Gaming Benchmarks and Performance Tests with Benchmark Tools

The GPU performance was put to the test with Grand Theft Auto 5, where disabling vsync and using FXAA on and MSAA set to 8 resulted in an average of 55 frames per second at a 1080p resolution even with ultra settings disabled. However, when running Shadow of Mordor with ultra settings at 1080p, we averaged 95 frames per second. This is a noticeable performance increase that showcases the GPU's capabilities.

To further evaluate the system's performance, various benchmarking tools were used. Heaven Benchmark showed an average of 58 frames per second with quality set to ultra, tessellation set to extreme, and anti-aliasing set to 8 at 1080p. Valley Benchmark reported a similar result, averaging 59 frames per second at 1080p with quality set to ultra and anti-aliasing set to 8.

The PassMark Benchmark produced scores of 8,372 for the CPU, 6,880 for the 3D graphics, and 4,250 for the overall score. This places the laptop in the 87th percentile of results, indicating its performance is respectable.

To further assess the CPU's capabilities, various benchmarks were run. Fire Strike from 3DMark resulted in a score of 11,682, while Times by Benchmark produced a score of 3,768. These scores provide insight into the laptop's processing power and can help determine whether it meets specific needs.

CPU Performance Comparison

The CPU performance was compared to the older 6700 HQ, revealing a slight incremental upgrade. While the results are not dramatic, they still demonstrate the benefits of using the newer processor.

A detailed video comparing the two CPUs was also conducted on this laptop. This video provides further information and analysis for those interested in learning more about the differences between these CPU models.

G-Sync Performance

For the G-Sync test, the system was first run without G-Sync enabled and then with it activated. The results showed that enabling G-Sync resulted in noticeably smoother performance, with no screen tearing observed. This makes a compelling case for using G-Sync in laptops.

Whether or not to enable G-Sync on a laptop is often debated. However, the results from this test demonstrate its benefits when running at high frame rates and resolutions. For those who value smooth performance without screen tearing, enabling G-Sync may be worth considering.

CPU Upgrade Decision

Based on the game benchmarks, we are only occasionally able to push above 60 frames per second. This makes it challenging to justify the optional upgrade to a 120 HZ panel for this particular model. However, running games with lower graphics settings can still produce higher frame rates using the 120 HZ display.

The key benefit of a 120 HZ display is its smooth motion and reduced screen tearing. For users who prioritize visual quality and are willing to compromise on graphics settings slightly, a 120 HZ display may be beneficial.

SSD Performance

The laptop's SSD performed around 550 MB/s in sequential reads and 350 MB/s in sequential writes. These speeds are typical for modern SATA-based SSDs.

Optional upgrades, such as PCI Express-based SSDs, can potentially offer better performance by increasing the storage interface speed. Additionally, there is an option to add a second M.2 drive or two 2.5-inch drives, which may be appealing to users requiring more storage capacity.

Warranty and Support

The laptop comes with a 2-year warranty, with the option to extend it to 3 years. The manufacturer, Metabox, has a reputation for providing good support. In the past, dealing with metabox support was found to be a positive experience, with them being helpful over the phone when troubleshooting issues.

