HP Pavilion 14-ce0068st Review: Stylish with Great Performance

HP Pavilion 14-ce0068st: At First Glance

The HP Pavilion 14-ce0068st is a consumer-oriented all-around laptop that is stylish enough to be proudly flaunted anywhere. Furthermore, this laptop offers powerful features that are capable of meeting users’ computing needs.

Some of these features include a quad-core Intel Core i5 processor and a sufficient number of ports. Moreover, despite these features, this HP laptop is very slim and lightweight.

As a matter of fact, as of the time of its release, the laptop was named one of the slimmest Pavilion laptops ever. However, as this laptop have its good sides, it also has some bad sides.

Thus, to find out more about the HP Pavilion 14-ce0068st and its bad sides, I suggest you continue reading.

HP Pavilion 14-ce0068st: Design, Dimension, and Weight

Design-wise, the HP Pavilion 14-ce0068st is an extra slim stylishly-built laptop that you can proudly flaunt anywhere. To give more details, this HP laptop comes with a smooth all-metal body with a reflective silvery-white finish that gives it a polished look.

However, unlike the laptop’s body, the lid features a sleek matte silvery-grey finish. Furthermore, this lid is very sturdy and attached to the base of the laptop with two solid metal hinges.

Moreover, on the center of this lid is a silver “HP” logo that has a glossy finish.

That said, on opening the HP Pavilion 14-ce0068st’s lid, you will be welcomed by a 14-inch display. In addition to that, this display offers an HD (1366 x 768) resolution that allows it to render decent picture quality.

Also, this laptop’s display is surrounded by slim bezels, with the side bezels a bit slimmer than the top and bottom bezels. Moreover, the top and bottom bezels feature a webcam and an “HP” logo at the center respectively.

As a matter of fact, the webcam that is at the top bezel is an HP Wide Vision HD camera with a dual array digital microphone. Therefore, this webcam should offer a wide-angle field of view and excellent quality during video conference calls.

Also, the webcam is ideal for taking selfies due to the fact that it produces decent image quality.

Moving on to the HP Pavilion 14-ce0068st’s deck, you’ll find a full-size island-style non-backlit keyboard. The keys on this laptop’s keyboard are well-spaced and provide decent key travel, allowing for an excellent typing experience.

Speaking of key travel, it is the distance between a key’s resting point to full depression. Beneath this laptop’s island-style keyboard, you’ll find a spacious touchpad with integrated click buttons.

This touchpad provides a very smooth and responsive surface that allows for seamless navigation. Furthermore, the touchpad support multitouch gestures such as pinch-to-zoom and three-finger-swipe.

Port-wise, the HP Pavilion 14-ce0068st comes with a good number of ports. To start with, the left side of the laptop harbors two USB 3.1 ports, and a headphone/microphone combo jack port.

Also on the left side of the laptop, you will find a security cable slot and a multi-format SD media card reader. However, the laptop’s right side houses a USB Type-C port, an Ethernet port, an AC connector, and an HDMI port.

Moving on to dimension and weight, the HP Pavilion 14-ce0068st measures 326.8 x 225.5 x 17.9 mm (W x D x H) and weighs 1690 g. Compared to the Lenovo Yoga 9i 15, this HP laptop weighs less.

To be more specific, the Lenovo Yoga 9i 15 weighs 2000 g and measures 238.5 x 355.5 x 17.5 – 19.7 mm (W x D x H).

In conclusion, the HP Pavilion 14-ce0068st offers a good-looking all-metal design with a good number of ports. Therefore, I will be rating this HP laptop a nine out of ten in this design review section.

HP Pavilion 14-ce0068st: Processor (CPU) Performance

For the processor, the HP Pavilion 14-ce0068st comes with an 8th generation Intel Core i5-8250U CPU. This processor is a four-core (quad-core) processor that has a cache memory of 6 MB.

Furthermore, the CPU features a 1.60 GHz base frequency and a 3.40 GHz maximum frequency. Performance-wise, this processor is very powerful and adequate enough to seamlessly carry out most computing tasks.

