Foreword
In the previous article, we noticed that the following will bring the evaluation of Shadow Elf II generation. The process of buying this machine is not elaborated. It is not difficult for the original model to be higher in order to persuade people to add money. The real technique is to persuade people to reduce their money and keep in mind the rationality of consumption.
When the plan is purchased for a long time, the special price on JD.com is the normal selling price. In consideration of after sales and invoices, it is finally decided to purchase in JD.
This original also has no depth, long space, multi-graph traffic warning in the front row.
Exterior
Standard power supply rated power 120W, Delta foundry.
A side is made of plastic material with Kevlar texture. It feels similar to one plus two Kevlar back cover. It is comfortable to use. The disadvantage is that it is very easy to get fingerprints.
The C-side is a smooth plastic with the same Kevlar texture but does not use the A-side coating.
15.6-inch wide viewing angle display, 1920x1080 resolution, matte screen. The frame is frosted plastic and has a 2mp camera at the top.
There are not many traces of HP on the exterior. There is only a small LOGO at the bottom of the screen, and a two-channel speaker under the grid trim. The design of the complete machine is simple, and only one power indicator is available on the C surface.
The left side of the fuselage from left to right in order to anti-theft lock hole, USB 2.0, USB 3.0, headphone output.
The right side of the fuselage from left to right are USB 3.0, HDMI, RJ45, power interface. 
Also equipped with an SD card reader. It can be seen that the bottom of the fuselage has a curved design, which is even more visually slim.
The word Omega is printed on the bottom left of the keyboard.
The backlight level of the keyboard is not adjustable. Only the two options are switched. The keyboard stroke is very short.
The touchpad is press-type, there is no independent button, and the area is slightly smaller. The edge gap is larger and the bottom surface can be seen in the gap.
The whole machine has only one long strip outlet. The upper part of the outlet is printed with the word “OMEN†and the two fans share the outlet.
The nominal thickness is 24.5mm, which should be a net thickness. The back is obviously thicker, but it is a very thin model in the game. Looking from the rear, the axis is even more bizarre.
The D surface is made of plastic material, and the air inlet area is large. There is a long strip of pad on the upper and lower sides. The design is more reasonable, just remove the back cover body to complete the installation and maintenance operations, but only a large number of buckles (card snaps), the specific steps can be search disassemble tutorial.
The problem that the Shadow Elves 2 is most likely to be the most troublesome is that the WASD key is out of order, and now people are becoming more and more popular. It is impossible to determine whether or not this defect is true. However, it is similar to the situation in use, but it is a problem with the input method. This machine has only Chinese input in the initial state. If you do not switch to English input in many games, you may experience a key failure from time to time. After manually adding and switching to the English keyboard in the game, there is no case of a keyboard malfunction.
Even if there is no defect in the key failure, the keyboard experience is very bad. There may be a lot of people who are disappointed when it comes to this place, because the left hand tray can not be baked, not only not hot but also a little cool. As a game book, the keystroke is so short, and it's no exaggeration to use the word “tortureâ€.
If you can tolerate it, then look at the arrow keys. Those who have used it will understand it.
The Shadow Wizard 2 is actually a Pavilion model, which is far from the orthodox OMEN series. The texture of the whole machine and the sense of grade are not high. Generally speaking, the gap between the previous model and the blue sky N15XRD model in the original one is very small. The price difference is not reflected in the work of the fuselage.
The cheapness on the C-plane is even more striking. I do not know why I did not use the same material as the A-side.
As a first-line brand, HP will certainly not use "ONKYO" stickers. The Shadow Elves 2 built-in sound effects are provided by B&O. The level of sound quality is not enough to meet the general music appreciation needs. You can only think of pejorative words that you can think of.
