HP EliteBook 840 G3

Performance Results


Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 53% Yacht	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (30th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 70 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 55.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	3.17% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	50.9% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (96%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU. CPU throttled at 96% by Windows. Ensure maximum processor state is set to 100% via Settings > System > Power & sleep > Additional power settings > Change plan settings > Change advanced power settings > Processor power management > Maximum processor state.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	HP EliteBook 840 G3 (all builds)
Motherboard	HP 8079
Memory	8.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180717
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 17 '18 at 16:44
Run Duration	135 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	96%
CPU Throttled	96%

PC Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6300U 59,619 User benchmarks, average bench 40% U3E1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.5 GHz, turbo 2.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	55.3% Above average	Memory 77.8 1-Core 60.1 2-Core 118 53% 85.2 Pts	4-Core 193 8-Core 186 26% 189 Pts	64-Core 200 12% 200 Pts
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 55.3% Great: 54%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 520 (Mobile Skylake) 362,113 User benchmarks, average bench 4% HP(103C 8079) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 23.20.16.5018 Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	3.17% Terrible	Lighting 5.9 Reflection 8.77 Parallax 5.87 5% 6.85 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.17% Great: 5%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk SD8SN8U-512G-1006 512GB 1,494 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 375GB free (System drive) Firmware: X4120006 SusWrite @10s intervals: 248 257 252 256 277 278 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	50.9% Above average	Read 303 Write 200 Mixed 188 SusWrite 261 53% 238 MB/s	4K Read 16.7 4K Write 21.9 4K Mixed 18.7 61% 19.1 MB/s	DQ Read 77.9 DQ Write 92.2 DQ Mixed 97 70% 89 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 50.9% Great: 97%
Asmt 2135 500GB 49 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 28GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 37 37 38 37 40 40 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	21% Poor	Read 34.7 Write 36.3 Mixed 32.4 SusWrite 38.3 26% 35.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.6 105% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 21% Great: 65%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471A1K43CB1-CRC 2x8GB 62,266 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	55.9% Above average	MC Read 22.3 MC Write 22.2 MC Mixed 19.4 61% 21.3 GB/s	SC Read 9 SC Write 7.1 SC Mixed 11.6 26% 9.23 GB/s	Latency 84.7 47% 84.7 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 55.9% Great: 78%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 6%

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Desktop 43%

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Workstation 5%

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System: HP EliteBook 840 G3

CPU
Core i5-6300UIntelBench 40%, 59,619 samples	3,447x
Core i7-6600UIntelBench 45%, 31,982 samples	933x
Core i5-6200UIntelBench 41%, 135,462 samples	866x

GPU
HD 520 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 4%, 362,113 samples	5,584x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	1x
HD 620 (Mobile Kaby Lake)IntelBench 5%, 387,149 samples	1x

SSD
SD8SN8U-256G-1006 256GBSandiskBench 70%, 12,432 samples	616x
SSDSCKKF256G8H 256GBIntelBench 85%, 2,188 samples	301x
MTFDDAV256TBN-1AR15ABHA 256GBCrucialBench 74%, 4,569 samples	179x

RAM
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 1x8GBHynixBench 37%, 144,145 samples	723x
M471A1K43CB1-CRC 1x8GBSamsungBench 37%, 122,420 samples	707x
HMA81GS6MFR8N-UH 1x8GBHynixBench 36%, 6,703 samples	283x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16