For users seeking a powerful and portable laptop that meets current gaming demands, the Metabox p650 HP-GL may be an attractive option.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enhey guys Jared here and today we're going to check out the new KB Lake and Pascal based p650 hp-gpc hpg is a newer and higher-end laptop in the Prime series for metabox an Australian company that specialize in custom high-end laptops this laptop is similar to some of the previous models that I've previously reviewed with similar specs however now we have Intel's 7700 HQ KB Lake CPU here how does this change affect performance we'll find out in our upcoming benchmarks inside the box we have the laptop itself user guide and Driver CD as well as the power brick and power cable so let's jump right into the specs of the laptop keep in mind you can customize these when ordering online so you can select the components that you want which may differ from what I have here in my configuration for the CPU as mentioned we've got an Intel kbl 7700 HQ at 2.8 GHz which can turbo up to 3.8 GHz this is a quad core CPU with four cores and eight total threads with hyperthreading for memory there's 16 GB of ddr4 RAM at 2,400 MHz for storage there's an Intel 540s 240 GB S 3 m.2 Drive which runs the Windows 10 home edition operating system and for graphics there an Nvidia GeForce 1060 with 6 GB of gddr5 memory the display is a 15.6 1080p IPS wva 120 HZ LED backlit panel with a matte finish this model also has nvidia's g-sync technology which keeps the refresh rate of the display in sync with the graphics card removing screen tearing which results in a much better experience with games for network connectivity there's a gigabit Ethernet port and an Intel 3165 Wireless AC card which also provides Bluetooth all of this Hardware is placed into a clever case which has a black brushed metallic look to it and is made out of an aluminium alloy making the overall build quality really nice the physical dimensions of the laptop are 38.5 cm in width 27.1 cm in depth and just 2.5 cm in height so it's pretty thin for the amount of power that you get inside the total weight of the laptop is listed at being 2.6 kilos for the base model mine weighs in here at 2.7 kilos which is still fairly portable in my opinion of course the total weight will change depending on the hardware that you select when combined with the power brick it goes to around 3.6 kilos I also found that the laptop case has enough weight to allow you to easily open the lid with one finger which was nice the screen looks great one of the first things I noticed was how smooth everything was as this one has been upgraded to the 120 HZ 1080p panel by default this laptop comes with a 60 HZ 1080p panel and can also optionally be upgraded to a 4K panel though I personally can't recommend this on a 15-in screen I've run into all sorts of scaling issues in windows with 4K at 15 in a lot of programs just end up looking terrible the screen looks nice under both normal conditions and even in the dark I did my usual backlight bleed test which involves making the laptop show a black screen in a dark room to help emphasize any bleeding around the edges I then take a long exposure photo with the camera to help display this however in this case there was no observable backlight bleed which was awesome even in this worst case scenario test the whole panel looks pretty much the same with no bleed the brightness can be adjusted quite a bit and the viewing angles on the screen are very good I can easily see details clearly from any sharp angle which has always been the case with all metabox laptops that I've looked at so far and it's still impressive each time the surface of the screen has a matte finish to it which I personally prefer over a glossy screen as you can more easily see what you're doing regardless of the light situation as there'll be much less distracting Reflections shown as mentioned this model also comes with nvidia's jyc I found that jyn significantly helped in reducing screen tearing while playing games and should definitely be considered if you're looking for a laptop that you're planning on playing a lot of games on and you want the smoothest possible experience I've done a whole video talking about if g-sync in a laptop is worth it so you can check that out for further information above the display is the inbuilt 2 megapixel camera which is capable of full HD 1080p video while the quality isn't amazing which seems to be pretty common with inbuilt laptop cameras it's definitely good enough to get the job done for things like video chat the keyboard appears to be the same one in the p650 r-g video that I did recently which is great as it's quite a good laptop keyboard the keyboard looks good and feels nice to type on it's a full-sized keyboard with numpad included and all of the keys are RGB back lit allowing you to customize how it looks I also found very little Flex when pushing down hard on the keys which was nice the whole thing feels nice and sturdy as I've mentioned before I found the included flexi Key software installed to be a little bit bit difficult to work with though that seems to be fairly standard with keyboard software for changing coloring