HP 250 G2 Notebook review

HP 250 G2: the budget workhorse whose graphics placing flatters it

The HP 250 G2 is the entry rung of HP's long-running budget business line, built here around a Pentium N3510. Its sheet is a study in era mismatch: a graphics score that reads mainstream while every compute axis sits at the floor, and no game flags at all to back the flattering number up.

Where it holds up

The flagged strength is graphics performance: 45.85 against a business-class median of 3.84, a placing in the top quarter of the category. But the placing flatters the hardware — this is a Pentium-era integrated part, not a card that earns a mainstream score, and the empty flag sheet confirms it: no game entry is confirmed at any level. The honest positive column is thin: reliability of 4 and a CPU score of 5.31 are recorded, neither a case for purchase.

Where it falls short

Nearly everything. The office index reads 10.38, low band; performance 21.42 against a category median of 41.48. The task axes split into an artifact-high gaming reading of 71 — the same flattering placement — and low-band floors elsewhere (modeling 23, engineering CAD 18, photo work 29). Portability at 25 and a value index of 0.75 are both bottom-tier. Reliability of 4 against a class median of 42.5 is the quiet dealbreaker: this is a machine at the end of its service life, not the middle.

With no confirmed game flags and a reliability floor, there is no workload story this sheet can honestly tell.

Price and depreciation

No listing price is recorded for this configuration, and no depreciation curve is modeled — so there is no resale math to quote and no dollar projection to weigh.

Alternatives to consider

The same 250 line climbs quickly in this batch: the G4 pairs its i5 with confirmed minimum-setting flags, the G5 adds a mid-band office floor at 40.19, and the G8 steps up to a genuinely modern sheet with an office reading of 62.75 and a high-band photo score. Every step up costs more and retires more of this record's compromises.

Bottom line

Fairly priced for the class, the HP 250 G2 is a record where the flattering graphics placing has no receipts behind it: floor-tier compute, bottom-band reliability and an empty flag sheet — a spare-parts machine, not a daily driver.