HP EliteBook 840 G3

Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 53% Yacht	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall 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.
Processor	With 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 46%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	5.66% 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	74% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (71%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU. CPU throttled at 96% by Windows. Ensure maximum processor state is set to 100% via Settings > System > Power & sleep > Additional power settings > Change plan settings > Change advanced power settings > Processor power management > Maximum processor state.

System	HP EliteBook 840 G3 (all builds)
Motherboard	HP 8079
Memory	8.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160322
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 21 '18 at 00:38
Run Duration	219 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	71%
CPU Throttled	96%

PC Performing as expected (51^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6300U 59,619 User benchmarks, average bench 40% U3E1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.5 GHz, turbo 2.9 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	46% Average	Memory 75.8 1-Core 64.4 2-Core 122 54% 87.5 Pts	4-Core 89.9 8-Core 228 18% 159 Pts	64-Core 151 9% 151 Pts
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 46% Great: 54%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 520 (Mobile Skylake) 362,113 User benchmarks, average bench 4% HP(103C 8079) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 23.20.16.4877 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	5.66% Terrible	Lighting 5.93 Reflection 8.54 Parallax 5.66 5% 6.71 fps	MRender 7.86 Gravity 5.2 Splatting 12.2 7% 8.42 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.66% Great: 5%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung MZNLN256HCHP-000H1 256GB 2,368 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 75GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT22H0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 4001 (0B) Calibration retry count 99 99 75 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 775 (AA) Unknown 100 100 714 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 96 96 74 (AE) Unknown 99 99 75 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 5 (BE) vendor-specific 66 43 34 (C4) Reallocation count 253 253 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0	74% Very good	Read 500 Write 244 Mixed 307 77% 350 MB/s	4K Read 22.9 4K Write 59.4 4K Mixed 24.7 98% 35.7 MB/s	DQ Read 264 DQ Write 156 DQ Mixed 64.4 87% 161 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 74% Great: 98%
SABRENT 120GB 119 User benchmarks, average bench 21% 68GB free Firmware: 0204 Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	13.7% Very poor	Read 19.4 Write 28.1 Mixed 24.8 18% 24.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 0.94 4K Mixed 0.22 60% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 13.7% Great: 32%
Kingston DataTraveler 100 G3 USB 3.0 32GB-$9 66,405 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 23GB free, PID 1666 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	21.8% Poor	Read 119 Write 10.8 Mixed 15.5 40% 48.5 MB/s	4K Read 8.66 4K Write 0.03 4K Mixed 0.05 35% 2.91 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 21.8% Great: 28%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471A1G43DB0-CPB 2x8GB 20,956 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	61.4% Good	MC Read 23.1 MC Write 25.7 MC Mixed 22.7 68% 23.8 GB/s	SC Read 4 SC Write 14.2 SC Mixed 9.1 26% 9.1 GB/s	Latency 88.7 45% 88.7 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 61.4% Great: 76%

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Gaming 6%

Tree trunk

Desktop 43%

Speed boat

Workstation 5%

Tree trunk

System: HP EliteBook 840 G3

CPU
Core i5-6300UIntelBench 40%, 59,619 samples	3,441x
Core i7-6600UIntelBench 45%, 31,982 samples	931x
Core i5-6200UIntelBench 41%, 135,462 samples	865x

GPU
HD 520 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 4%, 362,113 samples	5,575x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	1x
HD 620 (Mobile Kaby Lake)IntelBench 5%, 387,149 samples	1x

SSD
SD8SN8U-256G-1006 256GBSandiskBench 70%, 12,432 samples	615x
SSDSCKKF256G8H 256GBIntelBench 85%, 2,188 samples	301x
MTFDDAV256TBN-1AR15ABHA 256GBCrucialBench 74%, 4,569 samples	179x

RAM
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 1x8GBHynixBench 37%, 144,145 samples	720x
M471A1K43CB1-CRC 1x8GBSamsungBench 37%, 122,420 samples	707x
HMA81GS6MFR8N-UH 1x8GBHynixBench 36%, 6,703 samples	283x

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Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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