from my experience in particular it seems that you can only specifically customize different groups of keys together rather than individual keys and the available effects were a little limited with some of my favorites missing though these points could probably all be addressed in a software update and aren't a problem regarding the laptop itself the touchpad also appears to be the same from previous models I've reviewed it works well it's a decent size and is easy to use I like the physically separate left and right buttons which are either side of the finger print scanner they're clicky without being too loud just above the keyboard are the front-facing enio speakers which sound fairly decent for laptop speakers though I did notice the absence of any base now let's take a look at the available io on offer on the left hand side there's a HDMI port a powered USB type a 3.1 port and two mini display ports with version 1.3 over on the right there's an spdif microphone and headphone jack 6 in1 card reader slot two USB type c ports with 3.1 Gen 2 support a single USB type a 3.1 Port gbit ethernet and Kensington lock the front only features some status LEDs on the back there's the DC power port that the included power brick plugs into as well as a single USB 3.0 type a port underneath there's a bunch of air intakes to help keep all the components cool as well as some rubber feet which both stop the laptop from moving around on flat surfaces when in use and also rise it a little to let the cool air in the included battery is a 4 Cell lithium ion polymer battery rated at 60 W hours with a full charge and doing basic tasks such as web browsing with the screen on half brightness and keyboard lighting off Windows 10 estimated that it would last for around 8 hours which I think is pretty decent for a laptop with these specs this appears to have been an accurate measure as well after 4 hours of use the battery still had 50% left which was pretty impressive definitely the best battery life I've seen from metabox so far so with all of that in mind how's the laptop to actually use while using the laptop normally I found the performance to be really good which is to be expected based on these high specs within Windows 10 is running well here and I've not had any slowness or delay at all while using the OS or installed programs everything's performed well with no issues I also haven't had any problems with heat during normal use it stays quite cool with an idle CPU temperature of 25° C and an idle GPU temperature of 41° C during my benchmarking with the same room temperature the CPU reached a maximum of 56° c and the GPU peaked at 74° C I left these tests going for over half an hour and the temperatures had stabilized by that time despite this the laptop didn't really feel that hot during normal operation the laptop is pretty quiet too at idle it sat around the 30 DB Mark as you can see here while running my benchmarks it went up to around 45 DB and then when I manually maxed out the fans it peaked it around 50 DB note that I had the microphone pretty close to one of the exhaust vents on the laptop at complete idle I could barely hear it at all and even at maximum with my closed back headphones on I could barely hear the fan noise now let's get into those benchmarks I was excited to do these as this was my first exper experience with an Intel KB Lake CPU in a laptop and I was Keen to find out how it performed first we'll cover some gaming benchmarks followed by tests with Benchmark tools all tests were done with all Windows updates to date applied and the Nvidia Graphics drivers were also up to date running version 378.49 which were the newest at the time of testing in Grand Theft Auto 5 I disabled vsync and tested with FXAA on and msaa set to 8 with a 1080p resolution even with these settings we still averaged 55 frames per second in the which are I used the ultra preset disabled vsync and Nvidia Hairworks and again ran at the full 1080p resolution with these settings I was able to get an average of 51 frames per second while in Shadow of Mordor with ultra settings at 1080p we average 95 frames per second so we will finally starting to take advantage of that 120 HZ display now on to the benchmarking tools while a useful indicator note that these results are a bit less practical compared to the real world gaming results previously shown in heaven Benchmark with the quality set to ultra tessellation set to extreme and anti-aliasing set to 8 at 1080p the 1060 averaged 58 frames per second there's a similar story in Valley Benchmark with the quality set to ultra and anti-aliasing on 8 at 1080p the 1060 average 59 frames per second the PassMark Benchmark resulted in a score of 8,372 for the CPU 6,880 for the 3D graphics and 4,250 for the overall score putting this laptop into the 87th percentile of results pretty impressive I ran both the fire strike and Times by benchmarks from 3D Mark and got scores of 11,682 and 3,768 respectively I'll leave a link to the full results in the video description I performed these tests with gsync disabled with g-sync enabled things are noticeably smoother with no screen tearing for further information on this check out my video on whether or not gsync