HP EliteBook 8740w

Performance Results


Gaming 28% Raft	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 21% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (40th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 60 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 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 63.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	39.1% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	50% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	HP EliteBook 8740w (all builds)
Motherboard	Hewlett-Packard 1520
Memory	27 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors, 1024 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151110
Uptime	17.8 Days
Run Date	Apr 10 '21 at 02:30
Run Duration	126 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing below expectations (40^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 X 940-$79 592 User benchmarks, average bench 60% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.15 GHz, turbo 2.35 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	63.8% Good	Memory 88.3 1-Core 82.9 2-Core 140 64% 104 Pts	4-Core 223 8-Core 266 32% 244 Pts	64-Core 271 17% 271 Pts
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 63.8% Great: 70%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980M 14,160 User benchmarks, average bench 41% HP(103C 1520) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1126 MHz, MLim: 1252 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing below potential (44^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	39.1% Below average	Lighting 46.6 Reflection 56.8 Parallax 49 38% 50.8 fps	MRender 57.7 Gravity 49.2 Splatting 46.6 41% 51.2 fps
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 39.1% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 275GB-$100 67,541 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 173GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR060 SusWrite @10s intervals: 185 199 197 195 201 136 MB/s Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	50% Above average	Read 238 Write 184 Mixed 191 SusWrite 186 45% 200 MB/s	4K Read 16 4K Write 37.6 4K Mixed 20.1 70% 24.6 MB/s	DQ Read 157 DQ Write 180 DQ Mixed 141 114% 160 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 50% Great: 95%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 422GB free Firmware: JB0OA3P0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 107 108 107 108 108 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	66.4% Good	Read 124 Write 126 Mixed 24.9 SusWrite 107 69% 95.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.6 124% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 66.4% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x8GB 41,916 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB SODIMM DDR3 Performing below potential (18^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	42.6% Average	MC Read 16 MC Write 13.9 MC Mixed 13.2 41% 14.4 GB/s	SC Read 11 SC Write 13.2 SC Mixed 13.2 36% 12.5 GB/s	Latency 69.2 58% 69.2 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 42.6% Great: 115%

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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 7%

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Desktop 50%

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Workstation 6%

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System: HP EliteBook 8740w

CPU
Core i7 Q 720Intel $220Bench 51%, 13,149 samples	30x
Core i7 Q 740Intel $190Bench 54%, 13,278 samples	21x
Core i7 M 640IntelBench 43%, 5,045 samples	15x

GPU
Quadro FX 2800MNvidiaBench 5%, 1,135 samples	80x
Quadro FX 3800MNvidiaBench 7%, 388 samples	25x
Mobility Radeon HD 5870AMDBench 9%, 3,040 samples	22x

SSD
CS900 120GBPNY $25Bench 69%, 42,924 samples	11x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	5x
840 Evo 120GBSamsung $85Bench 91%, 104,444 samples	3x

RAM
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	55x
1x4GBUnknownBench 28%, 154,807 samples	13x
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples	13x

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Value: 50% - Above average

Total price: $245

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 $40	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