HP EliteBook 840 G1

Performance Results


Gaming 5% Tree trunk	Desktop 49% Yacht	Workstation 4% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 51.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	3.09% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	31.6% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU. CPU throttled at 75% 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.

System	HP EliteBook 840 G1 (all builds)
Motherboard	Hewlett-Packard 198F
Memory	5.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140723
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 03 '17 at 18:18
Run Duration	126 Seconds
Run User	SVN-User
Background CPU	18%
CPU Throttled	75%

PC Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4300U 36,631 User benchmarks, average bench 44% U3E1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.5 GHz, turbo 1.9 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	51.4% Above average	Memory 77.9 1-Core 51.3 2-Core 95.7 48% 75 Pts	4-Core 148 8-Core 146 20% 147 Pts	64-Core 138 8% 138 Pts
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 51.4% Great: 58%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4400 (Mobile 1.0/1.1 GHz) 275,372 User benchmarks, average bench 2% HP(103C 198F) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 10.18.15.4268 Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	3.09% Terrible	Lighting 3.47 Reflection 4.23 Parallax 5.97 3% 4.56 fps	MRender 4.14 Gravity 2.2 Splatting 6.13 4% 4.16 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 3.09% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel SSDSCIHF120A4H 120GB 227 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 61GB free (System drive) Firmware: LH9i Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 98354751078627 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1753 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 1753 (B7) Unknown 100 100 8 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 56 71 47249293368 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1753 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 56707 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 55 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 56707 (F2) Unknown 100 100 70430 (F9) Unknown 100 100 2620	31.6% Below average	Read 225 Write 113 Mixed 155 36% 164 MB/s	4K Read 16.4 4K Write 33.3 4K Mixed 6.68 51% 18.8 MB/s	DQ Read 18.8 DQ Write 33.2 DQ Mixed 23.7 19% 25.2 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 31.6% Great: 63%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 1TB 266,123 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 868GB free Firmware: 2BA30001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 1 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 92 92 2518 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2299 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 329 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 1 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1753 (B5) Unknown 100 100 38947 (B7) Unknown 252 252 0 (B8) Unknown 252 252 0 (BA) Unknown 252 252 0 (BB) vendor-specific 252 252 0 (BC) Unknown 252 252 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 64 158914445345 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 1 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 10299 (C2) HDA temperature 64 64 158914445345 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 3	58.1% Above average	Read 103 Write 100 Mixed 99.7 76% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 1.46 4K Mixed 0.27 80% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 58.1% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471B1G73DB0-YK0 1x8GB 44,908 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 1 of 2 slots used 8GB SODIMM DDR3 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	30.2% Below average	MC Read 10.5 MC Write 10 MC Mixed 8.5 28% 9.67 GB/s	SC Read 10.2 SC Write 10.2 SC Mixed 10.1 29% 10.2 GB/s	Latency 84.6 47% 84.6 ns
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 30.2% Great: 33%

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Gaming 4%

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Desktop 44%

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Workstation 4%

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System: HP EliteBook 840 G1

CPU
Core i5-4300UIntelBench 44%, 36,631 samples	163x
Core i7-4600UIntelBench 49%, 26,548 samples	70x
Core i5-4200UIntel $281Bench 43%, 64,450 samples	49x

GPU
HD 4400 (Mobile 1.0/1.1 GHz)IntelBench 2%, 275,372 samples	319x
Radeon HD 8750MAMDBench 6%, 409 samples	4x
Radeon HD 8500M/8700MAMDBench 6%, 604 samples	3x

SSD
SSD Pro 1500 Series 180GBIntel $209Bench 69%, 7,834 samples	16x
MTFDDAK256MAY-1AH12ABHA 256GBCrucialBench 83%, 1,792 samples	7x
MZ7PD256HCGM-000H7 256GBSamsungBench 84%, 5,922 samples	7x

RAM
M471B1G73QH0-YK0 1x8GBSamsungBench 28%, 40,451 samples	20x
M471B5173QH0-YK0 1x4GBSamsungBench 25%, 38,580 samples	15x
M471B1G73DB0-YK0 1x8GBSamsungBench 28%, 44,908 samples	13x

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Value: 4% - Terrible

Total price: $209

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 $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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