HP ZBook 17 G5
workstation
2018
17.3"
dGPU
⏱ ~7h
⚖️ 3.20 kg
⚖️ balanced
LB Score
64
out of 100
Fit for you
52/100
✚ Strong: fit_price
⚠ Weak: fit_mobility
Your focus
Performance 20%
Mobility 20%
Reliability 20%
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Profile
vs medianCPU
58
Core i7-8850H
GPU
54
Quadro P4200
RAM max
32 GB
DDR4
Battery
68 Wh ~
~7h
Price
$392
market
Age
8 years
2018
📌 Quick verdict
Overall score 64/100. Strongest suit — Connectivity (100), weakest — Portability (6).
✓ Strengths
Connectivity (100) · Photo & design (89)
⚠ Weaknesses
Portability (6)
Money & ownership
All money blocks on one card
Cost to own
Buying at listing price $392, 2-year horizon — price minus projected resale, spread over months.
≈ $5.9/mo
Money could earn
Keeping the $392 price invested at 4.16%/yr (US Treasury 3-month bill, as of Oct 30, 2026) over 2 years instead of buying.
≈ $1.4/mo
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💰 Price trend
📉 Loses ~$229/year (10%).
Dashed segment is a model forecast, not observed listings.
Specs in context
LB Score
64
CPU score
58
Mainstream tier
GPU score
54
Mainstream tier
RAM max
32 GB
Professional
Weight
3.20 kg
Desktop replacement
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 2018 — matches the model year
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Full specifications
- Brand
- HP
- Series
- ZBook (workstation)
- Type
- Workstation
- Release year
- 2018≈
- Screen size
- 17.3"
- Resolution
- 1920x1080
- Panel type
- ips
- Color gamut (sRGB)
- 100%~
- Processor
- Intel Core i7 8850H
- Graphics
- Quadro P4200 , Quadro P3200 , Quadro P1000 , Quadro P2000
- RAM (max)
- 32 GB DDR4
- Weight
- 3.20 kg
- Ports
- 6
- Thunderbolt
- ✓
- Battery
- 68 Wh~
Configuration options
Available model options · 6 variants across 3 categories
⚙ Processors (1)
Intel Core i7 8850H
🎮 Graphics (4)
Quadro P4200
Quadro P3200
Quadro P1000
Quadro P2000
• Igpu (1)
Intel UHD Graphics 620
Performance metrics
Performance
57
Portability
6
Light office
74
Gaming
60
Creative
53
Energy efficiency
62
Connectivity
100
Value
68
Color accuracy
—
Processors (1)
Graphics (4 discrete + 0 integrated)
🎮 Gaming performance
FPS @ 1080p for the model's best GPU
| Game | FPS (1080p) | Verdict |
|---|---|---|
| Counter-Strike 2 | 240 | ✓ Comfortable |
| Overwatch | 240 | ✓ Comfortable |
| Valorant | 160 | ✓ Comfortable |
| Grand Theft Auto V | 140 | ✓ Comfortable |
| PUBG: Battlegrounds | 140 | ✓ Comfortable |
| Counter-Strike 2 | 130 | ✓ Comfortable |
| Dota 2 | 120 | ✓ Comfortable |
| Fortnite | 110 | ✓ Comfortable |
| Battlefield 5 | 90 | ✓ Comfortable |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 90 | ✓ Comfortable |
| Far Cry 5 | 75 | ✓ Comfortable |
| Forza Horizon 5 | 75 | ✓ Comfortable |
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 70 | ✓ Comfortable |
| Resident Evil 4 Remake | 55 | ⚠ Playable |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 50 | ⚠ Playable |
| Metro Exodus | 50 | ⚠ Playable |
💡 16 games in the database for this GPU. ✓ playable (≥60 FPS), ⚠ medium (30-59), ✗ low (<30).