in a laptop is worth it as for the CPU I ran a few different benchmarks to compare it against the older 6700 HQ we can see it only performs a little better in the tests that I've run here so it's it's a small incremental upgrade but still nice to have I've also done a full video comparing these two CPUs in detail using this laptop so check that out if you're interested based on the results from the games tested we're not often going above 60 frames per second which makes it hard to justify the optional upgrade to a 120 HZ panel here if you're instead looking at a model with an Nvidia 1070 or higher then a 120 HZ panel would be a lot more useful there as this card can push higher frame rates of course with that said we could always lower the graphics settings and get higher frames per second with a 10 60 making the higher refresh rate panel more worthwhile it depends on whether or not you want to sacrifice graphics quality a bit for higher frame rates however the higher frame rates do look nice and smooth with the 120 HZ panel in Crystal disc Mark the SSD performed around 550 mb/s in sequential reads and 350 mb per second in sequential rights these kinds of speeds are to be expected from Modern sat based ssds you can optionally upgrade to a PCI Express based SSD which should perform a bit better and there's also expansion for adding a second m.2 drive as well as two 2.5 in drives though of course note that this will increase the overall weight of your laptop as well as power drawer the laptop comes with a 2-year warranty with the option of extending to 3 years and in the past I've found dealing with metabox support to be a great experience overall they were helpful over the phone when troubleshooting a problem and the first year of the Platinum warranty includes covering any shipping costs if you need to send the laptop back for any reason such as repair the metabox p650 hp-gl laptop which is capable of running current games at respectable frame rates with high settings thanks to nvidia's GTX 1060 the KB Lake based CPU also gives us a slight Edge over the older Skylake series The p650 hp-gl to suit your needs so the final price will depend on your custom selection you can check out their website at metab box.com and customize your own high-end laptop I've left a link in the video description for this specific model so what did you guys think of the p650 hpg laptop from metalox considering the decent specs I think it's a pretty powerful and yet still portable laptop let me know what you guys thought down in the comments or simply leave a like or dislike on the video if you found it useful or not thanks for watching and don't forget to subscribe for future Tech videos like this onehey guys Jared here and today we're going to check out the new KB Lake and Pascal based p650 hp-gpc hpg is a newer and higher-end laptop in the Prime series for metabox an Australian company that specialize in custom high-end laptops this laptop is similar to some of the previous models that I've previously reviewed with similar specs however now we have Intel's 7700 HQ KB Lake CPU here how does this change affect performance we'll find out in our upcoming benchmarks inside the box we have the laptop itself user guide and Driver CD as well as the power brick and power cable so let's jump right into the specs of the laptop keep in mind you can customize these when ordering online so you can select the components that you want which may differ from what I have here in my configuration for the CPU as mentioned we've got an Intel kbl 7700 HQ at 2.8 GHz which can turbo up to 3.8 GHz this is a quad core CPU with four cores and eight total threads with hyperthreading for memory there's 16 GB of ddr4 RAM at 2,400 MHz for storage there's an Intel 540s 240 GB S 3 m.2 Drive which runs the Windows 10 home edition operating system and for graphics there an Nvidia GeForce 1060 with 6 GB of gddr5 memory the display is a 15.6 1080p IPS wva 120 HZ LED backlit panel with a matte finish this model also has nvidia's g-sync technology which keeps the refresh rate of the display in sync with the graphics card removing screen tearing which results in a much better experience with games for network connectivity there's a gigabit Ethernet port and an Intel 3165 Wireless AC card which also provides Bluetooth all of this Hardware is placed into a clever case which has a black brushed metallic look to it and is made out of an aluminium alloy making the overall build quality really nice the physical dimensions of the laptop are 38.5 cm in width 27.1 cm in depth and just 2.5 cm in height so it's pretty thin for the amount of power that you get inside the total weight of the laptop is listed at being 2.6 kilos for the base model mine weighs in here at 2.7 kilos which is still fairly portable in my opinion of course the total weight will change depending on the hardware that you select when combined with the power brick it goes to around 3.6 kilos I also found that the laptop case has enough weight to allow you to easily open the lid with one finger which was nice the screen looks great one of the first things I noticed was how smooth everything was as this one has been upgraded to the 120 HZ 1080p panel by default this laptop