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Without going used, and just briefly scanning Amazon for a similar pricepoint (only 100 more dollars), I would return it for store credit and buy this instead:
http://smile.amazon.com/MSI-GP70-LEOPARD-010-9S7-175A12-010-17-3-Inch/dp/B00IQ4G8U8/

Intel Core i5-4200M 3.0 GHz  
8 GB DDR3L SDRAM  
1024 GB 7200 rpm Hard Drive  
17.3-Inch Screen; NVIDIA Geforce GT840M with 2GB GDDR3 VRAM  
Windows 8.1  

$871.99

I don't think it's Intel to blame...

http://www.pvladov.com/2013/01/improve-intel-hd-graphics-performance.html
Try those steps.

What? It's not meant for gaming. It's just a nice extra for cheaper laptops, it's not even a real GPU. It's build in with the cpu. Stop complaining and buy a real gaming pc if you want to game.

AHAHAHHAHAHA, LOL, what the hell did you expect from a GPU that's on the same die as the CPU? If you bought AMD, you would have got shit CPU performance and maybe 20 % better GPU performance. Intel+ dedicated GPU is the way to go, blame yourself for not doing research.

You could've bought a hp probook with that money. I got one and the HD8750M bult in it really shines.
But I quess the touchscreen was worth it, huh? :)

tips to make it run faster, DO NOT buy laptop for playing games, DO NOT buy any laptops at all unless you are daily on different places where you need it (your different rooms in your home aka toilet doesn't count). Desktop PC is the answer.

First rule of the universe is: DO NOT BUY ANYTHING FROM HP.
Second rule of the universe is: DO NOT BUY ANYTHING WITH INTEGRATED GRAPHIC CARD.
Third rule of the universe is: DO NOT BUY LAPTOPS FOR GAMING.

Good night and good luck.

This guy, LOOOOOOOOOOOOL

So, you bought a laptop with a business-class GPU (meant to run word processor and spreadsheets) without bothering to do your research beforehand and now you're blaming the manufacturer? Make sense...

You got a bad gaming machine, and there's not very much you can do about it. First, HP never makes great machines. Second, unless you need (or want) portable, laptops tend to be overpriced compared to similar (or even better) specs on desktops. Third, with that little RAM, anything you can do to squeeze out graphics performance will hit another bottleneck as soon as you find a work around. You'll probably have to stick with indie games for quite a while.