💻 Software compatibility
Counter-Strike 2
✗ Weak
CPU
115%
GPU
78%
RAM
400%
Grand Theft Auto V
✓ Runs well
CPU
288%
GPU
999%
RAM
800%
Cyberpunk 2077
✓ Runs well
CPU
164%
GPU
180%
RAM
400%
Minecraft
✓ Runs well
CPU
576%
GPU
541%
RAM
800%
Fortnite
✓ Runs well
CPU
105%
GPU
338%
RAM
400%
Valorant
✓ Runs well
CPU
384%
GPU
999%
RAM
800%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
✓ Runs well
CPU
192%
GPU
216%
RAM
533%
Elden Ring
✓ Runs well
CPU
105%
GPU
113%
RAM
267%
Red Dead Redemption 2
✓ Runs well
CPU
192%
GPU
193%
RAM
400%
Apex Legends
✓ Runs well
CPU
105%
GPU
135%
RAM
533%
Hogwarts Legacy
✓ Runs well
CPU
128%
GPU
180%
RAM
200%
Dota 2
✓ Runs well
CPU
384%
GPU
999%
RAM
800%
Baldur's Gate 3
✓ Runs well
CPU
105%
GPU
155%
RAM
400%
Starfield
✗ Weak
CPU
82%
GPU
78%
RAM
200%
Call of Duty: Warzone
✓ Runs well
CPU
105%
GPU
155%
RAM
400%
League of Legends
✓ Runs well
CPU
576%
GPU
999%
RAM
999%
Sims 4
✓ Runs well
CPU
384%
GPU
999%
RAM
800%
Helldivers 2
✗ Weak
CPU
82%
GPU
83%
RAM
400%
Battlefield 5
✓ Runs well
CPU
128%
GPU
180%
RAM
400%
Far Cry 5
✓ Runs well
CPU
144%
GPU
246%
RAM
400%
Forza Horizon 4
✓ Runs well
CPU
164%
GPU
301%
RAM
400%
Forza Horizon 5
✓ Runs well
CPU
128%
GPU
155%
RAM
400%
Metro Exodus
✓ Runs well
CPU
144%
GPU
175%
RAM
400%
Overwatch
✓ Runs well
CPU
230%
GPU
999%
RAM
800%
PUBG: Battlegrounds
✓ Runs well
CPU
144%
GPU
225%
RAM
400%
Resident Evil 4 Remake
✓ Runs well
CPU
115%
GPU
132%
RAM
400%
Escape from Tarkov
✓ Runs well
CPU
192%
GPU
216%
RAM
400%
God of War
✓ Runs well
CPU
262%
GPU
225%
RAM
400%
Horizon Zero Dawn
✓ Runs well
CPU
262%
GPU
180%
RAM
400%
Death Stranding
✓ Runs well
CPU
230%
GPU
175%
RAM
400%
Control
✓ Runs well
CPU
192%
GPU
180%
RAM
400%
Doom Eternal
✓ Runs well
CPU
262%
GPU
271%
RAM
400%
Batman: Arkham Knight
✓ Runs well
CPU
320%
GPU
271%
RAM
533%
Hitman 3
✓ Runs well
CPU
262%
GPU
271%
RAM
400%
Flight Simulator 2020
✓ Runs well
CPU
206%
GPU
216%
RAM
400%
Watch Dogs Legion
✓ Runs well
CPU
206%
GPU
225%
RAM
400%
Borderlands 3
✓ Runs well
CPU
230%
GPU
193%
RAM
533%
Anno 1800
✓ Runs well
CPU
192%
GPU
271%
RAM
400%
Rainbow Six Siege
✓ Runs well
CPU
480%
GPU
541%
RAM
533%
The Division 2
✓ Runs well
CPU
262%
GPU
216%
RAM
400%
Gears Tactics
✓ Runs well
CPU
230%
GPU
361%
RAM
400%
Hunt Showdown
✓ Runs well
CPU
206%
GPU
271%
RAM
533%
Tiny Tina's Wonderlands
✓ Runs well
CPU
192%
GPU
132%
RAM
400%
Mafia Definitive Edition
✓ Runs well
CPU
262%
GPU
271%
RAM
533%
Days Gone
✓ Runs well
CPU
262%
GPU
180%
RAM
400%
Ghostwire Tokyo
✓ Runs well
CPU
137%
GPU
225%
RAM
267%
Returnal
✓ Runs well
CPU
164%
GPU
135%
RAM
200%
Dying Light 2
✓ Runs well
CPU
192%
GPU
132%
RAM
400%
Resident Evil Village
✓ Runs well
CPU
164%
GPU
155%
RAM
400%
The Callisto Protocol
✓ Runs well
CPU
115%
GPU
135%
RAM
400%
Atomic Heart
✓ Runs well
CPU
180%
GPU
225%
RAM
400%
Alan Wake 2
✗ Weak
CPU
137%
GPU
83%
RAM
200%
Black Myth Wukong
✓ Runs well
CPU
115%
GPU
225%
RAM
200%
Ghost of Tsushima
✓ Runs well
CPU
115%
GPU
225%
RAM
400%
The Last of Us Part 1
✓ Runs well
CPU
115%
GPU
135%
RAM
200%
Diablo 4
✓ Runs well
CPU
262%
GPU
271%
RAM
400%
Spider-Man Miles Morales
✓ Runs well
CPU
192%
GPU
271%
RAM
400%
Star Wars Jedi Survivor
✗ Weak
CPU
115%
GPU
98%
RAM
400%
Dead Space Remake
✓ Runs well
CPU
180%
GPU
132%
RAM
400%
Lies of P
✓ Runs well
CPU
164%
GPU
225%
RAM
400%
Sons of the Forest
✓ Runs well
CPU
115%
GPU
118%
RAM
267%
Rise of the Tomb Raider
✓ Runs well
CPU
384%
GPU
541%
RAM
800%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
✓ Runs well
CPU
320%
GPU
271%
RAM
400%
Assassin's Creed Odyssey
✓ Runs well
CPU
288%
GPU
271%
RAM
400%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla
✓ Runs well
CPU
164%
GPU
225%
RAM
400%
F1 24
✓ Runs well
CPU
320%
GPU
132%
RAM
400%
Need for Speed Heat
✓ Runs well
CPU
164%
GPU
155%
RAM
400%
Civilization 6
✓ Runs well
CPU
384%
GPU
541%
RAM
800%
Star Wars Jedi Fallen Order
✓ Runs well
CPU
320%
GPU
451%
RAM
400%
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