HP Envy 15-3000 Benchmarks with AMD 7690M Graphics and SSD

The new HP Envy 15-3000, also referred to as the Envy 15 Late 2011 release, has been conspicuously absent from being reviewed. While a full review will be upcoming on this site, the overall system performance benchmarks for the Envy 15-3000 deserve they’re own page in the sun and as such that’s what this article sets out to do. The system as purchased came with a 500GB Toshiba hard drive spinning at 7,200RPM. To make things more interesting we plopped in an 80GB Intel X25-M SSD. Now, granted this is not the latest and greatest SSD on the market but it gives a very good idea of what kind of performance advantage an SSD is going to give you, even if it’s last years technology.

The key specs for the Envy 15 review system as benchmarked are as follows:
Laptop Model: HP Envy 15-3000 (Late 2011 Envy 15 release)
OS: Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit
Processor: Intel Core i7-2760QM @ 2.40GHz
Memory: 6 GB 1600MHz RAM
Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 7690M (v. 8.882.2.3000) 1GB VRAM, switchable with Intel HD3000 integrated graphics
Storage: Intel X25-M SSD 80GB
Motherboard: Hewlett-Packard 1688
Then Envy 15 can switch between using dedicated and integrated graphics, you’ll want to use the Intel integrated graphics for all those times you’re just doing productivity tasks unrelated to 3D applications or gaming. For fun, we did benchmark permutations by alternating between AMD/Intel graphics and Toshiba HDD/Intel SSD storage. The results of each permutation is below and a summary at the very end. For those interested, you can also download a zip file of all the benchmark and system explorer results here to get a more detailed view.
An extra note, while performing the Integrated/Discrete GPU tests, the BIOS switchable graphics setting was set to “Fixed”, rather than the default “Dynamic”. Setting graphics to Dynamic has a tangible impact on performance, with the “Fixed” setting producing the highest overall performance when used with the Radeon GPU.

AMD Radeon 7690M and Intel SSD Benchmarks

HP Envy 15 Specs:
Processor: Intel Core i7-2760QM @ 2.40GHz
Memory: 6 GB 1600MHz RAM
Graphics: Radeon HD 7690M (v. 8.882.2.3000)
Storage: Intel X25-M SSD 80GB

Windows Experience Index (Windows 7 64-bit):

CPU: 7.5
Memory: 7.5
Graphics: 6.9
Gaming graphics: 6.9
Primary disk (SSD): 7.7

PCMark Vantage Score: 15,835

PCMark Vantage Score Comparison: