HP ZBook 15u G5
workstation
2017
15.6"
dGPU
⏱ ~7h
⚖️ 1.90 kg
⚖️ GPU-bound
LB Score
41
out of 100
Fit for you
46/100
✚ Strong: fit_price
⚠ Weak: fit_reliability
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Performance 20%
Mobility 20%
Reliability 20%
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Profile
vs medianCPU
42
Core i7-8650U
GPU
19
RAM max
32 GB
DDR4
Battery
68 Wh ~
~7h
Price
$321
market
Age
9 years
2017
📌 Quick verdict
Overall score 41/100. Strongest suit — Connectivity (100), weakest — Gaming (21).
✓ Strengths
Connectivity (100)
⚠ Weaknesses
Gaming (21)
Money & ownership
All money blocks on one card
Cost to own
Buying at listing price $321, 2-year horizon — price minus projected resale, spread over months.
≈ $4.8/mo
Money could earn
Keeping the $321 price invested at 4.16%/yr (US Treasury 3-month bill, as of Oct 30, 2026) over 2 years instead of buying.
≈ $1.1/mo
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💰 Price trend
📉 Loses ~$212/year (10%).
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Specs in context
LB Score
41
CPU score
42
Office tier
GPU score
19
Office tier
RAM max
32 GB
Professional
Weight
1.90 kg
Standard
Battery
68 Wh
Large tier
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 2017 — matches the model year
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Full specifications
- Brand
- HP
- Series
- ZBook (workstation)
- Type
- Workstation
- Release year
- 2017
- Screen size
- 15.6"
- Resolution
- 1920x1080
- Panel type
- ips
- Color gamut (sRGB)
- 100%~
- Processor
- Intel Core i7 8650U
- Graphics
- Radeon Pro WX 3100
- RAM (max)
- 32 GB DDR4
- Weight
- 1.90 kg
- Ports
- 7
- Battery
- 68 Wh~
Configuration options
Available model options · 3 variants across 3 categories
⚙ Processors (1)
Intel Core i7 8650U
🎮 Graphics (1)
Radeon Pro WX 3100
• Igpu (1)
Intel UHD Graphics 620
Performance metrics
Performance
36
Portability
43
Light office
60
Gaming
21
Creative
37
Energy efficiency
61
Connectivity
100
Value
51
Color accuracy
—
Processors (1)
🎮 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 | — | 70 | ✓ Comfortable |
| Dota 2 | — | 50 | ⚠ Playable |
| Fortnite | — | 35 | ⚠ Playable |
| Counter-Strike 2 | — | 30 | ⚠ Playable |
| Battlefield 5 | — | 27 | ✗ Low |
| Forza Horizon 4 | — | 27 | ✗ Low |
| Call of Duty WWII | 46 | 25 | ✗ Low |
| Star Wars Battlefront 2 | 23 | — | ✗ Low |
| Warhammer 40.000: Dawn of War III | 22 | — | ✗ Low |
| F1 2017 | 21 | 21 | ✗ Low |
| Far Cry 5 | — | 20 | ✗ Low |
| Civilization 6 | — | 18 | ✗ Low |
| Forza Horizon 5 | — | 18 | ✗ Low |
| Rise of the Tomb Raider | — | 15 | ✗ Low |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | — | 12 | ✗ Low |
| For Honor | 15 | 12 | ✗ Low |
| Metro Exodus | — | 12 | ✗ Low |
| The Witcher 3 | — | 12 | ✗ Low |
| Far Cry Primal | 11 | 10 | ✗ Low |
| Resident Evil 4 Remake | — | 10 | ✗ Low |
| Assassin´s Creed Origins | 11 | 9 | ✗ Low |
| Ghost Recon Wildlands | 10 | 9 | ✗ Low |
| The Division | — | 9 | ✗ Low |
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | — | 9 | ✗ Low |
| Deus Ex Mankind Divided | — | 8 | ✗ Low |
💡 29 games in the database for this GPU. ✓ playable (≥60 FPS), ⚠ medium (30-59), ✗ low (<30).
