HP EliteBook 8740w

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing CPU, RAM
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Graphics	7.27% 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	10% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
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 9 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.

Very high background CPU (35%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	HP EliteBook 8740w (all builds)
Motherboard	Hewlett-Packard 1520
Memory	3 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20120613
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Oct 06 '15 at 07:19
Run Duration	170 Seconds
Run User	KOR-User
Background CPU	35%

PC Performing as expected (44^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 Q 720-$220 13,149 User benchmarks, average bench 51% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 1.6 GHz Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		1-Core 56.8 2-Core 90.6 35% 73.7 Pts	4-Core 146 8-Core 245 24% 195 Pts	64-Core 247 15% 247 Pts
Poor: 30% Great: 60%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Quadro FX 3800M 388 User benchmarks, average bench 7% HP(103C 1520) 1GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 9.18.13.4144 Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	7.27% Terrible	Lighting 9.9 Reflection 9.23 Parallax 3.59 8% 7.57 fps	MRender 7.81 Gravity 7.47 Splatting 6.09 6% 7.12 fps
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 7.27% Great: 8%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Transcend TS128GSSD25S-M 128GB 357 User benchmarks, average bench 21% 24GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1304 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 16777215 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4279 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 381 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 50 100 236224970802 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 7864333 (AD) Unknown 100 100 8622571868	10% Very poor	Read 29.1 Write 26.6 Mixed 43.4 7% 33 MB/s	4K Read 7.67 4K Write 9.81 4K Mixed 4.2 22% 7.22 MB/s	DQ Read 29.2 DQ Write 2.92 DQ Mixed 6.45 7% 12.8 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 10% Great: 35%
Hitachi HTS725050A9A364 500GB 7,947 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 63GB free Firmware: PC4O Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 148 100 115964116994 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 3298 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 6240 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 778 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 2031616 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 53 672792612 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 3 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 2359332 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 90 90 105534 (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 100 100 0 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 99 0	43.3% Average	Read 73 Write 77.9 Mixed 79 58% 76.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 0.96 4K Mixed 0.26 65% 0.55 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 43.3% Great: 58%

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Desktop 50%

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Workstation 6%

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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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Total price: $245

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 $177	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

HP EliteBook 8740w

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