Therefore, with this processor, the Pavilion 14-ce0068st should be capable of performing serious multitasking and demanding tasks like video editing.

To further verify this laptop’s processor performance, I will now be discussing the laptop’s result on a Cinebench R15 benchmark test. Briefly, Cinebench R15 is an app-based benchmark test that evaluates a computer’s processor capabilities by measuring its cores.

As a result, the benchmark test carries out two tests which are the multi-core test and the single-core test. In case you are wondering, the multi-core test evaluates how fast the processor can be when all its available cores are utilized.

Whereas, the single-core test evaluates how fast the processor can be when only one of its cores is being used. Moreover, a high score on both the single-core and multi-core tests means a good processor performance.

So, based on the Cinebench R15 test result, the HP Pavilion 14-ce0068st scored 141 points on the single-core test. Meanwhile, on the multi-core test, this HP laptop scored 571 points.

However, when compared to the Microsoft Surface Pro 6, the Pavilion 14-ce0068st was slightly outperformed. Specifically, the Microsoft Surface Pro 6 scored 143 points on the Cinebench R15 single-core test.

On the other hand, the Microsoft laptop scored 585 points on the multi-core test. It is worth stating that the Microsoft Surface Pro 6 also uses an Intel Core i5-8250U processor.

In summary, the HP Pavilion 14-ce0068st offers a powerful 8th generation Intel processor that can perform most computing tasks. However, this laptop was outperformed by one of its closest competitors on a processor benchmark test.

As a result, I will rate the HP Pavilion 14-ce0068st an eight out of ten in this processor review section.

HP Pavilion 14-ce0068st: Memory (RAM) Performance

The HP Pavilion 14-ce0068st comes with a single memory slot and a standard memory of 8 GB DDR4-2400 SDRAM. Sadly, 8 GB is also the maximum that this laptop supports.

Therefore, you cannot upgrade the laptop’s memory to more than 8 GB. Nevertheless, with 8 GB RAM and help from its CPU, the HP Pavilion 14-ce0068st should be capable of handling any tasks thrown at it.

In fact, with this amount of memory, this HP laptop will be able to handle heavy multitasking effectively and efficiently. Talking of multitasking, this laptop should be able to run 25 Chrome tabs simultaneously without slowing down.

However, to solidify these claims, I now highlight the HP Pavilion 14-ce0068st’s result on a PCMark 10 test. For clarity, PCMark 10 is a benchmark test that measures a computer’s memory performance by emulating real-world productivity tasks like web browsing.

Additionally, a high score on this memory test implies a good performance. Hence, according to the PCMark 10 test results, the HP Pavilion 14-ce0068st scored 3889 points.

Disappointingly, this laptop’s score is about 600 points below the 4520 points achieved by the Microsoft Surface Pro 6.

Therefore, I will rate the HP Pavilion 14-ce0068st a seven out of ten in this memory review section.

HP Pavilion 14-ce0068st: Storage Options and Performance

In terms of storage, the HP Pavilion 14-ce0068st comes with a 5400 RPM SATA HDD. Furthermore, this laptop’s storage drive supports a maximum storage capacity of 1 TB.

Obviously, a storage capacity of 1 TB should be sufficient for most users for saving numerous files, images, or applications. However, if you believe this amount of storage space won’t be enough for you, this HP laptop has an SD card reader for storage expansion.

Unfortunately, unlike SSDs, HDDs are usually slow and make noticeable noise when operating. Therefore, don’t expect the HP Pavilion 14-ce0068st to offer a fast boot time or transfer speed as a laptop with an SSD storage type.

That said, in order to further evaluate this laptop’s storage performance, I shall now discuss its CrystalDiskMark benchmark test result. The purpose of this benchmark test is to measure the read and write speed of the laptop’s storage drive.

To be clear, read speed is the time it takes a computer’s storage drive to open a file. On the other hand, the time it takes the storage drive to save a file is known as write speed.