comes with a 60 HZ 1080p panel and can also optionally be upgraded to a 4K panel though I personally can't recommend this on a 15-in screen I've run into all sorts of scaling issues in windows with 4K at 15 in a lot of programs just end up looking terrible the screen looks nice under both normal conditions and even in the dark I did my usual backlight bleed test which involves making the laptop show a black screen in a dark room to help emphasize any bleeding around the edges I then take a long exposure photo with the camera to help display this however in this case there was no observable backlight bleed which was awesome even in this worst case scenario test the whole panel looks pretty much the same with no bleed the brightness can be adjusted quite a bit and the viewing angles on the screen are very good I can easily see details clearly from any sharp angle which has always been the case with all metabox laptops that I've looked at so far and it's still impressive each time the surface of the screen has a matte finish to it which I personally prefer over a glossy screen as you can more easily see what you're doing regardless of the light situation as there'll be much less distracting Reflections shown as mentioned this model also comes with nvidia's jyc I found that jyn significantly helped in reducing screen tearing while playing games and should definitely be considered if you're looking for a laptop that you're planning on playing a lot of games on and you want the smoothest possible experience I've done a whole video talking about if g-sync in a laptop is worth it so you can check that out for further information above the display is the inbuilt 2 megapixel camera which is capable of full HD 1080p video while the quality isn't amazing which seems to be pretty common with inbuilt laptop cameras it's definitely good enough to get the job done for things like video chat the keyboard appears to be the same one in the p650 r-g video that I did recently which is great as it's quite a good laptop keyboard the keyboard looks good and feels nice to type on it's a full-sized keyboard with numpad included and all of the keys are RGB back lit allowing you to customize how it looks I also found very little Flex when pushing down hard on the keys which was nice the whole thing feels nice and sturdy as I've mentioned before I found the included flexi Key software installed to be a little bit bit difficult to work with though that seems to be fairly standard with keyboard software for changing coloring from my experience in particular it seems that you can only specifically customize different groups of keys together rather than individual keys and the available effects were a little limited with some of my favorites missing though these points could probably all be addressed in a software update and aren't a problem regarding the laptop itself the touchpad also appears to be the same from previous models I've reviewed it works well it's a decent size and is easy to use I like the physically separate left and right buttons which are either side of the finger print scanner they're clicky without being too loud just above the keyboard are the front-facing enio speakers which sound fairly decent for laptop speakers though I did notice the absence of any base now let's take a look at the available io on offer on the left hand side there's a HDMI port a powered USB type a 3.1 port and two mini display ports with version 1.3 over on the right there's an spdif microphone and headphone jack 6 in1 card reader slot two USB type c ports with 3.1 Gen 2 support a single USB type a 3.1 Port gbit ethernet and Kensington lock the front only features some status LEDs on the back there's the DC power port that the included power brick plugs into as well as a single USB 3.0 type a port underneath there's a bunch of air intakes to help keep all the components cool as well as some rubber feet which both stop the laptop from moving around on flat surfaces when in use and also rise it a little to let the cool air in the included battery is a 4 Cell lithium ion polymer battery rated at 60 W hours with a full charge and doing basic tasks such as web browsing with the screen on half brightness and keyboard lighting off Windows 10 estimated that it would last for around 8 hours which I think is pretty decent for a laptop with these specs this appears to have been an accurate measure as well after 4 hours of use the battery still had 50% left which was pretty impressive definitely the best battery life I've seen from metabox so far so with all of that in mind how's the laptop to actually use while using the laptop normally I found the performance to be really good which is to be expected based on these high specs within Windows 10 is running well here and I've not had any slowness or delay at all while using the OS or installed programs everything's performed well with no issues I also haven't had any problems with heat during normal use it stays quite cool with an idle CPU temperature of 25° C and an idle GPU temperature of 41° C during my benchmarking with the same room temperature the CPU reached a maximum of 56° c and the GPU peaked at 74° C I left these tests going for over half an hour and the