Personally recommending to touch the party, members of the Society of the Appearance Society added money to the Cayenne, oh no, the use of high-end games and Shadow Elves 2 did not depart from the low-end category.
system Shadow Wizard 2 factory system is relatively pure, pre-installed applications are mostly necessary drivers. The recovery partition is reserved at the factory to quickly restore the system when the system crashes. 
As a first-line brand model, Shadow Elves 2 installed an exclusive self-help tool called HP Support Assistant. This software is rich in functions, receives notification information, updates the driver, simple troubleshooting can be achieved through the software.
In addition, Shadow Wizard 2 comes pre-installed with the Office 2016 Home and Student Edition, which comes with a key binding to a Microsoft account for permanent license.
Shadow Wizard 2 comes with a fan management software called CoolSense, only switches two options, I did not find any difference between opening and closing ......
In general, this system has few system slots and is pure enough. It is not necessary to reinstall the disk. Routine maintenance and repair is less difficult, and it is very friendly to computer white. In terms of system settings, it is obviously more traditional and considerate.
Configuration brief
i5-6300HQ uses Skylake architecture, 14nm process, 4-core and 4-thread design, TDP 45W. The default frequency is 2.3GHz, and the Turbo frequency is up to 3.2GHz. The L3 retains 6MB in full, which is only a difference from the desktop version i5.
In AIDA64, you can see that the i5-6300HQ can be multiplied by 32x in single threads and 28x in four threads. The 45W / 28 sec power limit is very relaxed and will not trigger protection even during stress tests.
The memory is a single 8G DDR4-2133, produced by Hynix.
Motherboard information, manufacturer HP, model identified as 8257.
The graphics card model is GTX965M, GM206 core (new version), core number is N16E-GR, with 4GB GDDR5 memory (magnesium light particles). The core base frequency is 935MHz and Boost frequency is up to 1150MHz. The core specifications are the same as the desktop-class GTX960. It has 8 SMM units, a total of 1024 stream processors, 64 texture units, 32 rasterized processing units, and a 128-bit memory bit width. Compared to the public version of the GTX960, the basic frequency of the GTX965M is set very low, and the memory frequency is greatly reduced, and the performance must be reduced. Despite this, the new GTX965M is still ahead of the GTX960M in performance thanks to its stream processor advantage.
Shadow Wizard 2 built-in solid state there are three models, respectively, Samsung, SanDisk, A-DATA production , including Samsung products (CM871) performance is extremely poor, GTX965M Deluxe Edition built-in SSD are currently Flash Di products.
The built-in SSD model is SanDisk SD8SNAT-128G-1006 , and the firmware Z2311006, AIDA64 is recognized as the SanDisk Z400s. Since the Z400s M.2 2280 version is not for retail, only the OEM version is supplied to the entire machine manufacturer, and the naming may be different. The model of the Shadow Elves 2 is slightly different from that sold by Taobao. The specifications are equivalent to SanDisk Plus 120GB, both using the SM2246XT master and 15nm MLC NAND. The main difference is that the Z400s has no secondary OP and the capacity is 128GB .
The specific model of the mechanical hard disk is HGST HTS721010A9E630 , 7200 RPM 32MB cache. HGST 7K1000 is the best performance notebook hard drive at present, and it doesn't shrink because of the built-in solid state drive.
HM170 chipset, network card is 7265 AC, supports 802.11AC, 2.4G/5G dual-band.
The battery information model is unknown. It is manufactured by HP. The designed capacity of 61Wh can be fully charged and the loss level is 0%.
AIDA64 does not recognize the specific model of this panel. Searching BOE0679 has no effect. From the perspective of visual analysis, it should be BOE ADS wide viewing angle panel. Contrast in the screen library network, the specific model is suspected to be NV156FHM-N41.
