HP EliteBook 8730w

Performance Results


Gaming 4% Tree trunk	Desktop 39% Jet ski	Workstation 4% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (30th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 70 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 38.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	1.63% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	43.6% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (91%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	HP EliteBook 8730w (all builds)
Motherboard	Hewlett-Packard 30EC
Memory	4.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20111207
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Jul 07 '17 at 14:16
Run Duration	179 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	91%

PC Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core2 Duo T9800-$75 537 User benchmarks, average bench 41% Intel(R) Genuine processor, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads Base clock 2.95 GHz, turbo 2.85 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	38.4% Below average	Memory 67.1 1-Core 37.5 2-Core 59.1 38% 54.6 Pts	4-Core 60.2 8-Core 59.8 8% 60 Pts	64-Core 56.3 4% 56.3 Pts
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 38.4% Great: 45%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3670 405 User benchmarks, average bench 2% HP(103C 30EC) 256MB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 8.970.100.9001 Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	1.63% Terrible	Lighting 1.7 Reflection 3.77 Parallax 0.78 1% 2.08 fps	MRender 2.38 Gravity 0.67 Splatting 4.04 2% 2.36 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 1.63% Great: 2%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 329GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q 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 99 196 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 62 (B1) Unknown 99 99 6 (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 58 49 42 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 13 (F1) Unknown 99 99 5206113464	43.6% Average	Read 264 Write 211 Mixed 217 51% 231 MB/s	4K Read 26.3 4K Write 19.9 4K Mixed 11.4 65% 19.2 MB/s	DQ Read 30.4 DQ Write 22.4 DQ Mixed 17.8 16% 23.5 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 43.6% Great: 134%
Seagate Expansion Desk 2TB 12,762 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 1TB free Firmware: 0711 Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	15.4% Very poor	Read 28.8 Write 24 Mixed 25.8 20% 26.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 2.82 4K Mixed 0.1 86% 1.15 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 15.4% Great: 104%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 814GB free Firmware: JB0OA3U0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 130 130 94489280514 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 268 (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 100 100 321 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 62 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 65540 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1841 (C2) HDA temperature 162 162 206159675429 (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 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	74.7% Very good	Read 130 Write 131 Mixed 124 96% 128 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 1.59 4K Mixed 0.22 81% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 74.7% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x4GB 424,126 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 2 of 2 slots used 8GB SODIMM DDR2 Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	15.5% Very poor	MC Read 5 MC Write 4.8 MC Mixed 4.6 14% 4.8 GB/s	SC Read 3.9 SC Write 3.8 SC Mixed 4.3 11% 4 GB/s	Latency 108 37% 108 ns
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 15.5% Great: 65%

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Gaming 2%

Tree trunk

Desktop 40%

Speed boat

Workstation 2%

Tree trunk

System: HP EliteBook 8730w

CPU
Core2 Duo T9600Intel $170Bench 39%, 2,726 samples	14x
Core2 Duo T9400Intel $55Bench 39%, 3,295 samples	7x
Core2 Duo P8600Intel $42Bench 37%, 8,502 samples	5x

GPU
Quadro FX 2700MNvidiaBench 3%, 788 samples	23x
Mobility Radeon HD 3670ATIBench 2%, 405 samples	13x
Quadro FX 3700MNvidiaBench 6%, 383 samples	3x

SSD
320 Series 80GBIntel $60Bench 38%, 4,402 samples	2x
840 Pro 256GBSamsung $190Bench 95%, 73,119 samples	1x
Extreme 120GBSanDisk $160Bench 69%, 11,787 samples	1x

RAM
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples	23x
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	9x
1x2GBUnknownBench 17%, 99,586 samples	3x

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Value: 34% - Below average

Total price: $230

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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 $45	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