HP EliteBook 8540p

Performance Results


Gaming 3% Tree trunk	Desktop 44% Speed boat	Workstation 3% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 42.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	2.83% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	32.1% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	6GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 6GB 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 (33%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	HP EliteBook 8540p (all builds)
Motherboard	Hewlett-Packard 1521
Memory	3.5 GB free of 6 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit farver
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20100823
Uptime	2.7 Days
Run Date	Dec 25 '18 at 11:38
Run Duration	115 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	33%

PC Performing as expected (54^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5 M 520-$70 23,644 User benchmarks, average bench 40% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.4 GHz, turbo 2.55 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	42.2% Average	Memory 62.9 1-Core 63.9 2-Core 99.1 47% 75.3 Pts	4-Core 124 8-Core 139 17% 132 Pts	64-Core 144 9% 144 Pts
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 42.2% Great: 47%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia NVS 5100M 1,931 User benchmarks, average bench 2% HP(103C 1521) 1GB Ram: 1GB, Driver: 341.92 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	2.83% Terrible	Lighting 3.3 Reflection 4.65 Parallax 1.28 3% 3.08 fps	MRender 5.86 Gravity 2.2 Splatting 3.57 3% 3.87 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 2.83% Great: 3%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force 3 90GB-$242 1,943 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 55GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.3.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 72 70 74 75 70 83 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	32.1% Below average	Read 134 Write 87 Mixed 105 SusWrite 74.2 22% 100 MB/s	4K Read 13.8 4K Write 25.7 4K Mixed 15.7 55% 18.4 MB/s	DQ Read 145 DQ Write 93.8 DQ Mixed 46.9 54% 95.3 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 32.1% Great: 56%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 6GB 111,301 User benchmarks, average bench 25% null MHz 2048, 4096 MB Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	22.1% Poor	MC Read 7.5 MC Write 6.8 MC Mixed 8.1 21% 7.47 GB/s	SC Read 6.2 SC Write 5.3 SC Mixed 5.7 16% 5.73 GB/s	Latency 119 34% 119 ns
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 22.1% Great: 46%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 5%

Tree trunk

Desktop 43%

Speed boat

Workstation 5%

Tree trunk

System: HP EliteBook 8540p

CPU
Core i5 M 540IntelBench 41%, 8,329 samples	83x
Core i7 M 620IntelBench 42%, 9,076 samples	75x
Core i5 M 520Intel $70Bench 40%, 23,644 samples	72x

GPU
NVS 5100MNvidiaBench 2%, 1,931 samples	305x
Quadro FX 880MNvidiaBench 2%, 4,542 samples	3x
Quadro FX 1800MNvidiaBench 3%, 1,209 samples	1x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	13x
A400 120GBKingston $29Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	7x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $37Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	5x

RAM
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	149x
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples	83x
6GBUnknownBench 25%, 111,301 samples	41x

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Value: 21% - Poor

Total price: $28

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	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