💻 Software compatibility
Counter-Strike 2
✗ Weak
CPU
83%
GPU
27%
RAM
400%
Grand Theft Auto V
✓ Runs well
CPU
208%
GPU
376%
RAM
800%
Cyberpunk 2077
✗ Weak
CPU
119%
GPU
63%
RAM
400%
Minecraft
✓ Runs well
CPU
416%
GPU
188%
RAM
800%
Fortnite
✗ Weak
CPU
76%
GPU
118%
RAM
400%
Valorant
✓ Runs well
CPU
277%
GPU
376%
RAM
800%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
✗ Weak
CPU
139%
GPU
75%
RAM
533%
Elden Ring
✗ Weak
CPU
76%
GPU
39%
RAM
267%
Red Dead Redemption 2
✗ Weak
CPU
139%
GPU
67%
RAM
400%
Apex Legends
✗ Weak
CPU
76%
GPU
47%
RAM
533%
Hogwarts Legacy
✗ Weak
CPU
92%
GPU
63%
RAM
200%
Dota 2
✓ Runs well
CPU
277%
GPU
376%
RAM
800%
Baldur's Gate 3
✗ Weak
CPU
76%
GPU
54%
RAM
400%
Starfield
✗ Weak
CPU
59%
GPU
27%
RAM
200%
Call of Duty: Warzone
✗ Weak
CPU
76%
GPU
54%
RAM
400%
League of Legends
✓ Runs well
CPU
416%
GPU
376%
RAM
999%
Sims 4
✓ Runs well
CPU
277%
GPU
376%
RAM
800%
Helldivers 2
✗ Weak
CPU
59%
GPU
29%
RAM
400%
Battlefield 5
✗ Weak
CPU
92%
GPU
63%
RAM
400%
Far Cry 5
✗ Weak
CPU
104%
GPU
86%
RAM
400%
Forza Horizon 4
✓ Runs well
CPU
119%
GPU
105%
RAM
400%
Forza Horizon 5
✗ Weak
CPU
92%
GPU
54%
RAM
400%
Metro Exodus
✗ Weak
CPU
104%
GPU
61%
RAM
400%
Overwatch
✓ Runs well
CPU
166%
GPU
376%
RAM
800%
PUBG: Battlegrounds
✗ Weak
CPU
104%
GPU
78%
RAM
400%
Resident Evil 4 Remake
✗ Weak
CPU
83%
GPU
46%
RAM
400%
Escape from Tarkov
✗ Weak
CPU
139%
GPU
75%
RAM
400%
God of War
✗ Weak
CPU
189%
GPU
78%
RAM
400%
Horizon Zero Dawn
✗ Weak
CPU
189%
GPU
63%
RAM
400%
Death Stranding
✗ Weak
CPU
166%
GPU
61%
RAM
400%
Control
✗ Weak
CPU
139%
GPU
63%
RAM
400%
Doom Eternal
✗ Weak
CPU
189%
GPU
94%
RAM
400%
Batman: Arkham Knight
✗ Weak
CPU
231%
GPU
94%
RAM
533%
Hitman 3
✗ Weak
CPU
189%
GPU
94%
RAM
400%
Flight Simulator 2020
✗ Weak
CPU
148%
GPU
75%
RAM
400%
Watch Dogs Legion
✗ Weak
CPU
148%
GPU
78%
RAM
400%
Borderlands 3
✗ Weak
CPU
166%
GPU
67%
RAM
533%
Anno 1800
✗ Weak
CPU
139%
GPU
94%
RAM
400%
Rainbow Six Siege
✓ Runs well
CPU
346%
GPU
188%
RAM
533%
The Division 2
✗ Weak
CPU
189%
GPU
75%
RAM
400%
Gears Tactics
✓ Runs well
CPU
166%
GPU
125%
RAM
400%
Hunt Showdown
✗ Weak
CPU
148%
GPU
94%
RAM
533%
Tiny Tina's Wonderlands
✗ Weak
CPU
139%
GPU
46%
RAM
400%
Mafia Definitive Edition
✗ Weak
CPU
189%
GPU
94%
RAM
533%
Days Gone
✗ Weak
CPU
189%
GPU
63%
RAM
400%
Ghostwire Tokyo
✗ Weak
CPU
99%
GPU
78%
RAM
267%
Returnal
✗ Weak
CPU
119%
GPU
47%
RAM
200%
Dying Light 2
✗ Weak
CPU
139%
GPU
46%
RAM
400%
Resident Evil Village
✗ Weak
CPU
119%
GPU
54%
RAM
400%
The Callisto Protocol
✗ Weak
CPU
83%
GPU
47%
RAM
400%
Atomic Heart
✗ Weak
CPU
130%
GPU
78%
RAM
400%
Alan Wake 2
✗ Weak
CPU
99%
GPU
29%
RAM
200%
Black Myth Wukong
✗ Weak
CPU
83%
GPU
78%
RAM
200%
Ghost of Tsushima
✗ Weak
CPU
83%
GPU
78%
RAM
400%
The Last of Us Part 1
✗ Weak
CPU
83%
GPU
47%
RAM
200%
Diablo 4
✗ Weak
CPU
189%
GPU
94%
RAM
400%
Spider-Man Miles Morales
✗ Weak
CPU
139%
GPU
94%
RAM
400%
Star Wars Jedi Survivor
✗ Weak
CPU
83%
GPU
34%
RAM
400%
Dead Space Remake
✗ Weak
CPU
130%
GPU
46%
RAM
400%
Lies of P
✗ Weak
CPU
119%
GPU
78%
RAM
400%
Sons of the Forest
✗ Weak
CPU
83%
GPU
41%
RAM
267%
Rise of the Tomb Raider
✓ Runs well
CPU
277%
GPU
188%
RAM
800%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
✗ Weak
CPU
231%
GPU
94%
RAM
400%
Assassin's Creed Odyssey
✗ Weak
CPU
208%
GPU
94%
RAM
400%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla
✗ Weak
CPU
119%
GPU
78%
RAM
400%
F1 24
✗ Weak
CPU
231%
GPU
46%
RAM
400%
Need for Speed Heat
✗ Weak
CPU
119%
GPU
54%
RAM
400%
Civilization 6
✓ Runs well
CPU
277%
GPU
188%
RAM
800%
Star Wars Jedi Fallen Order
✓ Runs well
CPU
231%
GPU
157%
RAM
400%
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