HP Z66 6th Generation Ryzen Edition Review: 17 Hours of Endurance and Full Combat Power, Rich and Expandable Super Packs!

If it is said that the HP and 66 series are the most cost-effective benchmark products among business thin and light notebooks, no one will object. The recently launched new HP Z66 6th-generation Ryzen Edition is not only upgraded to a new generation of 7000 series Ryzen processors, but also focuses on upgrading the 88° ultra-wide-angle 5-megapixel ultra-high-definition camera. In addition, the sixth generation of Zhan 66 also inherits the Grand Slam interface, dual memory slots, dual SSD hard disk bays, 1W low power consumption 400nit high-brightness screen, long battery life, and it is worth mentioning that on-site service starts from one year It can be upgraded to 2 years by registration. It is no exaggeration to say that even compared to business notebooks with a price of 10,000 yuan, the HP and 66 6th-generation Ryzen Edition, which sells for only about 4,000 yuan, are well-deserved business king notebooks!

The brand-new HP and 66 6th-generation Ryzen Edition with increased volume and no price increase, what kind of ultimate experience will it bring to business people, come and have a comprehensive understanding.

Appearance: Slim metal body, stylish and elegant

As the benchmark of business notebooks, the Zhan 66 series has a simple appearance, stylish business colors, and a metal body that is more resistant to pressure and wear. There are also 19 MIL-STD-810H military standard tests, and the mirror in the middle of the A side The hp logo and the WiFi antenna on the top make it more recognizable, and the brand new HP Z66 Ryzen Edition inherits the above classic design. After all, it is already very classic and there is no need for major changes.

The 180° opening and closing of the fuselage is also one of the important attributes of business notebooks. When it is necessary to share documents with colleagues, a larger opening and closing angle can adapt to more scenes and cater to the posture and perspective of colleagues.

Keyboard: Long key travel is very quiet, splash-proof and more durable

The weight of the HP Z66 6th-generation Ryzen version is about 1.4kg, and the thickness is about 19.9. On such a thin and light body, it also uses full-size buttons with a long key travel of 1.5mm, and the characters on the buttons are also very large. See Clearer, with adjustable backlight, fast typing without worrying about mispressing, and not picking the environment.

In a quiet office, I am most afraid of noise interference, which can easily interrupt my thoughts. The HP Z66 Ryzen Edition adds an improved rubber dome and anti-shock hook technology under the keycaps, which not only improves typing comfort, but also makes it quieter, which can be called black technology. In addition, the splash-proof design also avoids damage to the internal components of the fuselage caused by accidental liquid splashes, and the more wear-resistant buttons can withstand thousands of times without being wiped with disinfectant wipes. The damage button shows that HP is very considerate in product design.

Speaking of efficient office, the HP Z66 6th Generation Ryzen Edition also specially designed a programmable shortcut key on the keyboard. After setting the HP Programmable Key program, just press F12 to start up to five applications with one key , or web pages, files, and instantly enter the working state.

The C-side of the fuselage adopts a 3D integral molding design. The metal material ensures the firmness of the fuselage and is also conducive to heat dissipation. The edge of the touchpad is cut by CNC to maintain the luster of the metal. The larger touchpad not only moves smoothly, but also zooms in or out the webpage easily. Of course, the fingerprint recognition module is also indispensable, which can quickly log in to the system and is more secure.

Interface: Full Business Grand Slam Multi-screen connection is more efficient

When many business people choose HP and 66 notebooks, one of the big reasons is that there are abundant interfaces, such as connecting a projector, an external display, connecting a U disk or a mobile hard disk, and even retaining a RJ45 network cable interface, compared with other thin and light notebooks that need to be transferred through the docking station every time, the interface of the HP Z66 is definitely much more convenient.

On the left side of the fuselage, there is an RJ45 network cable socket, a USB 3.2 Gen1 interface, and a security lock hole exclusive to business notebooks. Users who usually do not carry it in the office can fix it to avoid being moved.

