I purchased this item for processing professional quality photos using Photoshop CC with the newer AI software from Topaz and on1. Previously it would take the better part of 3 minutes to render a photo using AI software on my older i7 processor and 3GB video card. The same photo on this machine takes under 3 seconds! Configuring this same unit on HP's site cost over $700 more - with a lesser video card. I did add an additional 16GB of system memory for a total of 32GB.