HP EliteBook 8740w (BZ126US)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 7%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 53%
Yacht
Workstation
Workstation 6%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 54.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics7.21% 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 Drive30.6% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory34.6GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 34.6GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Very high background CPU (32%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemHP EliteBook 8740w (BZ126US)  (all builds)
MotherboardHewlett-Packard 1520
Memory4.9 GB free of 34.5625 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20151110
Uptime0.3 Days
Run DateApr 26 '17 at 10:41
Run Duration96 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 32%

 PC Performing as expected (51st percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7 Q 840-$85
CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 1.85 GHz, turbo 1.95 GHz (avg)
Performing below expectations (35th percentile)
54.7% Above average
Memory 83.2
1-Core 52.3
2-Core 88
50% 74.5 Pts
4-Core 147
8-Core 196
22% 172 Pts
64-Core 213
13% 213 Pts
Poor: 41%
This bench: 54.7%
Great: 63%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia Quadro FX 3800M
HP(103C 1520) 1GB
Ram: 1GB, Driver: 342.1
Performing above expectations (73rd percentile)
7.21% Terrible
Lighting 9.83
Reflection 9.04
Parallax 3.87
8% 7.58 fps
MRender 7.9
Gravity 7.23
Splatting 5.96
6% 7.03 fps
Poor: 5%
This bench: 7.21%
Great: 8%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Intel 320 Series 160GB-$149
14GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 4PC10362 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (7th percentile)
30.6% Below average
Read 188
Write 149
Mixed 151
36% 163 MB/s
4K Read 11.6
4K Write 21.1
4K Mixed 10.7
42% 14.5 MB/s
DQ Read 15
DQ Write 30.6
DQ Mixed 11.1
12% 18.9 MB/s
Poor: 30%
This bench: 30.6%
Great: 51%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown 34GB
null MHz
8192, 27200 MB
Performing way above expectations (88th percentile)
22.2% Poor
MC Read 7.3
MC Write 6.3
MC Mixed 6.1
19% 6.57 GB/s
SC Read 6.8
SC Write 7.7
SC Mixed 6.8
20% 7.1 GB/s
Latency 74.9
53% 74.9 ns
Poor: 5%
This bench: 22.2%
Great: 47%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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HDDRAMUSB
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