Furthermore, a high “MB/s” value on this CrystalDiskMark test means a fast read and write speed. So, based on the benchmark test results, the HP Pavilion 14-ce0068st recorded a sequential read speed of 101.6 MB/s.

In addition to its sequential read speed, this HP laptop recorded a write speed of 91.97 MB/s. Compared to the Dell Latitude E6420 which also uses an HDD storage type, the HP Pavilion 14-ce0068st has a faster read and write speed.

Specifically, according to the CrystalDiskMark test, the Dell Latitude E6420 recorded a sequential read speed of 83.06 MB/s. Also, this Dell Latitude laptop recorded a sequential write speed of 78.45 MB/s.

In conclusion, the HP Pavilion 14-ce0068st offers sufficient HDD storage space and an SD card reader for storage expansion. Also, this laptop beats one of its competitors on a storage benchmark test.

Thus, I will rate the HP Pavilion 14-ce0068st an eight out of ten in this storage review section.

HP Pavilion 14-ce0068st: Graphics Card Performance

For graphics, the HP Pavilion 14-ce0068st is equipped with an Intel UHD Graphics 620. Additionally, this Intel graphics card has a 300 MHz base frequency and a boost frequency of 1100 MHz.

However, this graphics card is an integrated graphics card. Therefore, it shares the system memory with the laptop’s processor to carry out graphics-related tasks.

As a result, with this GPU, don’t expect the HP Pavilion 14-ce0068st to effectively handle graphics-intensive applications or games. Talking about games, this laptop was only able to deliver a frame rate of 13 fps while playing Rise of the Tomb Raider.

Playing this video game at this frame rate won’t be enjoyable at all. As a matter of fact, the laptop will be lagging when the game is running.

Nevertheless, low-end games or most games from the Microsoft Store like Modern Combat 4 should smoothly run on this laptop.

Having said that, we will now proceed to discuss the HP Pavilion 14-ce0068st’s 3DMark test result to further verify its graphics performance. 3DMark test is a benchmark test that measures a computer’s performance for rendering 2D and 3D graphics.

Furthermore, a high score on this 3DMark test means a good graphics performance. Hence, from the result obtained on the test, the HP Pavilion 14-ce0068st recorded a score of 1742 points.

This laptop’s score is almost on par with the Acer Aspire E15 E5-576-392H which also uses an Intel UHD Graphics 620 GPU. Specifically, this Acer laptop scored 1744 points on the 3DMark test.

All things considered, I will rate the HP Pavilion 14-ce0068st a seven out of ten in this graphics review section.

HP Pavilion 14-ce0068st: Battery Life and Performance

The HP Pavilion 14-ce0068st is powered by a 3-cell 41 Wh Li-ion battery. According to icecat.biz, this laptop should be able to last around 9 hours with this battery.

To ascertain this claim, I shall now be discussing the laptop’s performance on a battery rundown test. This test involves continuous web browsing on Chrome using a WIFI connection until the laptop’s battery drains out.

Hence, at the end of the battery rundown test, the HP Pavilion 14-ce0068st lasted an impressive 8 hours and 18 minutes. Once again, this laptop’s battery life is almost on par with the Acer Aspire E15 E5-576-392H‘s battery life of 8 hours and 5 minutes.

Hence, I will rate the HP Pavilion 14-ce0068st a nine out of ten in this battery performance review section.

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Conclusion

The HP Pavilion 14-ce0068st features a slim and stylish design that you can proudly flaunt around. In addition to its stylish design, this laptop is very sturdy as its chassis is of metallic material.

Also, the laptop comes with a considerably good number of ports and a powerful Intel Core i5 processor. That’s not all, this HP laptop also offers an impressive battery life and a sufficient 1 TB maximum storage space.

However, the laptop features a limited maximum memory. Regardless, the HP Pavilion 14-ce0068st is a stylish laptop with adequate performance that is worth considering.

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