The following analysis report was generated by Spyder4 Elite
Low color gamut, only covers 70% sRGB
Gamma value of 2.2, large color temperature offset
Contrast 730:1, the default color temperature is cooler. The maximum brightness is only 215cd, watching outdoor hard light environment
Brightness uniformity is poor, the deviation below the screen is more than 10%
Color uniformity performed well
48 color difference average 1.06, excellent color performance
Final assessment is 4 points
The objective test data is much better than the common light screens such as AUO35ED, AUO36ED, CMN15C4, etc. The screen shot is as follows
The drilling angle visibility is as follows
Light leakage diagram exposure parameters ISO125 F4 1s , screen brightness 100% , imaging close to the effect seen by the naked eye, the bottom of the screen light leakage. It is appropriate to set the brightness to 40 to 50% for daily use, and light leakage can be ignored.
The screens vary by lot and there are two models: LG LP156WF4-SPL2 and BOE BOE0679 (not specified). This piece of BOE screen belongs to the available level, the color accuracy is good, the maximum brightness and brightness uniformity is poor, the color gamut can not be forced, on the market at least 90% of models equipped with screen only 45 to 50% NTSC color gamut. The viewing angle cannot be compared to desktop-class IPS, but it is not necessarily a problem for everyday use. Light leakage control? Up to 6K ViewSonic VP2770, 4K ASUS PB278QR, down to the thousand-dollar Dell U2414H, have different levels of leakage, LG still biochemical screen? Personally think that notebooks, especially games, don't care too much about the screen quality, and it's not worth paying too much for screens with tofu blocks .
Many people are very concerned about the screen manufacturers, buy a batch of BOE on the return, personally think that it is superfluous. Of course, many people still resist the BOE’s screen regardless of the measured data. When Master LU was opened, he saw the screen of BOE. When he was on the screen, he felt that there were various problems on the screen and he could not get into the eyes. The front row prompted Dell to tour 7559, Lenovo Saver 15, and the small new 700 also carry a large number of BOE screens. As an unknown person eating melon, I strongly recommend the purchase of ASUS Flying Fortress.
Disk performance
Anvil`s Storage Utilities Test
AS SSD Benchmark Test
The continuous write speed is 170MB/s, which is not as good as some U-disks. 4K random read and write performance is low, random read speed is only 17MB/s.
PCMark 8 Storage Test
The PCMark test is close to the real use scenario, scoring only 4713 points, entry level.
HD Tune
The mechanical hard disk average read speed is 116MB/s, access time is 15.4ms, performance is much higher than 5400rpm.
The performance of SSDs is poor, far below the current mainstream level . The SM2246XT is positioned as a low-end master and has no external DRAM cache. It uses only two NAND components to make up 128 GB, which is a total of 8 Die. The 16 channels provided by the main control are all dissatisfied, and low performance is inevitable. Even using 15nm MLC particles will not be able to recover the disadvantages. The only advantage is that the original positive film MLC particles, durability and stability are guaranteed. Of course, there is no need to worry too much. The average user knows that it will be enough to crush the mechanical hard disk in daily use.
Theoretical performance
Fritz Chess Benchmark Multithreaded Score 8764
wPrime 1024M calculation takes about 391 seconds
CINEBENCH R15 multi-threaded score of 449cb, single-threaded 130cb
7-Zip Benchmark Test
AIDA64 GPGPU Benchmark
Graphical performance
Power configuration during test is in high performance mode, video card driver version 368.69
3DMark 11 Performance total score 7448, graphics score 8413, physical score 5454
3DMark 11 Extreme total score 2712, graphics score 2524, physics score 5454
3DMark Fire Strike score 5019, graphics score 6072, physical score 5933
3DMark Fire Strike Extreme scored 2655, graphics score 2844, physical score 5955
3DMark Fire Strike Ultra scored 1369, graphics score 1347, physical score 5956
Heaven Benchmark 4.0 scores 860, average FPS 34.2
Valley Benchmark 1.0 scores 1136, average FPS 27.2
During the test, full frequency was maintained and no overheating and frequency reduction occurred. In the theoretical test, the GTX 965M graphics score is significantly higher than the GTX 960M, with an average of 40%.
