HP 348 G4: 39% more efficiency

[PConline stand-alone evaluation] The days of going to work and going to school are too different. There is not much time to play games anymore. However, with the rise of mobile games, many of my friends gave up on the PC side and turned to the mobile terminal as work. "Weapons," their notebooks do not need to be able to play large-scale games, and they can complete their daily work.

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This time came to PConline evaluation room product is from the HP 348 G4, in terms of configuration, it uses the Intel seventh generation Core i7-7500U processor, while with AMD Radeon R5 M430 graphics card, in the graphics performance has been certain support. In addition, HP 348 G4 also has 8GB DDR4 memory and 256GB SSD configuration, from the configuration point of view, HP 348G4 is a qualified business notebook products, then we will come together to understand it in depth.

â–  HP 348 G4: This "rounded" business book

HP's business notebook style is more unified, we can get this today's HP 348 G4 can also be said to be a "conventional section", and its top part is made of composite materials, but the choice of metal wire drawing process to make it color is not Less, this design is more beautiful than a bland, solid-colored top cover. The silver-gray color scheme is also very much in line with the business environment. The logo in the middle of the Hewlett-Packard 348 G4 cover is still dazzling.

The Hewlett-Packard 348 G4 did not choose a more rigid right-angle design, but chose a more rounded arc transition. Because consumers have different needs for product appearance, this design may please a part of the consumers, and the sleek over design It is also more comfortable to use. Compared to some angular products, there are no cases of pickpocketing.

HP 348 G4 uses a 14-inch TN screen with a resolution of 1366 × 768. Recently, this resolution product has appeared in many new brands of products, perhaps just to reduce the overall cost considerations, after all, the current 1920 The full HD resolution of ×1080 is the mainstream of the market.

The Hewlett-Packard 348 G4 is not very large, we can see this from the weight of the 1.933kg machine, so it will not bring too much burden on the user, and it also with the one-dollar coin in terms of thickness The diameter is similar, it will not bring too much trouble in the handheld grip, suitable for mobile office use.

â–  HP 348 G4: without "stick" but with "feel"

Next we see is the C side of the machine, from the distance to see the color of silver makes people feel the full metal sense, with the creation of the metal wire drawing process, as the business of the HP 348 G4 can also become very fashion. On the Hewlett-Packard 348 G4 C plane, this time we only saw the power switch button, and other familiar shortcuts disappeared, of course, to ensure that the secure fingerprint module is still in that familiar position.

HP 348 G4 uses a mainstream chocolate design on the keyboard, matte texture keycap is nothing special, in the actual use of the key feel is quite good, but the key process is slightly shorter and some discomfort, of course, this is also a cause A different feeling. For the business case, the integrated touchpad is not an improvement, but the simple and practical is the best. The HP 348 G4 split touchpad is very easy to use, whether it is the positioning or the reaction of the keys. very good.

HP 348 G4 in the interface settings are still very rich, in the left side of the fuselage we can see the power jack, VGA, RJ45, HDMI and 2 USB3.0 interface, in the right side of the fuselage we can also see There is a DVD burner and two USB 3.0 ports. This interface setting can meet the daily office needs.

â–  HP 348 G4: it is a test that can withstand

● Limit thermal test

We use the Furmark copying software to perform limit testing on the HP 348 G4. The Furmark will run both the CPU and the graphics card of the entire two heat-generating components. After 60 minutes of operation, the temperature will reach a limit height, so that everyone can be more intuitive. To see the heat dissipation of each machine during operation, we also used the FLUKE infrared thermal imager to observe the temperature rise of each location.

Although the Hewlett-Package 348 G4 is not a game, but it is equipped with an independent graphics card is bound to increase heat during use, so we still test it with the ultimate copy machine to see its temperature control performance under full load . After the test, we saw that the Hewlett-Package 348 G4 heat source concentrated in the lower left of the keyboard area, the highest temperature is only 41.9 °C, which is the temperature reached at full load, it can be said that the HP 348 G4 in the temperature control performance is very good .

Take a look at the bottom of the fuselage, HP 348 G4's main heat source is concentrated near the heat window, the maximum temperature is close to 50 °C, but most of the rest of the temperature control performance is very good. In general, as a business book, consumers do not have to worry about the overheating of the HP 348 G4. There is absolutely no problem with normal use.

● PCMark 8 (Home-OpenCL) battery life test

PCMark 8 is a benchmark performance testing software for Windows system. Home testing is one of the testing modes (5 types in total). It mainly simulates the use environment of common users. The testing project covers web browsing and document processing. Pictures, video chat, light load games, etc., and include both OpenCL accelerated and traditional test modes.

â–  HP 348 G4: Performance is higher than the mainstream

● Product Configuration and Running Points Data Sheet

Product configuration
HP 348 G4 Business Edition
processor
Intel Core i7-7500U 2.7GHz
RAM
8GB DDR4 2400MHz
Video card
AMD Radeon R5 M430+Intel HD Graphics 620
Display screen
14 inch TN screen 1366×768
hard disk
256GB SSD
battery
40Wh
weight
Total weight: 1.933kg Travel weight: 2.315kg
Pre-installed system
Windows 10 Home Chinese Edition
price
New product unknown
Performance Testing
The default setting (the higher the score is, the stronger the performance is)
Cinebench R15
149cb/350cb
3DMark
451 (Fire Strike Extreme)
AS SSD
1026
PCMark 8
3 hours and 30 minutes

â–  PConline evaluation room summary

On the whole, the HP 348 G4 in our hands is a very qualified business book. The low-profile appearance is what the business people need, and the details of the design are also exhaustive. The metal wire drawing process makes the whole product no longer monotonous. HP 348 G4 has Intel's seventh-generation Core i7 processor, coupled with AMD Radeon R5 M430 discrete graphics, can be said to have a good performance in data processing and image performance, of course, if you can increase the resolution to full HD , it is more perfect.

Product configuration
HP 348 G4 Business Edition
processor
Intel Core i7-7500U 2.7GHz
RAM
8GB DDR4 2400MHz
Video card
AMD Radeon R5 M430+Intel HD Graphics 620
Display screen
14 inch TN screen 1366×768
hard disk
256GB SSD
battery
40Wh
weight
Total weight: 1.933kg Travel weight: 2.315kg
Pre-installed system
Windows 10 Home Chinese Edition
price
New product unknown
Performance Testing
The default setting (the higher the score is, the stronger the performance is)
Cinebench R15
149cb/350cb
3DMark
451 (Fire Strike Extreme)
AS SSD
1026
PCMark 8
3 hours and 30 minutes