In addition to HP's exclusive circular power interface, the right side of the fuselage is also equipped with a USB-C 3.2 Gen2 interface, which supports DP output, or there are other portable adapters with 65W Type-C interface, which can also charge the machine. 2 USB 3.2 Gen1, one of which supports power-off charging, can charge the mobile phone at critical times, and become a large power bank in seconds. In addition, there is an HDMI 2.1 interface. For those engaged in financial securities and programmers who need multiple monitors, this HP Z66 6th generation can support two monitors + notebook display, and the content displayed on the three screens is even richer. In addition, there is a headphone/microphone two-in-one audio interface, and a SIM card slot (4G version is available). It can be said that all the interfaces for daily connection are provided, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is a grand slam.

It is also worth mentioning that, as a business notebook that has passed the military standard certification, the interface of the HP Z66 is specially reinforced, so you don't have to worry about loosening the device when plugging and unplugging it.

Screen: High color gamut, low power consumption, no color cast and better eye protection

The brand-new HP Z66 6th-generation Ryzen Edition business notebook is equipped with a 14-inch anti-glare screen and a high brightness of 400 nits, which can clearly display the screen content even when working in a strong light environment. The screen ratio is 16:9, and the stylish narrow bezel design brings a high screen-to-body ratio of 87.5%. The standard 100% sRGB high color gamut makes the picture have higher color accuracy and fuller colors. Whether it is creating, browsing or watching movies, it can present realistic picture quality and restore every detail.

For users who rely on notebooks for long-term office work, the screen of the HP Z66 6th-generation Ryzen Edition has also passed the hardware-level low-blue-light HP Eye Ease certification.

In addition, the screen also has an ultra-low power consumption of 1W, which greatly reduces the power consumption of the screen and effectively prolongs the battery life.

The business meeting is upgraded and the video is clearer

It is precisely based on the needs of normalized office and life that the brand-new HP Z66 Ryzen Edition has been upgraded in terms of video conferencing. It is equipped with an 88° wide-angle 5-megapixel camera, compared with the 720p camera of ordinary thin and light notebooks. Not only are the pixels higher, more details can be captured, but the colors are also richer. Whether it is online classes, video conferences, or live broadcasts, it can be clearly presented.

We found another earlier business notebook, used the built-in camera application in the system, and took pictures under the same light environment. We can clearly see that there is a big gap between the two pictures. The picture taken by the Dragon version camera is not only brighter, but also more realistic in color, and the details are very clear. In addition, the 88° wide viewing angle of the Zhan 66 sixth-generation camera also captures more content than traditional cameras.

The real-time shooting of the HP Z66 6th-generation Ryzen Edition is clearer, and the 88° wide viewing angle can accommodate more content

The effect of a certain brand of camera is not only color distortion, but also a lot of noise

Business video conferencing anytime, anywhere often has better requirements for the environment to be quiet. For example, in a noisy exhibition site, on a high-speed rail, or on a construction site, if you want to hear the other party or let the other party hear your voice clearly, you will more difficult. The HP Z66 6th-generation Ryzen version also has built-in AI noise reduction technology. After simple settings, it can well shield the surrounding noise, so that both sides of the voice will not be disturbed, and the content can be conveyed more clearly.

In order to avoid the leakage of personal privacy after the video conference, a physical paddle is also designed on the camera, which can completely avoid privacy leakage with a light flick after the video is over. Compared with the shielding of electronic switches, physical shielding completely avoids hackers Crack and Hack.

Through the above introduction, we can see that the brand-new HP Z66 Ryzen 66 Edition has almost achieved the ultimate in multi-scenario business office applications and business security. Interface, splash-proof business keyboard, upgrade of smart video conferencing, and military standard quality, etc., will still lead in the field of business thin and light.

