HP EliteBook 840 G1

Performance Results


Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 52% Yacht	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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 52.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	3.5% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	72.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

CPU throttled at 76% by Windows. Ensure maximum processor state is set to 100% via Settings > System > Power & sleep > Additional power settings > Change plan settings > Change advanced power settings > Processor power management > Maximum processor state.

System	HP EliteBook 840 G1 (all builds)
Motherboard	Hewlett-Packard 198F
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160523
Uptime	7.5 Days
Run Date	Jan 06 '20 at 18:33
Run Duration	222 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	1%
CPU Throttled	76%

PC Performing as expected (47^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4310U 14,648 User benchmarks, average bench 49% U3E1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 2 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	52.7% Above average	Memory 78.6 1-Core 56.3 2-Core 104 51% 79.6 Pts	4-Core 158 8-Core 160 21% 159 Pts	64-Core 156 10% 156 Pts
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 52.7% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4400 (Mobile 1.0/1.1 GHz) 275,372 User benchmarks, average bench 2% HP(103C 198F) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.5063 Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	3.5% Terrible	Lighting 3.57 Reflection 5.92 Parallax 5.87 3% 5.12 fps	MRender 7.1 Gravity 2.23 Splatting 7.22 5% 5.52 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 3.5% Great: 3%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 750 EVO 500GB 31,052 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 381GB free (System drive) Firmware: MAT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 385 348 305 313 315 316 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	72.5% Very good	Read 382 Write 372 Mixed 301 SusWrite 330 78% 346 MB/s	4K Read 26.3 4K Write 38.3 4K Mixed 20 86% 28.2 MB/s	DQ Read 262 DQ Write 245 DQ Mixed 255 191% 254 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 72.5% Great: 123%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471B1G73QH0-YK0 2x8GB 22,647 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR3 1600 MHz Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	52% Above average	MC Read 17.9 MC Write 20.8 MC Mixed 17.4 53% 18.7 GB/s	SC Read 12.1 SC Write 11 SC Mixed 16.6 38% 13.2 GB/s	Latency 83.2 48% 83.2 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 52% Great: 58%

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

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Gaming 4%

Tree trunk

Desktop 44%

Speed boat

Workstation 4%

Tree trunk

System: HP EliteBook 840 G1

CPU
Core i5-4300UIntelBench 44%, 36,631 samples	163x
Core i7-4600UIntelBench 49%, 26,548 samples	70x
Core i5-4200UIntel $281Bench 43%, 64,450 samples	49x

GPU
HD 4400 (Mobile 1.0/1.1 GHz)IntelBench 2%, 275,372 samples	319x
Radeon HD 8750MAMDBench 6%, 409 samples	4x
Radeon HD 8500M/8700MAMDBench 6%, 604 samples	3x

SSD
SSD Pro 1500 Series 180GBIntel $209Bench 69%, 7,834 samples	16x
MTFDDAK256MAY-1AH12ABHA 256GBCrucialBench 83%, 1,792 samples	7x
MZ7PD256HCGM-000H7 256GBSamsungBench 84%, 5,922 samples	7x

RAM
M471B1G73QH0-YK0 1x8GBSamsungBench 28%, 40,451 samples	20x
M471B5173QH0-YK0 1x4GBSamsungBench 25%, 38,580 samples	15x
M471B1G73DB0-YK0 1x8GBSamsungBench 28%, 44,908 samples	13x

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Value: 4% - Terrible

Total price: $209

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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