HP EliteBook 8540p

Performance Results


Gaming 4% Tree trunk	Desktop 47% Yacht	Workstation 4% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 45.6%, 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	37.5% 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 9 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

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	HP EliteBook 8540p (all builds)
Motherboard	Hewlett-Packard 1521
Memory	5.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20130913
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 21 '19 at 21:22
Run Duration	117 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (52^nd 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 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	45.6% Average	Memory 64.1 1-Core 72.1 2-Core 120 51% 85.4 Pts	4-Core 158 8-Core 159 21% 159 Pts	64-Core 160 10% 160 Pts
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 45.6% 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: 307.83 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	2.83% Terrible	Lighting 3.23 Reflection 5.19 Parallax 1.28 3% 3.24 fps	MRender 6.14 Gravity 2.23 Splatting 3.65 3% 4.01 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 2.83% Great: 3%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 520 Series 180GB-$132 14,258 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 19GB free (System drive) Firmware: 400i SusWrite @10s intervals: 133 109 116 106 109 114 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	37.5% Below average	Read 196 Write 164 Mixed 153 SusWrite 114 35% 157 MB/s	4K Read 13.1 4K Write 19.7 4K Mixed 15.5 50% 16.1 MB/s	DQ Read 172 DQ Write 145 DQ Mixed 153 116% 157 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 37.5% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x4GB 424,126 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 2 of 2 slots used 8GB SODIMM DDR3 Performing below potential (28^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	25.3% Poor	MC Read 8 MC Write 7 MC Mixed 10.9 25% 8.63 GB/s	SC Read 7.2 SC Write 5.9 SC Mixed 7.2 19% 6.77 GB/s	Latency 116 34% 116 ns
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 25.3% Great: 65%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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 $30Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	7x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $38Bench 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: 22% - Poor

Total price: $28

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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 $40	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