adjusted according to sRGB, covering 91.9% of sRGB color gamut; Gamma value 2.01, gray scale deviation 3.8; The average color deviation narrows to 2.8, and the maximum is 5.3.
Its overall color accuracy performance is still slow for notebook. It is commendable that HP still adheres to the standard color temperature of 6500K, which does not cater to the cold taste of the market.
The actual look and feel of the 2.8K HDR screen is that 5.18 million pixels are paved, the 90Hz high brush makes the mouse light as a swallow, Word and Excel are directly upgraded to the Ultra HD Pro Max version, and the font is extremely clear and sharp. Each pixel independently controlled by OLED has a large amount of dark details without losing the level, while the highlight part is really as dazzling as the summer sun passing through the shade!
Streaming saving: This is a good screen that can add points to all displayed content. Although LCD is never a slave, watching movies and videos still requires OLED.
Huixiaowei intelligent voice assistant: unexpectedly strong
Generally, people don't care much about the pre installed software on PCs, but HP has really played Huixiaowei's intelligent voice assistant this time, so we have to say something about it.
On the HP Star 14 Pro, the intelligent voice assistant of Huixiaowei has been strengthened, and it is also the hard solution direction. There are many obvious settings for learning and office optimization, which are very practical.
HP even made an RGB rolling atmosphere breathing lamp for the intelligent voice assistant of Huixiaowei, which is placed on the slope below the touch control panel and can be seen when opening and closing the computer. Wonderful!
What's more, the Huixiaowei intelligent voice assistant of HP Star 14 Pro supports Wake up by Cover. Yes, you heard me correctly. You can also use the Huixiaowei intelligent voice assistant after closing the screen. Equipped with breathing lights of different colors corresponding to different states, it is like a smart speaker, calling good guys directly. Usually, I close the computer to do my homework and set up a tomato alarm clock, or suddenly want to check the weather before going to bed, which is very practical and good civilization.
The intelligent voice assistant of Huixiaowei can open programs, control computers, play music, voice to text, and even have subtitle translation. It can recognize and generate Chinese and English subtitles in real-time in videos without subtitles, and has no obstacles to watch TED, foreign online classes, and subtitle free "raw meat" videos.
Huixiaowei also supports the function of meeting notes, recording speeches, meetings and courses while providing real-time voice transcription. The product manager is a man of character.
Microphone array with openings on the side ↑
500W pixel camera ↑
In addition to online classes, video conferencing is also an increasingly frequent use scenario, and HP has also quietly made a major upgrade. At the same price point, when the camera was just upgraded from 720P (1 million pixels) to 1080P (2 million pixels), the HP Star 14 Pro was directly a 5 million pixel TNR noise reduction high-definition camera+dual array AI noise reduction microphone. It also supports the automatic centering function similar to the people in the super wide angle of mobile phones, and the image will automatically "move to the center" with the people moving.
In addition, because the microphone is open on the side, it is not easy to be disturbed by the front wind, and it is not easy to break the sound when excited. During the video conference, the participants can see their handsome faces clearly, and at the same time let them hear the voice that seems to be around them.
What's more, HP has also built a built-in cross platform HP Flash, which can be directly used when Android and iOS devices are installed with apps. Mobile phone manufacturers have seen a lot of multi screen collaboration. Have you seen it from notebook manufacturers?
Appearance and experience of dessert
The HP Star 14 Pro adopts a three sided metal body design, and provides four color options: Moonlight Silver, Meteorite Grey, Meteorite Gold, and the first love pink.
The thinnest part of the fuselage is 16.5mm, about 1.4kg. Because it is a 16:10 screen model with a larger actual screen area and a more square body, it is actually lighter than 1.4kg. These days, the performance light and thin notebook can control the weight, and the Kirin Arm crash course has only 16 inch large screen notebook and game notebook left.