Game performance measured
The power configuration for the test was high performance mode, and the graphics card driver version 368.69. The reason why the frame rate curve fluctuates greatly is that the ordinate has been reduced and the starting point is not zero. 30 FPS is defined as playable and 40 FPS is smooth.
Watch pioneer
1920x1080 resolution, manual setting of the highest quality, 100% rendering multiple, SMAA high, open frame limit
The test map is a defensive point at Huacun. The duration is about 180 seconds.
Frame rate curve
The average number of frames is 50.8, the minimum number of frames is 40, and smooth operation is no problem. Of course, as a competitive game, it is not ruled out that some users' competitive level is very high, and 100 FPS and 60 FPS can be easily identified. For such users, personal advice is to set the screen to the minimum.
Radiation 4
1920x1080 resolution with high quality settings
The starting point of the test scenario is the birth refuge, which ends at the Concord Museum (the trigger point of the death paw task) and lasts about 100 seconds.
Frame rate curve
The average number of frames is 38. For a game that uses garbage as the main tool to build a waste acquisition station, there is no problem with the number of frames and you can play with it.
GTA5
1920x1080 resolution, 2x TXAA is turned on, grass rendering has a great influence on the number of frames, the grassland option only selects very high quality, high resolution shadows are turned off, and the extended distance is fully opened. The image quality setting uses 3.5 GB of memory.
The test scene was taken from the built-in Benchmark of the game, and the number of frames at the time of scene switching was manually removed, and the time was about 155 seconds.
The average number of frames is 32.3, playable, if you want to improve fluency, it is recommended to reduce the extended distance first, the screen loss is small.
Blood rogue
1920x1080 resolution with the highest image quality setting
The test scene is taken from the game built-in Benchmark, about 120 seconds in length
The bloody rogue is called the Eastern version of the GTA, and certainly not its degree of optimization. After the HD reset, the configuration requirements were further improved. However, the picture quality was still far worse than GTA5. The last scene in Benchmark is the indoor environment. The minimum number of frames is 17 and the average number of frames is 25. The anti-aliasing level needs to be reduced to ensure playability.
The passing light
1920x1080 resolution, manual adjustment to the highest quality, open all effects
The test scene is daytime outdoor parkour, which takes about 90 seconds.
Frame rate curve
The average number of frames is 45 and it can run smoothly.
Batman: Arkham Knights
1920x1080 resolution, closes interactive smoke, file fragments, and other settings are highest
Built-in Benchmark test results
Frame rate curve
The average number of frames is 45.3, smooth running, provided that the special effects of nVIDIA Gamewroks are not turned on, and after the opening, the average number of frames drops by as much as 20 frames and cannot be played normally.
Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare
1920x1080 resolution, Filmic SMAA T2x, 2x oversampling, off the cache, the rest set to the highest
Select a fierce firefighting process at the beginning of the plot as a test scene, which lasts for about 100 seconds.
Frame rate curve
The average number of frames is 49.4, the minimum number of frames is 38, and smooth running. The memory consumption of the game can reach as much as 4GB, and it is not related to the quality setting. The specific principle is unknown.
Far Cry 4
1920x1080 resolution, picture quality is set to Ultra.
Select the plot to escape the level as a test scene. The duration is about 95 seconds.
Frame rate curve
The average number of frames under the very high quality preset is 38.8, and it can run more smoothly. It should be noted that the highest image quality is not the highest image quality. Ambient light shielding, anti-aliasing, volumetric light and shadow can be further improved, but all of them have been adjusted to the maximum number of frames, which is no longer a normal game.
Sorcerer 3
1920x1080 resolution, picture quality set to high, post processing settings high
Select the distance from the pub to the Nevegaard barracks as a test scene for about 120 seconds.
