HP 17-CN500 17.3" 17-CN5085 Moonlight Blue 2025

64GB DDR5 and a 4TB SSD at 98th percentile make this a capacity monster for $2,119. The Core Ultra 7 255U is a solid mid-pack CPU at the 60th percentile. But the 1600x900 display at 9th percentile and a 15/100 gaming score mean this is strictly a work machine for people who don't care about screen quality.

The Core Ultra 7 255U is a 12-core chip with 2 performance cores and 10 efficient cores, boosting up to 5.2 GHz. It sits at the 60th percentile in our CPU rankings, which means it's about average for a modern laptop. Fine for everyday work, coding, spreadsheets, and running multiple VMs if that's your thing. But it's not going to blow anyone away in sustained heavy loads. The integrated Intel Graphics lands at the 55th percentile, which is also middle of the pack. Don't expect to game on this thing. Our gaming score for this config is 15 out of 100, which is rough.

The real story is the 64GB of DDR5 at 5600MHz and the 4TB NVMe SSD. Those are both 98th percentile. That's the kind of headroom you'd normally find in a mobile workstation costing significantly more. If your workflow involves huge datasets, multiple Docker containers, or just never wanting to think about storage again, this machine has you covered. The 41Wh battery is small for a 17-inch laptop, and HP claims up to 6 hours of average usage. With a 4.62 lb chassis, this is not a road warrior.

Against the Apple MacBook Pro M4 Max, this HP gets absolutely destroyed on display quality, battery life, and raw performance. The MacBook's screen is in a different universe, and the M4 Max chip runs circles around the Core Ultra 7 255U. But the MacBook with comparable RAM and storage would cost dramatically more. The ASUS ROG Zephyrus G14 and Lenovo Legion Pro 7i are gaming machines with dedicated GPUs that make this HP's 15/100 gaming score look embarrassing, but they don't offer 64GB RAM and 4TB storage at this price. The MSI Prestige and Microsoft Surface Laptop 7th Edition are closer competitors for productivity, with better screens and portability, but again, they won't match the memory and storage capacity without a serious price bump. This HP is a niche machine: capacity over everything else.

At $2,119 USD, you're paying a premium for the 64GB RAM and 4TB SSD combo. That's the whole value proposition. The CPU, screen, and battery are all mid-pack or worse. If you priced out a laptop with this much memory and storage from a major brand, you'd typically be looking at mobile workstation territory, often $2,500 and up. So there's some value here if you specifically need that capacity. But the CAD listing at $3,024 and MXN at 62,590 are just currency conversions of the same product, not different deals. The screen is the elephant in the room. You're paying workstation money for a display that belongs on a budget machine.

The headline numbers here are wild: 64GB of DDR5 and a 4TB SSD in a laptop. That's 98th percentile for both RAM and storage in our database. You're getting workstation-tier memory and storage capacity in a machine that looks like a standard 17-inch HP. The Core Ultra 7 255U is a solid mid-pack performer at the 60th percentile, but it's the memory and storage that make this thing stand out.

And then there's the screen. 1600x900 on a 17.3-inch panel in 2025. That's 9th percentile. Dead last territory. 250 nits brightness and 62.5% sRGB coverage mean this display is dim and washed out compared to basically anything else at this price point. It's a strange pairing: a machine built for heavy multitasking and data work, with a screen that feels like it fell out of 2012.

Skip this if you care about screen quality at all. The 9th percentile display is a genuine weak spot, and at $2,119, you shouldn't have to squint at a dim 1600x900 panel. Gamers should absolutely look elsewhere, the 15/100 gaming score speaks for itself. If you need portability or all-day battery life, the 4.62 lb weight and 41Wh battery make this a poor travel companion. And if reliability is a top concern, the 33rd percentile reliability score is below average for the category. This machine is for one specific buyer: someone who needs massive RAM and storage capacity and plans to leave it plugged in on a desk, ideally with an external monitor.

This is a weird one. If you need 64GB of RAM and 4TB of storage in a laptop and you don't care about the screen, this HP delivers that at a price that's hard to beat. The Core Ultra 7 255U is capable enough for productivity and development work, and the 60th percentile CPU ranking means it won't hold you back in most tasks. But that 1600x900 display at 9th percentile is a dealbreaker for a lot of people. You're staring at this screen for hours. At $2,119, you deserve better than a dim, low-res panel. The 41Wh battery and 4.62 lb weight also mean this is a desk-bound machine. If you can live with the screen, the specs are compelling. If you can't, look elsewhere.