HP EliteBook 8540w

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 3% Tree trunk	Desktop 55% Gunboat	Workstation 2% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 61.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	4.73% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	HP EliteBook 8540w (all builds)
Motherboard	Hewlett-Packard 1521
Memory	7.8 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130913
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	May 31 '19 at 20:29
Run Duration	107 Seconds
Run User	EGY-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing as expected (60^th 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, turbo 1.95 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	61.1% Good	Memory 90.8 1-Core 71.6 2-Core 118 60% 93.6 Pts	4-Core 175 8-Core 234 26% 204 Pts	64-Core 234 14% 234 Pts
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 61.1% Great: 63%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Mobility Radeon HD 5730 2,535 User benchmarks, average bench 4% HP(103C 1521) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.301.1901.0 Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	4.73% Terrible	Lighting 6.1 Reflection 6.81 Parallax 5.09 5% 6 fps	MRender 5.62 Gravity 4.27 Splatting 5.61 4% 5.16 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.73% Great: 5%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD WD3200BVVT-63A26Y0 320GB 832 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 105GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 52 46 58 60 60 58 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	32.7% Below average	Read 58.2 Write 49.8 Mixed 39.5 SusWrite 55.7 38% 50.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.6 106% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 32.7% Great: 46%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 3x4GB 39,448 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 3 of 4 slots used 12GB SODIMM DDR3 Performing below potential (17^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	30.1% Below average	MC Read 11.2 MC Write 9.4 MC Mixed 7.6 27% 9.4 GB/s	SC Read 9.1 SC Write 9 SC Mixed 9.2 26% 9.1 GB/s	Latency 66.1 60% 66.1 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 30.1% Great: 57%

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

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Typical EliteBook 8540w Builds (Compare 348 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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 $39Bench 106%, 237,241 samples	8x
A400 120GBKingston $30Bench 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: 22% - Poor

Total price: $28

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $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