HP EliteBook 8470p

Performance Results


Gaming 6% Tree trunk	Desktop 48% Yacht	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 49.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	3.88% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	44% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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 (56%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	HP EliteBook 8470p (all builds)
Motherboard	Hewlett-Packard 179B
Memory	6.5 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120612
Uptime	7.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 19 '18 at 17:17
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	VNM-User
Background CPU	56%

PC Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-3320M-$199 30,496 User benchmarks, average bench 48% U3E1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	49.4% Average	Memory 76.3 1-Core 49 2-Core 82.4 46% 69.2 Pts	4-Core 124 8-Core 189 19% 157 Pts	64-Core 115 7% 115 Pts
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 49.4% Great: 57%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4000 (Mobile 1.25 GHz) 409,110 User benchmarks, average bench 3% HP(103C 179B) 2GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 10.18.10.4358 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	3.88% Terrible	Lighting 4.3 Reflection 5.62 Parallax 3.03 4% 4.32 fps	MRender 4.95 Gravity 2.47 Splatting 8.35 5% 5.26 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 3.88% Great: 4%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 520 Series 240GB-$139 12,595 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 47GB free (System drive) Firmware: LF1i Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 122999273432440 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2385 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 1552 (B7) Unknown 100 100 2 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1552 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 392149 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 59 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 392149 (F2) Unknown 100 100 574481 (F9) Unknown 100 100 21604	44% Average	Read 472 Write 156 Mixed 239 63% 289 MB/s	4K Read 6.02 4K Write 28.1 4K Mixed 6.33 32% 13.5 MB/s	DQ Read 138 DQ Write 135 DQ Mixed 71.7 72% 115 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 44% Great: 95%
Hitachi HTS725050A7E630 500GB-$125 56,661 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 71GB free Firmware: GS2OA230 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 243 243 77309411329 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 2716 (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 93 93 3347 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1897 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 6225948 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 29813 (C2) HDA temperature 176 176 210454052898 (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	57.1% Above average	Read 95.5 Write 103 Mixed 102 76% 100 MB/s	4K Read 0.79 4K Write 1.77 4K Mixed 0.22 91% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 57.1% Great: 72%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5428-018.A00LF Micron 16KTF51264HZ-1G6M1 12GB 33 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 4096 MB Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	38.5% Below average	MC Read 14.3 MC Write 14.4 MC Mixed 13.1 40% 13.9 GB/s	SC Read 6.5 SC Write 8 SC Mixed 8.5 22% 7.67 GB/s	Latency 87.6 46% 87.6 ns
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 38.5% Great: 53%

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Gaming 2%

Tree trunk

Desktop 48%

Yacht

Workstation 2%

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System: HP EliteBook 8470p

CPU
Core i5-3320MIntel $199Bench 48%, 30,496 samples	592x
Core i5-3360MIntel $594Bench 54%, 5,754 samples	195x
Core i7-3520MIntelBench 53%, 19,660 samples	139x

GPU
HD 4000 (Mobile 1.25 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 409,110 samples	1,215x
Radeon HD 7500MAMDBench 4%, 12,745 samples	172x
HD 3000 (Mobile V2 1.3 GHz)IntelBench 2%, 110,588 samples	9x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	46x
520 Series 180GBIntel $132Bench 72%, 14,258 samples	30x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	26x

RAM
HMT351S6EFR8A-PB 1x4GBHynixBench 28%, 12,200 samples	36x
HMT351S6EFR8A-PB 2x4GBHynixBench 50%, 13,765 samples	32x
HMT351S6CFR8C-PB 2x4GBHynixBench 50%, 25,458 samples	28x

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Value: 49% - Average

Total price: $227

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