Frame rate curve
The Wizard 3 is a killer for the next generation of graphics cards. Even if the picture quality has shrunk, rolling the GTX965M is still very easy. High quality is only for the sake of taking a look at the scene. Once the number of frames entering the multiplayer battle scene drops significantly, it is only 22 to 26 FPS and the frame generation time is not stable enough. It is recommended not to use the default image quality presets, manual debugging to select the best performance settings.
Monster Hunter Online
1920x1080 resolution, 4x MSAA
Score 6048, average FPS 27.6. This benchmark test does not represent actual game performance. The actual game screen has a serious shrinking effect. The GTX965M can run smoothly under the highest quality.
Subway: The Last Twilight
1920x1080 resolution with the highest quality setting enabled with SSAA
Without any suspense, the Metro Series can easily grind the GTX965M as a veteran graphics killer with an average of only 23 frames.
The performance of the new GTX965M equipped with Shadow Elf 2 is 25%~35% higher than that of GTX960M. It can run some stand-alone masterpieces smoothly under high effects. In all test games, some of the video memory has occupied more than 2GB, and the Shadow Wizard 2 is equipped with 4GB of video memory, which effectively avoids the occurrence of a screen crash due to insufficient video memory under mid-high effects. With the replacement of the graphics card, the future masterpiece will certainly take up more memory, GTX965M and above graphics cards are equipped with large memory is very necessary.
Even though the core specifications are the same as those of the GTX960, the memory frequency drops drastically and its performance is reduced. The actual performance is slightly lower than the GTX950. Having said that, slim-sized notebooks have graphics performance comparable to that of a thousand-class desktop graphics card. What kind of bicycles are there? The GTX965M 4GB is a more reasonable choice at the moment when the first-line brand fails to reduce the average price of the GTX970M model to a reasonable price.
During the test, the power supply was configured for high performance mode. The fan speed was automatically adjusted and the room temperature was about 31°C.
CPU 45°C, GPU 42°C, PCH 50°C during standby, the fan is kept at a lower speed without stopping, and the noise is negligible.
Using the AIDA64 FPU, the CPU temperature stabilized at 68°C and PCH 62°C after 21 minutes. The frequency is kept at a maximum core frequency of 2.8GHz, and the CPU power consumption is 29.2W at full load, which is nearly 3W more than the previous measurement.
Use FurMark 1920X1080 resolution, no AA, stress test the GPU. After 15 minutes, the GPU temperature stabilized at 82°C and no overheating occurred. The GPU core frequency was limited by TDP and floated between 999 and 1050 MHz. Because the heat dissipation section is designed in series, the CPU and the GPU cooling system share the heat pipe and heat sink fins, and the CPU temperature rises to 75°C .
Turning on the AIDA64 FPU and FurMark enables the CPU and GPU to be fully loaded at the same time. After 16 minutes, the GPU core temperature was stable at 89°C, no overheating was indicated, but the frequency fluctuation was large and it floated between 900 MHz and 1000 MHz. When the CPU reaches 95°C and the overheat enters the Throttling state , the power consumption is affected by it and it rises to 34W. At this time , the Turbo frequency is not completely turned off (it is very fierce) and only 1 to 2 frequency multipliers are lost.
In view of some models is limited to the amount of intake air (e.g., blue sky N15XRX), where severe decrease in thermal efficiency, specially padded body then tested (without auxiliary blowing fan), see shadow wizard cooling performance if there will be 2 Promote.
When the AIDA64 FPU was raised, the CPU temperature dropped by 3°C, the core temperature of the associated GPU also decreased by 6°C, and the SSD temperature increased slightly.
In the FurMark graphics card stress test, the GPU core temperature has a 13°C drop, the CPU temperature is only 63°C, and the heat dissipation efficiency is greatly improved.
When double baking, the CPU no longer overheats, maintaining maximum Turbo frequency. The GPU core temperature is 79°C, the frequency is slightly increased, and it runs more than 1000MHz.
