HP EliteBook 8540w

Performance Results


Gaming 5% Tree trunk	Desktop 45% Speed boat	Workstation 4% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (31st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 69 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 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 48.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	3.45% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	39% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
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

8 years ago, 8 years ago.

System	HP EliteBook 8540w (all builds)
Motherboard	Hewlett-Packard 1521
Memory	6 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 21 '16 at 06:10
Run Duration	127 Seconds
Run User	POL-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing below expectations (31^st 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 840-$85 1,339 User benchmarks, average bench 56% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 1.85 GHz Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	48.9% Average	Memory 79.7 1-Core 29.8 2-Core 59 40% 56.2 Pts	4-Core 101 8-Core 152 16% 126 Pts	64-Core 152 9% 152 Pts
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 48.9% Great: 63%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Quadro FX 1800M 1,209 User benchmarks, average bench 3% HP(103C 1521) 1GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 9.18.13.4192 Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	3.45% Terrible	Lighting 4.2 Reflection 6.38 Parallax 1.69 3% 4.09 fps	MRender 6.43 Gravity 3.07 Splatting 3.7 4% 4.4 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 3.45% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX900 128GB-$103 6,500 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 10GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.8. 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 (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 4045522 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 -41085657150306 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1657 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 518 (B1) Unknown 0 0 2 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 34 58 64428310562 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 4045522 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 4045522 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 4045522 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 5416 (EA) Unknown 0 0 4404 (F1) Unknown 0 0 4404 (F2) Unknown 0 0 5294	39% Below average	Read 258 Write 137 Mixed 146 40% 180 MB/s	4K Read 13.4 4K Write 19.3 4K Mixed 12 46% 14.9 MB/s	DQ Read 145 DQ Write 138 DQ Mixed 60.3 68% 114 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 39% Great: 82%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 500GB-$39 47,332 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 45GB free Firmware: 0002 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 107 71 14051183 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2803 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 3 (07) Seek error rate 66 60 116072457078 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 6912 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1853 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 6442 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 37 133598412827 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 325 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 297 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 60 60 81382 (C2) HDA temperature 27 63 4294967323 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 44 33 14051183 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 1 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 63737314679131 (F1) Unknown 100 253 636763216 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2232658998 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	41.7% Average	Read 73 Write 72.2 Mixed 24.5 41% 56.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 1.09 4K Mixed 0.46 96% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 41.7% Great: 58%

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 below expectations (25^th percentile)	23.9% Poor	MC Read 8.6 MC Write 7.2 MC Mixed 6.6 21% 7.47 GB/s	SC Read 7.2 SC Write 6.5 SC Mixed 7.6 20% 7.1 GB/s	Latency 81.1 49% 81.1 ns
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 23.9% 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 $48Bench 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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $131	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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