HP EliteBook 8740w

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 5% Tree trunk	Desktop 56% Gunboat	Workstation 4% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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. 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 59.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	6.9% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	HP EliteBook 8740w (all builds)
Motherboard	Hewlett-Packard 1520
Memory	9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120613
Uptime	2.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 11 '21 at 14:43
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing as expected (50^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 2.25 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	59.1% Above average	Memory 80.7 1-Core 80.5 2-Core 131 60% 97.3 Pts	4-Core 211 8-Core 264 30% 238 Pts	64-Core 260 16% 260 Pts
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 59.1% Great: 70%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Quadro FX 3800M 388 User benchmarks, average bench 7% HP(103C 1520) 1GB Ram: 1GB, Driver: 341.92 Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	6.9% Terrible	Lighting 9.6 Reflection 10.7 Parallax 3.6 8% 7.97 fps	MRender 8.2 Gravity 7.6 Splatting 3.9 5% 6.57 fps
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 6.9% Great: 8%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Hitachi HTS725050A9A364 500GB 7,947 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 351GB free (System drive) Firmware: PC4OCH0A SusWrite @10s intervals: 63 28 69 52 67 80 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	44.8% Average	Read 96.2 Write 82.2 Mixed 50 SusWrite 59.7 53% 72 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.8 136% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 44.8% Great: 58%
USB DISK 3.0 64GB 1,557 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 10GB free, PID 5500 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 3.2 5.6 8.4 9.2 7.2 9.5 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 21.9 Write 1.2 SusWrite 7.2 9% 10.1 MB/s	4K Read 6.1 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 23% 2.03 MB/s
Poor: 6% Great: 41%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x4GB 106,178 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR3 Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	40.6% Average	MC Read 14.7 MC Write 13.7 MC Mixed 13.2 40% 13.9 GB/s	SC Read 11.7 SC Write 11.9 SC Mixed 11.5 33% 11.7 GB/s	Latency 79.3 50% 79.3 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 40.6% Great: 61%

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Typical EliteBook 8740w Builds (Compare 141 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 7%

Tree trunk

Desktop 50%

Yacht

Workstation 6%

Tree trunk

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 $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