The line design of HP Star 14 Pro is hard, but it doesn't look like an old school, because there are a lot of design considerations. In addition to HP's preference for using small turnstiles, such settings as the CNC high light edge on the side of the thick and large touch control board, the A-side signal slot, the microphone array specially made on the side, and the lengthened Alt key are rare.
The keyboard backlight necessary for carrying lights at night is also available, and there are independent indicators on the mute and power keys. Your roommate/girlfriend has no problem with you at night, and your eyes have no problem.
HP's old friend B&O dual speakers are still there, plus HP Audio Boost technology, the taste of northern Europe, and the hearing of Vienna's golden hall. Listening to the Blue Danube Waltz by Koday Philharmonic Orchestra is not just music, you can even hear the details of 384khz 32bit applause. Equipped with a 2.8K OLED screen, the fried chicken and happy water are ready for a good movie. It's another wonderful evening.
The HP Star 14 Pro has complete interfaces. On the left side are earphones, USB-A ports and TF card readers. On the right side are A ports, HDMI ports and two C ports that support fast charging and video output. Then the projector projects the screen. Connect the mouse and mobile hard disk to the double A ports, plug in the TF card and headphones, and you even have two A ports free.
If you are used to the interface of Grand Slam, and look back at the full C-port notebooks that cannot leave the exhibition dock, you will automatically remember the word "poor students have more stationery". For example, the 51Whr battery can charge 50% of the power in 30 minutes, which is not much to say. For the basic quality of thin and light books, you don't need to bring a charger when you go to the library or study on your own in the afternoon.
How to select Star 14 Pro of N versions?
To meet the needs of different users, HP Star 14 Pro provides "U series processor+unique display" and standard pressure processor versions, and the screen also has 2.2K LCD and 2.8K OLED options. Four processors, two independent displays, and two screens are collocated, providing six configurations, with prices ranging from 4999 to 7499. But how should we choose?
Both i5s have 2.2K LCD screens and 2.8K OLEDs, and the price difference is about 300. 2.2K LCD is a 100% sRGB color gamut with low blue light dual authentication+DC dimming, suitable for users with limited budget or sensitive to low-frequency PWM.
However, for most users, it is actually recommended to use OLED. Although it is said that "LCD will never be a slave", it is true that the display effect of OLED is much better. Otherwise, the flagship mobile phones will not be completely switched to OLED.
As for the single display version, it is obviously reserved for users who need to set "low U and high display" for rendering, editing, games, etc., focusing on the balance between lightweight mobility, power consumption and GPU performance. Price is to products what time is to space. There is no waste products, only waste pricing, and we all need to listen to the wallet.
At this time, there may be a contrast familiar to computer Xiaobai: we don't play games, just open a word and surf the Internet, don't we need any performance? Don't you just buy a computer?
But only the "old installed apes" who have reinstalled the system for a large number of Xiaobai can deeply understand the misunderstanding of this century, and Xiaobai is the people who need performance most!
Because I don't understand computers, I have the most unscientific habit of using computers. The so-called "free to use" is usually accompanied by a desktop full of files, files decompressed anywhere, software garbage that will not be cleaned up even after being scrapped, hard disk partitions in urgent need of space, plus N computer butlers and rogue software hung full of task bars. You will be suspicious of life even if the performance is almost impossible. Not to mention the software and web pages whose performance requirements are not clear, computers "must work hard in secret to appear comfortable and satisfactory in front of people".
Listen to my brother's advice and buy a computer with better performance.
summary
For students and newly graduated users, the version of i5-12500H+2.8K OLED we have is more recommended. It has chosen the most obvious performance and screen to make a surprise attack. Its performance is far higher than most products at the same price. All other configurations are just right, very sweet. Reasonably, if there is an HP French fries label, it's a pity.
If there is really a so-called best partner, it should be the long one. Those of us who are waiting for success need to use good steel on the blade. Each product has its own positioning, and each product has an urgent financial relationship with us, but personal needs are the first starting point.
