HP ZBook 14u G6
gaming
2018
14"
dGPU
⏱ ~8h
⚖️ 1.50 kg
⚖️ slight imbalance
LB Score
42
out of 100
Fit for you
51/100
✚ Strong: fit_price
⚠ Weak: fit_reliability
Your focus
Performance 20%
Mobility 20%
Reliability 20%
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Profile
vs medianCPU
38
Core i7-8565U
GPU
25
Radeon Pro WX 3200
RAM max
32 GB
DDR4
Battery
80 Wh ~
~8h
Price
$282
market
Age
8 years
2018
📌 Quick verdict
Overall score 42/100. Strongest suit — Connectivity (100), weakest — Gaming (22).
✓ Strengths
Connectivity (100) · Light office (70)
⚠ Weaknesses
Gaming (22)
Money & ownership
All money blocks on one card
Cost to own
Buying at listing price $282, 2-year horizon — price minus projected resale, spread over months.
≈ $4.2/mo
Money could earn
Keeping the $282 price invested at 4.16%/yr (US Treasury 3-month bill, as of Oct 30, 2026) over 2 years instead of buying.
≈ $1.0/mo
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💰 Price trend
📉 Loses ~$187/year (10%).
Dashed segment is a model forecast, not observed listings.
Specs in context
LB Score
42
CPU score
38
Office tier
GPU score
25
Light tier
RAM max
32 GB
Professional
Weight
1.50 kg
Light tier
Battery
80 Wh
Huge
Bars show where each spec sits on the site-wide level scale (same thresholds as the quick verdict). For weight, shorter bars mean a lighter laptop.
CPU generation
8th generation · model year 2018 — matches the model year
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Full specifications
- Brand
- HP
- Series
- ZBook (workstation)
- Type
- Gaming
- Release year
- 2018≈
- Screen size
- 14"
- Resolution
- 1920x1080
- Panel type
- ips
- Color gamut (sRGB)
- 100%~
- Processor
- Intel Core i7 8565U
- Graphics
- Radeon Pro WX 3200
- RAM (max)
- 32 GB DDR4
- Weight
- 1.50 kg
- Ports
- 7
- Battery
- 80 Wh~
Configuration options
Available model options · 3 variants across 3 categories
⚙ Processors (1)
Intel Core i7 8565U
🎮 Graphics (1)
Radeon Pro WX 3200
• Igpu (1)
Intel UHD Graphics 620
Performance metrics
Performance
37
Portability
68
Light office
70
Gaming
22
Creative
47
Energy efficiency
59
Connectivity
100
Value
55
Color accuracy
—
Processors (1)
Graphics (1 discrete + 0 integrated)
🎮 Gaming performance
FPS @ 1080p for the model's best GPU
| Game | Medium (1080p) | High (1080p) | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|
| Counter-Strike 2 | — | 240 | ✓ Comfortable |
| Overwatch | — | 240 | ✓ Comfortable |
| Grand Theft Auto V | — | 140 | ✓ Comfortable |
| PUBG: Battlegrounds | — | 140 | ✓ Comfortable |
| Valorant | — | 60 | ✓ Comfortable |
| Dota 2 | — | 49 | ⚠ Playable |
| Fortnite | — | 30 | ⚠ Playable |
| F1 2019 | 33 | 25 | ✗ Low |
| Counter-Strike 2 | — | 24 | ✗ Low |
| Forza Horizon 4 | — | 24 | ✗ Low |
| Battlefield 5 | — | 21 | ✗ Low |
| Far Cry 5 | 20 | 20 | ✗ Low |
| Rise of the Tomb Raider | — | 19 | ✗ Low |
| Apex Legends | 24 | 15 | ✗ Low |
| The Witcher 3 | — | 15 | ✗ Low |
| X-Plane 11.11 | 17 | 15 | ✗ Low |
| Forza Horizon 5 | — | 14 | ✗ Low |
| Rage 2 | 17 | 14 | ✗ Low |
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | — | 12 | ✗ Low |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | — | 10 | ✗ Low |
| Metro Exodus | 14 | 10 | ✗ Low |
| Total War: Three Kingdoms | 15 | 10 | ✗ Low |
| Resident Evil 4 Remake | — | 9 | ✗ Low |
| Control | 13 | 8 | ✗ Low |
| Final Fantasy XV Benchmark | 10 | 6 | ✗ Low |
💡 25 games in the database for this GPU. ✓ playable (≥60 FPS), ⚠ medium (30-59), ✗ low (<30).
