HP EliteBook 8740w

Performance Results


Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 54% Yacht	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 47.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	9.7% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	54.4% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	HP EliteBook 8740w (all builds)
Motherboard	Hewlett-Packard 1520
Memory	6.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20151110
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 31 '16 at 23:42
Run Duration	90 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (50^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7 M 620 9,076 User benchmarks, average bench 42% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.65 GHz Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	47.2% Average	Memory 62.3 1-Core 80.2 2-Core 143 55% 95.1 Pts	4-Core 187 8-Core 188 25% 187 Pts	64-Core 188 12% 188 Pts
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 47.2% Great: 48%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
ATI FirePro M7820 213 User benchmarks, average bench 9% HP(103C 1520) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 8.911.4.1000 Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	9.7% Terrible	Lighting 13 Reflection 9.38 Parallax 10.8 11% 11 fps	MRender 9.33 Gravity 9.43 Splatting 10.3 8% 9.7 fps
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 9.7% Great: 10%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk X210 512GB-$152 1,667 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 348GB free (System drive) Firmware: X210706 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 4686 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 713 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 99 99 249124290564 (AE) Unknown 100 100 158 (B7) Unknown 34 34 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 56 31 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (F3) Unknown 100 100 0	54.4% Above average	Read 217 Write 216 Mixed 228 49% 221 MB/s	4K Read 24.3 4K Write 43 4K Mixed 21.5 87% 29.6 MB/s	DQ Read 139 DQ Write 132 DQ Mixed 54.3 63% 109 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 54.4% Great: 101%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x4GB 424,126 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 2 of 2 slots used 8GB SODIMM DDR3 Performing below potential (28^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	24.7% Poor	MC Read 8 MC Write 6.9 MC Mixed 10.9 25% 8.6 GB/s	SC Read 6.1 SC Write 5.3 SC Mixed 6.4 17% 5.93 GB/s	Latency 121 33% 121 ns
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 24.7% Great: 65%

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Typical EliteBook 8740w Builds (Compare 141 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 7%

Tree trunk

Desktop 50%

Yacht

Workstation 6%

Tree trunk

System: HP EliteBook 8740w

CPU
Core i7 Q 720Intel $220Bench 51%, 13,149 samples	30x
Core i7 Q 740Intel $190Bench 54%, 13,278 samples	21x
Core i7 M 640IntelBench 43%, 5,045 samples	15x

GPU
Quadro FX 2800MNvidiaBench 5%, 1,135 samples	80x
Quadro FX 3800MNvidiaBench 7%, 388 samples	25x
Mobility Radeon HD 5870AMDBench 9%, 3,040 samples	22x

SSD
CS900 120GBPNY $25Bench 69%, 42,924 samples	11x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	5x
840 Evo 120GBSamsung $85Bench 91%, 104,444 samples	3x

RAM
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	55x
1x4GBUnknownBench 28%, 154,807 samples	13x
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples	13x

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Value: 50% - Above average

Total price: $245

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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