Performance: efficiency-oriented business experience

Efficient office is of course inseparable from the performance of the hardware, not only the CPU and GPU, but also larger memory and SSD hard drives, which will affect the actual application experience. The HP Z66 sixth-generation Ryzen version we reviewed is equipped with an AMD Ryzen 7 7730U processor and integrated 8-core AMD Vega graphics card. In addition, it is equipped with 16GB memory and 512GB PCIe 4 SSD, and the memory and hard disk can be expanded to higher specifications to ensure that it will not be outdated for many years in the future.

CPU

AMD Ryzen 7 7730U processor adopts TSMC 7nm FinFET process technology, Zen 3 architecture, has 8 cores and 16 threads, base frequency 2.0GHz, maximum acceleration frequency 4.5GHz, L2 cache 4MB, L3 cache 16MB, integrated AMD Radeon Graphics graphics card, graphics card frequency 2000MHz, default TDP15W. Delivers outstanding speed and performance for demanding tasks.

Let's first look at the CPU performance test. In the CPU-Z benchmark test, the single-core running score of the Ryzen 7 7730U processor is 602.2, and the multi-core running score is 4791.6. Compared with the large and small cores of Core processors, the advantages of large cores of Ryzen 7000 series processors are more obvious, which can run smoothly for applications with high performance requirements.

In the tests of CINEBENCH R20 and R23, the single-core scores of AMD Ryzen 7 7730U were 561cb and 1436pts respectively, and the multi-core scores were 3731cb and 9562pts respectively. Such performance can be easily handled not only by daily office applications, but also by applications such as Ps and Pr with heavy loads.

The more commonly used compression and decompression, the 7-Zip built-in benchmark test can be used to evaluate the performance of the CPU. The results show that the overall score of the Ryzen 7 7730U processor in compression and decompression is 65.54 GIPS, and in ten consecutive rounds of tests Among them, the comprehensive score is 65+ GIPS, and the performance of the CPU and the stability of the whole machine are quite good.

Video shooting and post-editing are currently one of the tasks of many content creators. Due to different shooting equipment and the distribution of finished works on multiple platforms, video format conversion is essential. The X264 FHD BENCHMARK can more intuitively compare the performance of the CPU in video work through several built-in short video processing. The results show that the Ryzen 7 7730U takes 54s to process 2500 frames, and the frame rate is 46.33 FPS, which means that it can smoothly perform video encoding conversion and other processing.

Memory

Although the processor performance of the HP Z66 6th-generation Ryzen Edition is powerful enough, the power of memory cannot be ignored. The machine we reviewed is equipped with 16GB dual-channel memory, but it has dual memory slots that can support up to 32GB dual-channel. In addition to directly purchasing the version with 32GB memory, users can easily upgrade it if they need to upgrade later. Realized, this is much more flexible than the onboard memory upgrades on many thin and light notebooks. The benefits of larger memory are also self-evident. For example, when using PS software, you need to import dozens or hundreds of picture materials at the same time, or open dozens of web pages, and edit PPT documents at the same time. The advantage of greater memory is revealed.

Let’s take a look at the actual measurement effect. First, we created a folder with 20 4K pictures, and then opened these pictures in PS at the same time. You can see that the loading process is very smooth. After a few seconds, we can click on any picture at any time tabs to view or edit, without stuttering and waiting.

PS open multiple pictures

Opening more web pages also consumes memory resources. After we open 40 web pages, we can see that the browser occupies 53% of the memory. If it is an earlier notebook, it may have hung up long ago, but in the HP and 66 6th generation Ryzen Edition On a notebook, you can still browse any webpage smoothly, including processing other tasks at the same time. In fact, it is often impossible for us to open dozens of webpages or documents at the same time.

Use AIDA 64's built-in test tool to see the performance of the memory. The write speed is 39472MB/s, the write speed is 33230MB/s, the copy speed is 35378MB/s, and the delay is 89.9ns. In the mid-range performance, if it is upgraded to 32GB, the improvement will definitely be obvious.

hard disk

In terms of hard disk storage, especially content creators, they save many pictures and video materials in their PCs every day. At this time, they need an SSD hard disk with larger capacity and faster transmission speed. The Zhan 66 sixth-generation Ryzen version is available in 512GB/1TB, and even if you start with the 512GB version at the beginning, there is an M.2 SSD interface reserved in the fuselage, which is easy to install later.

