HP EliteBook 8540w

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 61.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Boot Drive	51.3% 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.

System	HP EliteBook 8540w (all builds)
Motherboard	Hewlett-Packard 1521
Memory	5.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	May 20 '17 at 01:10
Run Duration	99 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7 Q 720-$220 13,149 User benchmarks, average bench 51% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 1.6 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	61.3% Good	Memory 92.4 1-Core 65.8 2-Core 110 58% 89.5 Pts	4-Core 172 8-Core 208 25% 190 Pts	64-Core 208 13% 208 Pts
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 61.3% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung MZ7KM120HAFD-00005 120GB 87 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 47GB free (System drive) Firmware: GXM1003Q 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 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1185 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 273 (B1) Unknown 99 99 17 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 963 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 54 42 46 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 71 (F1) Unknown 99 99 3451100056 (F2) Unknown 99 99 2919301698 (F3) Unknown 100 100 0 (F4) Unknown 100 100 0 (F5) Unknown 100 100 65535 (F6) Unknown 100 100 65535 (F7) Unknown 100 100 65535 (FB) Unknown 100 100 4745268344	51.3% Above average	Read 264 Write 235 Mixed 237 55% 245 MB/s	4K Read 16.3 4K Write 34.4 4K Mixed 17.4 65% 22.7 MB/s	DQ Read 144 DQ Write 147 DQ Mixed 87.3 82% 126 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 51.3% Great: 124%
Seagate Laptop SSHD 2.5" 1TB-$41 64,201 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 396GB free Firmware: HPP1 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 100 136802744 (03) Spinup time 99 98 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 938 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 73 60 21902128 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 831 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 932 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 62 44 56473354278 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 43 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 5773 (C2) HDA temperature 38 56 60129542182 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	53.4% Above average	Read 94.5 Write 90.3 Mixed 82.8 67% 89.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 5.46 4K Mixed 0.49 178% 2.16 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 53.4% Great: 65%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x4GB 424,126 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB SODIMM DDR3 Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	36% Below average	MC Read 14.5 MC Write 10.5 MC Mixed 10.5 34% 11.8 GB/s	SC Read 9.4 SC Write 9.6 SC Mixed 9.7 27% 9.57 GB/s	Latency 63.3 63% 63.3 ns
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 36% Great: 65%

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Gaming 5%

Tree trunk

Desktop 44%

Speed boat

Workstation 5%

Tree trunk

System: HP EliteBook 8540w

CPU
Core i7 M 620IntelBench 42%, 9,076 samples	102x
Core i7 Q 720Intel $220Bench 51%, 13,149 samples	44x
Core i7 M 640IntelBench 43%, 5,045 samples	40x

GPU
Quadro FX 880MNvidiaBench 2%, 4,542 samples	228x
Quadro FX 1800MNvidiaBench 3%, 1,209 samples	64x
Mobility Radeon HD 5730AMDBench 4%, 2,535 samples	45x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	14x
MX500 500GBCrucial $45Bench 106%, 237,241 samples	8x
A400 120GBKingston $32Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	7x

RAM
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	164x
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples	56x
1x4GBUnknownBench 28%, 154,807 samples	25x

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Value: 21% - Poor

Total price: $28

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