💻 Software compatibility
Counter-Strike 2
✗ Weak
CPU
76%
GPU
36%
RAM
400%
Grand Theft Auto V
✓ Runs well
CPU
191%
GPU
503%
RAM
800%
Cyberpunk 2077
✗ Weak
CPU
109%
GPU
84%
RAM
400%
Minecraft
✓ Runs well
CPU
381%
GPU
251%
RAM
800%
Fortnite
✗ Weak
CPU
69%
GPU
157%
RAM
400%
Valorant
✓ Runs well
CPU
254%
GPU
503%
RAM
800%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
✓ Runs well
CPU
127%
GPU
101%
RAM
533%
Elden Ring
✗ Weak
CPU
69%
GPU
52%
RAM
267%
Red Dead Redemption 2
✗ Weak
CPU
127%
GPU
90%
RAM
400%
Apex Legends
✗ Weak
CPU
69%
GPU
63%
RAM
533%
Hogwarts Legacy
✗ Weak
CPU
85%
GPU
84%
RAM
200%
Dota 2
✓ Runs well
CPU
254%
GPU
503%
RAM
800%
Baldur's Gate 3
✗ Weak
CPU
69%
GPU
72%
RAM
400%
Starfield
✗ Weak
CPU
54%
GPU
36%
RAM
200%
Call of Duty: Warzone
✗ Weak
CPU
69%
GPU
72%
RAM
400%
League of Legends
✓ Runs well
CPU
381%
GPU
503%
RAM
999%
Sims 4
✓ Runs well
CPU
254%
GPU
503%
RAM
800%
Helldivers 2
✗ Weak
CPU
54%
GPU
39%
RAM
400%
Battlefield 5
✗ Weak
CPU
85%
GPU
84%
RAM
400%
Far Cry 5
✗ Weak
CPU
95%
GPU
114%
RAM
400%
Forza Horizon 4
✓ Runs well
CPU
109%
GPU
140%
RAM
400%
Forza Horizon 5
✗ Weak
CPU
85%
GPU
72%
RAM
400%
Metro Exodus
✗ Weak
CPU
95%
GPU
81%
RAM
400%
Overwatch
✓ Runs well
CPU
153%
GPU
503%
RAM
800%
PUBG: Battlegrounds
✗ Weak
CPU
95%
GPU
105%
RAM
400%
Resident Evil 4 Remake
✗ Weak
CPU
76%
GPU
61%
RAM
400%
Escape from Tarkov
✓ Runs well
CPU
127%
GPU
101%
RAM
400%
God of War
✓ Runs well
CPU
173%
GPU
105%
RAM
400%
Horizon Zero Dawn
✗ Weak
CPU
173%
GPU
84%
RAM
400%
Death Stranding
✗ Weak
CPU
153%
GPU
81%
RAM
400%
Control
✗ Weak
CPU
127%
GPU
84%
RAM
400%
Doom Eternal
✓ Runs well
CPU
173%
GPU
126%
RAM
400%
Batman: Arkham Knight
✓ Runs well
CPU
212%
GPU
126%
RAM
533%
Hitman 3
✓ Runs well
CPU
173%
GPU
126%
RAM
400%
Flight Simulator 2020
✓ Runs well
CPU
136%
GPU
101%
RAM
400%
Watch Dogs Legion
✓ Runs well
CPU
136%
GPU
105%
RAM
400%
Borderlands 3
✗ Weak
CPU
153%
GPU
90%
RAM
533%
Anno 1800
✓ Runs well
CPU
127%
GPU
126%
RAM
400%
Rainbow Six Siege
✓ Runs well
CPU
318%
GPU
251%
RAM
533%
The Division 2
✓ Runs well
CPU
173%
GPU
101%
RAM
400%
Gears Tactics
✓ Runs well
CPU
153%
GPU
168%
RAM
400%
Hunt Showdown
✓ Runs well
CPU
136%
GPU
126%
RAM
533%
Tiny Tina's Wonderlands
✗ Weak
CPU
127%
GPU
61%
RAM
400%
Mafia Definitive Edition
✓ Runs well
CPU
173%
GPU
126%
RAM
533%
Days Gone
✗ Weak
CPU
173%
GPU
84%
RAM
400%
Ghostwire Tokyo
✗ Weak
CPU
91%
GPU
105%
RAM
267%
Returnal
✗ Weak
CPU
109%
GPU
63%
RAM
200%
Dying Light 2
✗ Weak
CPU
127%
GPU
61%
RAM
400%
Resident Evil Village
✗ Weak
CPU
109%
GPU
72%
RAM
400%
The Callisto Protocol
✗ Weak
CPU
76%
GPU
63%
RAM
400%
Atomic Heart
✓ Runs well
CPU
119%
GPU
105%
RAM
400%
Alan Wake 2
✗ Weak
CPU
91%
GPU
39%
RAM
200%
Black Myth Wukong
✗ Weak
CPU
76%
GPU
105%
RAM
200%
Ghost of Tsushima
✗ Weak
CPU
76%
GPU
105%
RAM
400%
The Last of Us Part 1
✗ Weak
CPU
76%
GPU
63%
RAM
200%
Diablo 4
✓ Runs well
CPU
173%
GPU
126%
RAM
400%
Spider-Man Miles Morales
✓ Runs well
CPU
127%
GPU
126%
RAM
400%
Star Wars Jedi Survivor
✗ Weak
CPU
76%
GPU
46%
RAM
400%
Dead Space Remake
✗ Weak
CPU
119%
GPU
61%
RAM
400%
Lies of P
✓ Runs well
CPU
109%
GPU
105%
RAM
400%
Sons of the Forest
✗ Weak
CPU
76%
GPU
55%
RAM
267%
Rise of the Tomb Raider
✓ Runs well
CPU
254%
GPU
251%
RAM
800%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
✓ Runs well
CPU
212%
GPU
126%
RAM
400%
Assassin's Creed Odyssey
✓ Runs well
CPU
191%
GPU
126%
RAM
400%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla
✓ Runs well
CPU
109%
GPU
105%
RAM
400%
F1 24
✗ Weak
CPU
212%
GPU
61%
RAM
400%
Need for Speed Heat
✗ Weak
CPU
109%
GPU
72%
RAM
400%
Civilization 6
✓ Runs well
CPU
254%
GPU
251%
RAM
800%
Star Wars Jedi Fallen Order
✓ Runs well
CPU
212%
GPU
210%
RAM
400%
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