HP 17-CN400 17-CN4033 2025, Core 5 120U, 32GB, 1TB SSD, Natural Silver

The HP 17-CN400 pairs 32GB of RAM and a 1TB SSD with a 17.3-inch 1080p display, landing at the 73rd and 67th percentiles for memory and storage respectively. But the 41Wh battery and 5th percentile compact score make it a desk-bound machine. Gaming is a 13.3 out of 100, so keep your expectations firmly in spreadsheet territory.

The Core 5 120U is a 10-core chip with 2 performance cores and 8 efficient cores, boosting up to 5.0GHz. That lands it dead center in our CPU rankings at the 50th percentile. For spreadsheets, document work, and a dozen browser tabs, it's perfectly fine. But don't expect it to punch above its weight in sustained workloads. The 12MB of Smart Cache helps with quick task switching, but this is a chip designed for efficiency, not raw throughput.

The 32GB of DDR4 at 3200MHz is the real star here. At the 73rd percentile, it's well above average and gives you serious breathing room for virtual machines, large datasets, or just never closing a tab again. The 1TB SSD at the 67th percentile is solid too. But the Iris Xe graphics are integrated and sit at the 50th percentile, which means gaming is a non-starter. The gaming score of 13.3 out of 100 is the weakest area by a mile. This machine will handle video playback and light photo editing, but anything 3D is going to chug.

Stacked against the competition, the HP 17-CN400 is outclassed in almost every category that matters. The Apple MacBook Pro M5 Max and ASUS ROG Zephyrus GA403WR are in a completely different performance universe, though they cost dramatically more. The Lenovo ThinkPad P16 Gen 3 offers similar big-screen productivity but with far better reliability and build quality. The Samsung Galaxy Book5 Pro NP964XHA-KG2US has a superior display and better portability. Where the HP wins is raw memory and storage capacity at a lower price point. But the MSI Raider RAIDERGE6814247 will run circles around it in any GPU-bound task. This HP is a budget big-screen option in a field of premium machines, and it shows.

The only price we have is MXN 31,550 from a single Mexican listing, so take this with a grain of salt. For that money, you're getting a lot of RAM and storage, which is the classic budget-friendly way to make a laptop feel premium. But the CPU and GPU are both 50th percentile parts, and the reliability score sits at a disappointing 33rd percentile. You're paying for capacity, not capability. If you need 32GB of RAM and 1TB of storage in a big-screen machine, this delivers. If you want performance per peso, there are better ways to spend your money.

The HP 17-CN400 is a big-screen workhorse that leans hard into memory and storage. You get 32GB of DDR4 and a 1TB NVMe SSD, which puts it at the 73rd and 67th percentiles respectively in our database. That's a lot of headroom for multitasking and local file hoarding. But the rest of the package is aggressively middle-of-the-road, and the 41Wh battery paired with a 17.3-inch panel is a pairing we side-eye immediately.

At 2.09kg and 15.78 inches wide, this is not a laptop you'll toss in a bag casually. The compact score sits at the 5th percentile, which means it's one of the least portable machines in our entire database. That's fine if it lives on a desk, but it undercuts the whole point of a laptop for a lot of people. The Core 5 120U and Iris Xe graphics land right at the 50th percentile, so this is a productivity machine, not a performance one.

Skip this if you need any kind of portability. The 5th percentile compact score means this is one of the least travel-friendly laptops in our database. Also skip it if you do any gaming or GPU-accelerated work, since the 13.3 gaming score and integrated Iris Xe graphics won't cut it. And if you're away from an outlet for long stretches, the 41Wh battery will have you hunting for power by mid-afternoon. The 33rd percentile reliability score is also a concern for anyone who needs a machine that will last for years without issues.

The HP 17-CN400 is a niche machine. If you want a desktop replacement with a big screen, tons of RAM, and a full keyboard with numpad, and you don't care about gaming or portability, it's a reasonable buy. The 32GB of DDR4 and 1TB SSD are genuinely useful for productivity. But the 41Wh battery is a real problem. HP claims up to 6 hours of average usage, and with a 17.3-inch panel drawing power, we'd expect less in real-world use. The 62.5% sRGB coverage also rules this out for anyone doing color-sensitive work. It's a desk-bound document machine with a big screen, and that's about it.