HP EliteBook 8540w

Performance Results


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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (36th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 64 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 60.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	3.47% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	48.2% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
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

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

System	HP EliteBook 8540w (all builds)
Motherboard	Hewlett-Packard 1521
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20130913
Uptime	1.9 Days
Run Date	Dec 22 '19 at 22:27
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	HUN-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing below expectations (36^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 Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	60.5% Good	Memory 91.1 1-Core 32.1 2-Core 78.3 46% 67.2 Pts	4-Core 165 8-Core 236 25% 200 Pts	64-Core 238 15% 238 Pts
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 60.5% Great: 63%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Quadro FX 1800M 1,209 User benchmarks, average bench 3% HP(103C 1521) 1GB Ram: 1GB, Driver: 310.90 Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	3.47% Terrible	Lighting 4.17 Reflection 5.31 Parallax 1.44 3% 3.64 fps	MRender 6.71 Gravity 3.1 Splatting 3.87 4% 4.56 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 3.47% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 86GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 212 117 81 87 90 90 MB/s Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	48.2% Average	Read 226 Write 218 Mixed 209 SusWrite 113 43% 192 MB/s	4K Read 20 4K Write 32.9 4K Mixed 25.3 80% 26.1 MB/s	DQ Read 159 DQ Write 158 DQ Mixed 163 121% 160 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 48.2% Great: 124%
WD My Book 1105 3TB 15 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 699GB free Firmware: 1017 SusWrite @10s intervals: 66 63 65 63 67 64 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	45.5% Average	Read 93.5 Write 79.1 Mixed 53.7 SusWrite 64.6 54% 72.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 158% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 45.5% Great: 58%
WD Elements 25A3 5TB 1,735 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 1TB free, PID 25a3 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 93 88 87 91 90 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	40.3% Average	Read 84.1 Write 53.8 Mixed 43.2 SusWrite 91.2 90% 68.1 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 126% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 40.3% Great: 66%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x8GB 236,291 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR3 Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	25.9% Poor	MC Read 8.5 MC Write 7.5 MC Mixed 6.5 21% 7.5 GB/s	SC Read 9.6 SC Write 9.4 SC Mixed 9 27% 9.33 GB/s	Latency 65.6 61% 65.6 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 25.9% Great: 97%

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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 $25Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	14x
MX500 500GBCrucial $53Bench 106%, 237,241 samples	8x
A400 120GBKingston $28Bench 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: 23% - Poor

Total price: $25

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16