HP EliteBook 840 G1

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing CPU, GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (31st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 69 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.
Boot Drive	37.8% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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.

Very high background CPU (37%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	HP EliteBook 840 G1 (all builds)
Motherboard	Hewlett-Packard 198F
Memory	8.3 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160425
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 20 '23 at 02:55
Run Duration	137 Seconds
Run User	BGD-User
Background CPU	37%

PC Performing below expectations (31^st 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 2.65 GHz (avg) Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		1-Core 64.6 2-Core 115 42% 89.6 Pts	4-Core 149 8-Core 164 21% 157 Pts	64-Core 158 10% 158 Pts
Poor: 23% Great: 62%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
KingSSD-N100128 128GB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 22GB free (System drive) Firmware: S0414 SusWrite @10s intervals: 170 30 49 31 45 30 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	37.8% Below average	Read 440 Write 344 Mixed 50.2 SusWrite 59.1 49% 223 MB/s	4K Read 19.9 4K Write 28 4K Mixed 4.1 50% 17.3 MB/s	DQ Read 74.4 DQ Write 45.6 DQ Mixed 1.2 17% 40.4 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 37.8% Great: 99%
Toshiba MQ01ABD050V 500GB 5,167 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 517GB free Firmware: AX0U1Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 17 20 20 18 18 18 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	36.5% Below average	Read 109 Write 10.8 Mixed 11.9 SusWrite 18.3 27% 37.4 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0.1 74% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 36.5% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471B5173QH0-YK0 0423 Team-Elite-1600 12GB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 8192 MB Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	37.7% Below average	MC Read 14.5 MC Write 15.6 MC Mixed 12.3 40% 14.1 GB/s	SC Read 6.8 SC Write 8.3 SC Mixed 8 22% 7.7 GB/s	Latency 134 30% 134 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 37.7% Great: 46%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0P 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	2	124	58	60	0"	1366 768

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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 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

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