HP ProBook 4540s

Performance Results


Gaming 5% Tree trunk	Desktop 52% Yacht	Workstation 4% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 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%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	3.37% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	19.2% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (30%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	HP ProBook 4540s (all builds)
Motherboard	Hewlett-Packard 17F6
Memory	3.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170714
Uptime	8.9 Days
Run Date	Sep 07 '19 at 11:22
Run Duration	122 Seconds
Run User	IRN-User
Background CPU	30%

PC Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-3230M-$100 61,311 User benchmarks, average bench 49% U3E1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 3 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	49% Average	Memory 77.8 1-Core 74.3 2-Core 132 58% 94.8 Pts	4-Core 117 8-Core 138 16% 128 Pts	64-Core 156 10% 156 Pts
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 49% Great: 58%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4000 (Mobile 1.25 GHz) FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? HP(103C 17F4) 2GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 10.18.10.4252 Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	3.37% Terrible	Lighting 3.8 Reflection 4.92 Parallax 2.69 3% 3.8 fps	MRender 3.57 Gravity 2.23 Splatting 7.35 4% 4.38 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 3.37% Great: 4%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Adata SU630 240GB 60,212 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 91GB free (System drive) Firmware: R1210A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 43 201 17 35 26 2.9 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	19.2% Very poor	Read 323 Write 315 Mixed 4.5 SusWrite 54 38% 174 MB/s	4K Read 6.2 4K Write 3.1 4K Mixed 0.2 11% 3.17 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 19.2% Great: 101%
Seagate ST500LM012 HN-M500MBB 500GB 47,588 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 17GB free Firmware: 2AR20002 SusWrite @10s intervals: 71 74 68 66 63 74 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	43.8% Average	Read 83 Write 50.7 Mixed 48.5 SusWrite 69.4 46% 62.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.5 107% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 43.8% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KN2M64-ETB 1x8GB 4,781 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 1 of 2 slots used 8GB SODIMM DDR3 1600 MHz Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	28.9% Poor	MC Read 10.1 MC Write 9.2 MC Mixed 8.8 27% 9.37 GB/s	SC Read 8.4 SC Write 9.2 SC Mixed 8.9 25% 8.83 GB/s	Latency 84.8 47% 84.8 ns
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 28.9% Great: 32%

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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 2%

Tree trunk

Desktop 49%

Yacht

Workstation 2%

Tree trunk

System: HP ProBook 4540s

CPU
Core i5-3230MIntel $100Bench 49%, 61,311 samples	318x
Core i5-3210MIntel $52Bench 48%, 79,744 samples	288x
Core i3-3110MIntel $70Bench 48%, 34,445 samples	218x

GPU
HD 4000 (Mobile 1.25 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 409,110 samples	987x
HD 3000 (Mobile V2 1.3 GHz)IntelBench 2%, 110,588 samples	62x
HD 3000 (Mobile V1 1.1/1.2 GHz)IntelBench 2%, 209,058 samples	43x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	39x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	24x
BX500 240GBCrucial $27Bench 56%, 142,801 samples	21x

RAM
HMT351S6CFR8C-PB 1x4GBHynixBench 27%, 17,632 samples	44x
HMT351S6EFR8A-PB 1x4GBHynixBench 28%, 12,200 samples	27x
16KTF51264HZ-1G6M1 1x4GBMicronBench 27%, 6,018 samples	27x

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Total price: $128

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16