HP EliteBook 840 G5

Performance Results


Gaming 48% Yacht	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 40% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	55.4% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	128% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU. CPU throttled at 88% 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 G5 (all builds)
Motherboard	HP 83B2
Memory	9.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180718
Uptime	5 Days
Run Date	Apr 15 '20 at 00:44
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	15%
CPU Throttled	88%

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PC Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-8250U 234,942 User benchmarks, average bench 53% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 1.8 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	77.1% Very good	Memory 83.1 1-Core 108 2-Core 183 73% 125 Pts	4-Core 384 8-Core 568 59% 476 Pts	64-Core 433 27% 433 Pts
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 77.1% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 580-$130 360,351 User benchmarks, average bench 52% Gigabyte(1458 230E) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1340 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.6.2 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	55.4% Above average	Lighting 70.8 Reflection 67.1 Parallax 86.1 58% 74.7 fps	MRender 62.3 Gravity 72 Splatting 55.4 51% 63.2 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 55.4% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SK hynix BC501 HFM256GDJTNG-8310A 256GB 30,266 User benchmarks, average bench 123% 105GB free (System drive) Firmware: 80000C00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 423 365 364 369 366 366 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	128% Outstanding	Read 985 Write 543 Mixed 338 SusWrite 376 124% 561 MB/s	4K Read 28.1 4K Write 89 4K Mixed 38.1 138% 51.7 MB/s	DQ Read 493 DQ Write 538 DQ Mixed 365 316% 465 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 128% Great: 164%
Samsung Portable SSD T5 1TB 13,039 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 861GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 170 183 183 183 185 180 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	36.2% Below average	Read 359 Write 171 Mixed 221 SusWrite 180 52% 233 MB/s	4K Read 22.2 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 3.5 39% 9.2 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 36.2% Great: 99%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 2x8GB 71,691 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	73.8% Very good	MC Read 28.8 MC Write 27.5 MC Mixed 22.1 75% 26.1 GB/s	SC Read 15.6 SC Write 29.5 SC Mixed 23.5 65% 22.9 GB/s	Latency 74.9 53% 74.9 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 73.8% Great: 79%

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

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Desktop 54%

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Workstation 7%

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System: HP EliteBook 840 G5

CPU
Core i5-8350UIntelBench 52%, 19,808 samples	1,838x
Core i7-8650UIntelBench 52%, 42,414 samples	723x
Core i5-8250UIntelBench 53%, 234,942 samples	617x

GPU
UHD Graphics 620 (Mobile Kaby Lake R)IntelBench 5%, 420,154 samples	3,564x
HD 620 (Mobile Kaby Lake)IntelBench 5%, 387,149 samples	263x
Radeon RX 540AMDBench 12%, 233 samples	5x

SSD
MZVLB256HAHQ-000H1 256GBSamsungBench 174%, 20,171 samples	602x
MZVLB512HAJQ-000H1 512GBSamsungBench 209%, 20,750 samples	317x
MTFDDAV256TBN-1AR15ABHA 256GBCrucialBench 74%, 4,569 samples	280x

RAM
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 1x8GBHynixBench 37%, 144,145 samples	300x
HP26D4S9S8MD-8 1x8GBKingstonBench 37%, 1,938 samples	218x
M471A1K43CB1-CTD 1x8GBSamsungBench 40%, 96,646 samples	198x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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