The Zhan 66 sixth-generation Ryzen version in our hand is equipped with a Kioxia SSD with a capacity of 512GB, which is enough for users with general office needs. In terms of performance, using CDM to test, the sequential reading speed and writing speed are 3516.65MB/s and 2700.78MB/s respectively, which can fully meet the data transmission and system response requirements of current office and study.

The theoretical running score may not be very intuitive. Let's take a look at the measured time through a few copies of the material. The first is to choose a 2.72GB video resource, with an average speed of 475MB per second, and about 5 seconds is enough.

Then we create another folder, which contains 70 high-definition pictures, with a total file size of 938MB. They are written from the mobile hard disk to the PC at a speed of 496MB per second, which takes at most two seconds.

battery life

In the field of business, the long battery life of the HP and 66 series is well known. The reason why many business people or netizens choose HP and 66 notebooks is because of the long battery life. This generation of HP and the 66th generation are equipped with a 51Wh battery. The data does not seem to be large, but as we have said before, this notebook is equipped with a 1W low-power screen, which is of great help to the battery life. According to According to official data, the battery life can be extended by 5 hours, which is still unexpected.

We first use the modern office mode in PCMark 10 for actual testing. This test process can simulate applications such as document processing, video conferencing, and excel spreadsheet creation. Before testing, charge to 100%, unplug the power, set the screen brightness to 60%, and keep WiFi , The Bluetooth connection is normal, the system power mode is set to the best energy efficiency, and finally got 17 hours and 16 minutes of battery life, which is consistent with the official data. In addition, coupled with the fast charging technology, 50% can be charged in 30 minutes, and you can go out all day, at least you don’t need to worry about battery life.

More comprehensive nanny-level after-sales service

Finally, there is the service aspect. Many users may ignore this part when purchasing products. In fact, more comprehensive after-sales service is also an important part of the user experience. HP and 66 notebooks provide users with exclusive assistance services. After purchasing the product, users can enjoy door-to-door repairs on the second working day of one year. Whether it is a hardware or software failure, users do not need to find a repair station, eliminating the need for round trips. time. In addition, individual users can enjoy on-site service of main spare parts for 2 years after registration. Longer time and super trouble-free services are also not provided by many brands, and HP and 66 consider more for users.

Another very considerate thing is the battery. The HP Z66 provides a 2-year battery warranty. If the user wants to extend the warranty of the machine, on this basis, the battery warranty will also be extended to three years. You must know that many brands of business Ben only provides a one-year warranty, but HP gives more and more protection.

In addition, for accidental damage encountered by users during use, including accidental water ingress, drop, extrusion and other accidents, a 1-year accident free warranty is presented. As for the above-mentioned services, no one of other brands can provide such comprehensive services even if the models cost more than 10,000 yuan! It can be seen that the high quality and good reputation of HP Z66 are not in vain.

write at the end

A big reason why business laptops are more concerned by users is that they are safe, stable, and of consistent quality from inside to outside. The brand-new HP Z66 6th generation Ryzen Edition business notebook not only provides excellent performance to improve office efficiency, but also reserves a lot of room for expansion in terms of screen, interface, keyboard, memory and hard disk. It is currently mainstream and lays the foundation for future performance upgrades.

In addition, there are 17 hours of ultra-long battery life, intelligent video conferencing system, and after-sales service for up to 2 years, which also add a lot of points to HP and the 66th generation Ryzen Edition. Not only for individual business users, but also for small and medium-sized enterprises, small entrepreneurial teams, and industries including finance and education, it is definitely a wise move to purchase the HP Z66 6th-generation Ryzen Edition.