HP EliteBook 8530w

Performance Results


Gaming 4% Tree trunk	Desktop 44% Speed boat	Workstation 4% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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 43.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	1.81% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	62.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
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, 2 years ago.

System	HP EliteBook 8530w (all builds)
Motherboard	Hewlett-Packard 30E7
Memory	5.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20111208
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 18 '21 at 19:35
Run Duration	137 Seconds
Run User	SVN-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing as expected (45^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core2 Duo T9900-$179 1,008 User benchmarks, average bench 41% Intel(R) Genuine processor, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads Base clock 3.05 GHz, turbo 3 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	43.4% Average	Memory 71.1 1-Core 48.5 2-Core 95.6 46% 71.7 Pts	4-Core 93.7 8-Core 94.1 13% 93.9 Pts	64-Core 97.7 6% 97.7 Pts
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 43.4% Great: 45%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Quadro FX 770M 849 User benchmarks, average bench 2% HP(103C 30E7) 512MB Ram: 512MB, Driver: 342.00 Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	1.81% Terrible	Lighting 1.8 Reflection 2.1 Parallax 0.9 2% 1.6 fps	MRender 4.9 Gravity 1.6 Splatting 2.8 2% 3.1 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 1.81% Great: 2%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WDS500G2B0A-00SM50 500GB 97,462 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 353GB free (System drive) Firmware: 415000WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 210 199 190 204 209 222 MB/s Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	62.4% Good	Read 234 Write 209 Mixed 184 SusWrite 206 47% 208 MB/s	4K Read 24.1 4K Write 48.8 4K Mixed 33.7 106% 35.5 MB/s	DQ Read 166 DQ Write 157 DQ Mixed 137 110% 154 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 62.4% Great: 111%
WD Blue 2.5" 500GB (2009)-$50 31,419 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 246GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 70 69 71 70 73 74 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	40% Average	Read 67.8 Write 66.2 Mixed 42.8 SusWrite 71.3 46% 62 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 145% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 40% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x4GB 424,126 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 2 of 2 slots used 8GB SODIMM DDR2 Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	18.1% Very poor	MC Read 6.6 MC Write 5.2 MC Mixed 4.9 16% 5.57 GB/s	SC Read 5.7 SC Write 5.3 SC Mixed 5 15% 5.33 GB/s	Latency 98.8 40% 98.8 ns
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 18.1% Great: 65%

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

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Gaming 2%

Tree trunk

Desktop 41%

Speed boat

Workstation 2%

Tree trunk

System: HP EliteBook 8530w

CPU
Core2 Duo T9600Intel $170Bench 39%, 2,726 samples	16x
Core2 Duo T9400Intel $55Bench 39%, 3,295 samples	10x
Core2 Extreme Q9300Intel $172Bench 46%, 660 samples	6x

GPU
Quadro FX 770MNvidiaBench 2%, 849 samples	44x
Mobility Radeon HD 3650ATIBench 2%, 3,003 samples	4x

SSD
860 Evo 250GBSamsung $52Bench 104%, 296,814 samples	5x
WDS500G2B0A-00SM50 500GBWDCBench 93%, 97,462 samples	2x
SSD 120GBGigabyte $30Bench 70%, 13,685 samples	2x

RAM
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples	32x
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	10x
6GBUnknownBench 25%, 111,301 samples	3x

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Value: 39% - Below average

Total price: $222

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $250	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $490	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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 $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16