HP EliteBook 8540p

Performance Results


Gaming 4% Tree trunk	Desktop 40% Speed boat	Workstation 4% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (37th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 63 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 a below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 44.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	2.77% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	45.3% 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	HP EliteBook 8540p (all builds)
Motherboard	Hewlett-Packard 1521
Memory	5.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20110309
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 21 '17 at 09:46
Run Duration	582 Seconds
Run User	BEL-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing below expectations (37^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 M 540 8,329 User benchmarks, average bench 41% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.55 GHz Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	44.7% Average	Memory 64.8 1-Core 28.8 2-Core 71.4 36% 55 Pts	4-Core 141 8-Core 167 20% 154 Pts	64-Core 165 10% 165 Pts
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 44.7% Great: 48%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia NVS 5100M 1,931 User benchmarks, average bench 2% HP(103C 1521) 1GB Ram: 1GB, Driver: 331.82 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	2.77% Terrible	Lighting 3.17 Reflection 5.12 Parallax 1.28 3% 3.19 fps	MRender 5.95 Gravity 2.23 Splatting 3.61 3% 3.93 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 2.77% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 261GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (0^th 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 4584 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1417 (B1) Unknown 99 99 9 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 60 48 40 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 18 (EB) Unknown 99 99 116 (F1) Unknown 99 99 10432833937	45.3% Average	Read 219 Write 174 Mixed 181 43% 192 MB/s	4K Read 21.2 4K Write 21.9 4K Mixed 19 68% 20.7 MB/s	DQ Read 158 DQ Write 62.7 DQ Mixed 45.7 51% 88.8 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 45.3% Great: 134%
WD My Passport 083A 2TB 995 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 816GB free, PID 083a Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	12.2% Very poor	Read 25.3 Write 18.6 Mixed 20.2 26% 21.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.44 4K Mixed 0.2 58% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 12.2% Great: 45%
WD My Passport 0740 500GB 3,483 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 402GB free, PID 0740 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	13.8% Very poor	Read 25.7 Write 19.2 Mixed 18.8 26% 21.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.89 4K Mixed 0.22 74% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 13.8% Great: 36%
General UDisk 32GB 150 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 23GB free, PID 1234 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	2.55% Terrible	Read 11.2 Write 2.37 Mixed 4.08 6% 5.88 MB/s	4K Read 1.68 4K Write 0.004 4K Mixed 0.004 6% 0.56 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 2.55% Great: 11%
JetFlash Transcend 16GB 14,782 User benchmarks, average bench 14% 12GB free, PID 1000 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	19.8% Very poor	Read 92.9 Write 13.4 Mixed 24.7 41% 43.7 MB/s	4K Read 4.72 4K Write 0.74 4K Mixed 0.74 68% 2.07 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 19.8% Great: 33%

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 (25^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	24.1% Poor	MC Read 7.8 MC Write 6.9 MC Mixed 10.5 24% 8.4 GB/s	SC Read 5.6 SC Write 4.9 SC Mixed 5.5 15% 5.33 GB/s	Latency 114 35% 114 ns
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 24.1% Great: 65%

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Gaming 5%

Tree trunk

Desktop 43%

Speed boat

Workstation 5%

Tree trunk

System: HP EliteBook 8540p

CPU
Core i5 M 540IntelBench 41%, 8,329 samples	83x
Core i7 M 620IntelBench 42%, 9,076 samples	75x
Core i5 M 520Intel $70Bench 40%, 23,644 samples	72x

GPU
NVS 5100MNvidiaBench 2%, 1,931 samples	305x
Quadro FX 880MNvidiaBench 2%, 4,542 samples	3x
Quadro FX 1800MNvidiaBench 3%, 1,209 samples	1x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	13x
A400 120GBKingston $32Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	7x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $37Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	5x

RAM
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	149x
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples	83x
6GBUnknownBench 25%, 111,301 samples	41x

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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