Is this a good laptop and how to find a good laptop?

[ComputeringMadness]

I have been looking at laptops recently but I have come to realize that it is a whole different ball game to desktop computers, mainly because of the different graphics cards.

I am looking to spend somewhere in the region of £400.

HP Pavilion 15-p189sa 15.6” is that a good laptop for doing daily tasks but mostly for a bit of gaming, not much though, but a good benchmark would be if it could run Minecraft? And how comfortably.

The Specs :
Windows 8.1
Intel® Core™ i5-4288U Processor (2.6 GHz, 3.1 GHz with TurboBoost, 3 MB cache)
Memory: 8 GB
Hard drive: 1.5 TB
Intel® Iris™

If not then then I wouldn't mind if people refer me to some other similar priced laptops that would do the job, thank you for reading and I am looking forward to some replies. Also any other information to look out for when looking a laptops would be helpful as well, once again thanks for reading.

 

[ComputeringMadness]

Do you think it could run a game like minecraft, which is quite demanding?

 

[ComputeringMadness]

Also I am struggling to find any real benchmarks for the intel iris

 

[jaguarskx]

Since it has the HD Iris 5100 it will run Minecraft without much of a problem. It is more powerful than the standard Intel HD 4400 graphics core that is in most Haswell generation "u" model CPUs. The following video demonstrates Minecraft and WoW being played on a Sony Vaio Duo 13 with a Core i5-4200 and the Intel HD 4400 graphics core at 1920x1080 resolution.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQjfTzpqG90


Here are some benchmarks for the Intel Iris 5100. The site ranks it relatively close to the nVidia GT 720m / GT 820m.

http://www.notebookcheck.net/Intel-Iris-Graphics-5100.91977.0.html