HP ENVY 13-AQ0011MS: At First Glance
The HP ENVY 13-AQ0011MS is a lovely laptop. It is fast, affordable and eye-catching.
It exceeds its predecessors with several modifications. The laptop offers a more elegant design, excellent speakers, and a vividly bright display.
Also, it combines a long battery life with a comfortable keyboard, all at a fair price.
HP ENVY 13-AQ0011MS: Design, Dimension and Weight
HP offered a subtle design with this laptop. It has a silver metal frame lid with a Chrome HP logo centered on it.
HP has made some changes to make this device compact-positioning the speakers at the bottom.
In addition to that, the power button is fitted perfectly at the top left, just above the keyboard. Also, HP positioned the fingerprint scanner at the bottom right panel close to the keyboard.
However, it stuck with current conventions by maintaining a slim bezel. Although they are not as slim as those on most Dell laptops, they are thin enough to improve the viewing experience.
Weighing just 1270 g and measuring 307 x 211.5 x 147 mm, the HP ENVY 13-AQ0011MS is as thin and lightweight as its portable competitors. Chrome trim around the touchpad and careful creative branding gives this laptop a premium look and feel.
Additionally, its port selection is quite good. It features a USB 3.1 Gen 1 Type-c, 2 USB 3.1 Gen 1 Type-A, 1 AC smart pin, a headphone jack, and a microSD card reader.
However, Its keyboard keys are oddly placed. Features like dedicated privacy keys for HP Sureview and the webcam kill switch makes it good overall.
Conclusively, the laptop’s design remains appealing, but due to little downsides, It scores an 8 in this review. Details like the bad keyboard flexes and the not so smooth trackpad reduced its build quality.
HP ENVY 13-AQ0011MS: Processor (CPU) Performance
Featuring the 8th generation Intel Core i5-82650 – with a speed of 1.6 GHz and 6MB Cache, the laptop’s CPU performance is excellent. The processor is formidable enough to offer plenty of computing power.
When it comes to multi-core CPU performance, HP ENVY 13-AQ0011MS remains competitive with similar products. Despite it being relatively cheaper than most of its competitors, it is a bit on par with them in terms of performance.
Its fair price per CPU performance ratio means you can save money without compromising on performance.
Moreover, its all-around CPU performance is quite fast. While it may not cope excellently with excessive workload, it does just fine.
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However, one disappointing feature of the HP ENVY 13-AQ0011MS is how loud the fans can get when performing extensive operations. The noise can be reduced but at the cost of performance.
The laptop scores a 7 point in this CPU review because of its excess fan noise and limited operational capacity.
HP ENVY 13-AQ0011MS: Memory (RAM) Performance
Equipped with 8 GB DDR4-2400 of SDRAM, the HP ENVY 13-AQ0011MS performance is good.
The laptop copes well with day-to-day tasks. At a speed of 2400MHz, it’s memory performance is fast and smooth.
More so, with about 14 Google Chrome tabs and a 1080p (Full HD) YouTube video playing in the background, it works just fine. But anything above this workload makes the laptop stutter.
However, Its amount of RAM makes its ability to multitask a bit fair. The laptop works a bit swiftly with few Apps running at once.
In my HP ENVY 13-AQ0011MS memory (RAM) review, I give it a score of 8 because of how well it passed various performance tests.
HP ENVY 13-AQ0011MS: Storage Options and Performance
HP ENVY 13-AQ0011MS comes with 256 GB PCIe NVMe M.2 SSD.
Moreover, it did well on a hard drive test. Its 256 GB capacity duplicated 4.97GB of mixed-media files in 13-seconds at a rate of 391 mb/s.
The laptop’s storage performance appeared to be faster than a few of its competitors but a bit slower than most.
For example, in the same test, the MacBook Air 9th generation recorded a speed of 1,011 mb/s and Samsung Notebook 9 Pro, 391.5 mb/s.
Finally, it comfortably scores a 9 in this review for its excellent storage performance.
HP ENVY 13-AQ0011MS: Graphics Card Performance
The HP ENVY 13-AQ0011MS comes with an integrated Intel HD Graphics 620 with 300 MHz speed. This feature, however, is not suitable for heavy gaming.
This HP model dabbles into casual gaming. Although it doesn’t give the satisfaction a big gamer will want. It is not a suitable gaming laptop.
Furthermore, on the performance test, the laptop was barely quick. This resulted in a low frame per second ratio.
Ultimately, you can’t play high-end games comfortably, even at their lowest settings. However, decreasing the resolution could make them a bit bearable but not entirely satisfactory.
Its poor frame per second ratio performance gives it a score of 6 in this graphics card performance review.
HP ENVY 13-AQ0011MS: Battery Life and Performance
For most Ultrabooks in these recent times, the 10-hour mark is the target for battery life. The HP ENVY 13-AQ0011MS, however, delivers an above-average performance.
This model’s battery life is impressive – it delivers up to 16.25 hours of battery life on a single charge. You can work on this laptop for a long time without worrying about the need to charge it.
Although to last as long as the average lifetime, you might need to do less intensive computing activities. Amazingly, when the battery needs to be charged, it does so very quickly.
It beats most of its more expensive competitors in this aspect by at least an hour.
The HP ENVY 13-AQ0011MS scores a 9 in this aspect because of its durable battery life. The laptop uses a 53Wh 4-cell battery.
Frequently Asked Questions
The HP Envy 13-AQ00MS is one of the best value laptops currently in stock, borrowing stylish ideas from other laptops that cost a bit more. It delivers a fair performance too.
No, HP ENVY 13-AQ0011MS does not have an HDMI port. However, it has a USB 3.1 Gen 1 Type-c and 2 USB 3.1 Gen 1 Type-A ports.
The laptop features a fingerprint reader. The fingerprint reader is positioned at the bottom right, just beneath the keyword.
HP ENVY 13-AQ0011MS is not used much for gaming. It ships with Intel HD Graphics 620 with 300 MHz speed. However, this graphics card does not have a dedicated memory – making it unsuitable for gaming.
Based on its limited graphics card, Intel HD Graphics 620 – shares system memory, HP ENVY 13-AQ0011MS is not great for video editing.
Conclusion
The HP ENVY 13-AQ0011MS is one of the laptops that strikes a good balance between its design, performance, and price.
The HP ENVY 13-AQ0011MS is the ultimate laptop for college students or travelers. However, it should still be okay for users that are not involved in excessive-load computer tasks.
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