temperatures had stabilized by that time despite this the laptop didn't really feel that hot during normal operation the laptop is pretty quiet too at idle it sat around the 30 DB Mark as you can see here while running my benchmarks it went up to around 45 DB and then when I manually maxed out the fans it peaked it around 50 DB note that I had the microphone pretty close to one of the exhaust vents on the laptop at complete idle I could barely hear it at all and even at maximum with my closed back headphones on I could barely hear the fan noise now let's get into those benchmarks I was excited to do these as this was my first exper experience with an Intel KB Lake CPU in a laptop and I was Keen to find out how it performed first we'll cover some gaming benchmarks followed by tests with Benchmark tools all tests were done with all Windows updates to date applied and the Nvidia Graphics drivers were also up to date running version 378.49 which were the newest at the time of testing in Grand Theft Auto 5 I disabled vsync and tested with FXAA on and msaa set to 8 with a 1080p resolution even with these settings we still averaged 55 frames per second in the which are I used the ultra preset disabled vsync and Nvidia Hairworks and again ran at the full 1080p resolution with these settings I was able to get an average of 51 frames per second while in Shadow of Mordor with ultra settings at 1080p we average 95 frames per second so we will finally starting to take advantage of that 120 HZ display now on to the benchmarking tools while a useful indicator note that these results are a bit less practical compared to the real world gaming results previously shown in heaven Benchmark with the quality set to ultra tessellation set to extreme and anti-aliasing set to 8 at 1080p the 1060 averaged 58 frames per second there's a similar story in Valley Benchmark with the quality set to ultra and anti-aliasing on 8 at 1080p the 1060 average 59 frames per second the PassMark Benchmark resulted in a score of 8,372 for the CPU 6,880 for the 3D graphics and 4,250 for the overall score putting this laptop into the 87th percentile of results pretty impressive I ran both the fire strike and Times by benchmarks from 3D Mark and got scores of 11,682 and 3,768 respectively I'll leave a link to the full results in the video description I performed these tests with gsync disabled with g-sync enabled things are noticeably smoother with no screen tearing for further information on this check out my video on whether or not gsync in a laptop is worth it as for the CPU I ran a few different benchmarks to compare it against the older 6700 HQ we can see it only performs a little better in the tests that I've run here so it's it's a small incremental upgrade but still nice to have I've also done a full video comparing these two CPUs in detail using this laptop so check that out if you're interested based on the results from the games tested we're not often going above 60 frames per second which makes it hard to justify the optional upgrade to a 120 HZ panel here if you're instead looking at a model with an Nvidia 1070 or higher then a 120 HZ panel would be a lot more useful there as this card can push higher frame rates of course with that said we could always lower the graphics settings and get higher frames per second with a 10 60 making the higher refresh rate panel more worthwhile it depends on whether or not you want to sacrifice graphics quality a bit for higher frame rates however the higher frame rates do look nice and smooth with the 120 HZ panel in Crystal disc Mark the SSD performed around 550 mb/s in sequential reads and 350 mb per second in sequential rights these kinds of speeds are to be expected from Modern sat based ssds you can optionally upgrade to a PCI Express based SSD which should perform a bit better and there's also expansion for adding a second m.2 drive as well as two 2.5 in drives though of course note that this will increase the overall weight of your laptop as well as power drawer the laptop comes with a 2-year warranty with the option of extending to 3 years and in the past I've found dealing with metabox support to be a great experience overall they were helpful over the phone when troubleshooting a problem and the first year of the Platinum warranty includes covering any shipping costs if you need to send the laptop back for any reason such as repair the metabox p650 hp-gl laptop which is capable of running current games at respectable frame rates with high settings thanks to nvidia's GTX 1060 the KB Lake based CPU also gives us a slight Edge over the older Skylake series The p650 hp-gl to suit your needs so the final price will depend on your custom selection you can check out their website at metab box.com and customize your own high-end laptop I've left a link in the video description for this specific model so what did you guys think of the p650 hpg laptop from metalox considering the decent specs I think it's a pretty powerful and yet still portable laptop let me know what you guys thought down in the comments or simply leave a like or dislike on the video if you found it useful or not thanks for watching and don't forget to subscribe for future Tech videos like this one\n"