After the elevation, the internal temperature of the fuselage drops sharply. At the same time, a new problem is introduced and the surface of the C surface rises. After the pad is raised, the enter key can reach the temperature of 52-55°C when the double keypad is baked, and 45-49°C when the pad is not raised, and the maximum is 52°C in some points. This phenomenon means that when the air is not raised, the air intake at the air inlet at the bottom of the airframe will be insufficient, and the air will enter the air from the gap of the keyboard on the C side. There is a clear sense of wind on the keyboard when you put your hand on the keyboard. The most commonly used WASD keys in the game are even a little chilly when it comes to roasting.
The layout of the Shadow Elf 2 is not the same as the game with the same price. CPU and GPU are both placed on the right side of the fuselage, and the CPU position is lower. Heat is not accumulated in the center of the keyboard, causing discomfort to the right palm rest during double baking. . Personally, this kind of handling is not sensible and it is easy to darken, although the vast majority of people do not touch the right palm rest while playing.
Through testing, it can be seen that the Shadow Elf 2's frequency control strategy is aggressive and the power and temperature limits are relaxed . In addition, it may be due to the poor physical quality of the local chip, the highest voltage of the graphics card baking machine is 0.993V, the CPU power consumption is also higher than similar models, so that the 120W power supply is not enough to meet the power requirements of double baking, need to be built-in The battery takes power. In addition, this machine's fan speed response is positive, and the fan speed starts to increase rapidly within seconds after the grilling machine is turned on. When the temperature is reduced to around 60° C. after more than ten seconds, the low speed state is resumed. The fan noise during the game is the same as that during the baking machine. The noise is higher than the previous T57-D3. The fan is more violent.
Summary: The Shadow Wizard 2's thermal module performance is sufficient to suppress the i5-6300HQ+GTX965M. By default, double grilling still can't escape overheating and frequency reduction, but it's not caused by the low specification of the cooling system, and there is no problem after simple elevation. Moreover, this is a test result under extreme conditions. In actual games, the pressure and load are much lower. Take GTA5 and Watchman Pioneer as an example. After a 1-hour game, the maximum CPU temperature is 75°C and the GPU is 72°C. Even if you don't handle it, you don't need to worry about running it for a long time. You can still maintain full frequency.
advantage:
1 parity GTX965M, game performance leading the GTX960M model
2. No need to add additional memory, SSD
3. Pre-installed Windows10 Home Edition, Office 2016 permanent license, complete software
4. Appearance design and easy way, thin body
Disadvantages:
1. The fan noise is high at high loads, and the height of the body is insufficient to affect the heat dissipation
2. There are few interfaces and there is no miniDP interface
3. Peripheral experience is not good, the keyboard key range is too short, the keyboard backlight brightness is not adjustable, the sound quality is poor
4. The shaft is slightly weird and the gap is not handled properly
The actual price of this machine is about 6,000 yuan, but equipped with a GTX965M 4GB graphics card, there is so terrible. Compared to the gaming book with a quasi-system nature, it is a fact that it is more friendly to computer white. HP, as a first-line brand, can also let many people put down the concerns of the brand.
Finally, the first-line brand opened its doors, learned to lay down the "noble" figure, to seize the most core part of the game you want to make a notebook (Shenzhou: Oh). Hewlett-Packard may be the first-line brand to use the GTX965M at the 6K price point, and will never be the last one. It is time to eliminate the GTX 960M. Do you say Pascal? More thought, the old yellow desktop version of the card did not finish. At present, many people have very unusual shopping concepts. They do not have a flagship budget, but they cannot tolerate any product deficiencies. They are eager to inquire about infinity, habitually ignoring important usage scenarios, frequency, and other important reference factors. If you have similar ideas, then you really should reflect on why you cannot buy the right machine. Suspected that it is too reluctant to add money, how can it be?
Finally, I remind you again that the main purpose of the game is not to buy the i7 version. The mainstream game is not capable of completely suppressing the i7.
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