New to PC Gaming: Laggy games

[Trunks]

As far as laptop's go they're not ideal for gaming. The graphics card available for them are not up to par with current games. I know my friend bought a 1,400 dollar laptop and he was lagging on Battle Field 4.

For your computer I'd say it's definitely the Graphics card, you have an integrated card which basically means it's just built into your motherboard. The bad thing about Laptop's is that you really can't upgrade unless it's memory. But yeah, definitely your graphics card causing you to lag.

If you want to start PC gaming, I highly recommend getting a PC, they're a lot cheaper when it comes to performance. Also, they're upgradeable once a part becomes out dated.

Not sure how tech savy you are, but here is a list of graphics cards in order, top being the best preformance.

Graphics Card Performance Hierarchy Chart - Best Graphics Cards For The Money: November 2013

I recommend getting a system starting with the GTX 560 or higher. GTX 560 being the minimum requirement to play new, top of the line games( that's what I currently have and I can only play BF4 on medium settings, next year I'll have to upgrade ). Laptop graphics cards are labeled as mobile; as you can see there is only 3 laptop graphics card able to play the top of the line games, and they're going to be pricey.

If you look for your card, Intel HD 4000 series it's pretty far down the list, it's on the farthest right hand side.

Gaming and laptop's really don't go well together.

A good site to see if you can run a game or not is here
Can You RUN It | Can I run that game | Game system requirements