HP EliteBook 840 G3

Performance Results


Gaming 5% Tree trunk	Desktop 45% Yacht	Workstation 4% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (22nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 78 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 below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 42.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	3.82% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	58% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Very high background CPU (47%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	HP EliteBook 840 G3 (all builds)
Motherboard	HP 8079
Memory	0.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20220728
Uptime	3.6 Days
Run Date	Mar 19 '24 at 15:31
Run Duration	128 Seconds
Run User	DZA-User
Background CPU	47%

PC Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6500U 102,213 User benchmarks, average bench 46% U3E1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 2.75 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	42.5% Average	Memory 62.4 1-Core 60.4 2-Core 118 48% 80.4 Pts	4-Core 128 8-Core 159 18% 143 Pts	64-Core 155 10% 155 Pts
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 42.5% Great: 57%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 520 (Mobile Skylake) 362,113 User benchmarks, average bench 4% HP(103C 8079) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 31.0.101.2121 Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	3.82% Terrible	Lighting 4.6 Reflection 2.2 Parallax 5.6 4% 4.13 fps	MRender 3.3 Gravity 5.2 Splatting 5.6 4% 4.7 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.82% Great: 5%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MTFDDAV512TBN-1AR1ZABHA 512GB 910 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 167GB free (System drive) Firmware: HPC0012 SusWrite @10s intervals: 264 228 295 240 157 181 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	58% Above average	Read 320 Write 317 Mixed 280 SusWrite 227 64% 286 MB/s	4K Read 15.4 4K Write 35.1 4K Mixed 20.9 69% 23.8 MB/s	DQ Read 254 DQ Write 188 DQ Mixed 207 159% 216 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 58% Great: 96%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMA81GS6MFR8N-UH 1x8GB 6,703 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 1 of 2 slots used 8GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	14.5% Very poor	MC Read 5.3 MC Write 4.5 MC Mixed 3.5 13% 4.43 GB/s	SC Read 5.8 SC Write 5.3 SC Mixed 1.4 12% 4.17 GB/s	Latency 120 33% 120 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 14.5% Great: 43%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 15: 0P 1R 1G 7B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
15%	21%	43	63	23	60	13.9"	1280 720	AUO133D

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Gaming 6%

Tree trunk

Desktop 43%

Speed boat

Workstation 5%

Tree trunk

System: HP EliteBook 840 G3

CPU
Core i5-6300UIntelBench 40%, 59,619 samples	3,453x
Core i7-6600UIntelBench 45%, 31,982 samples	934x
Core i5-6200UIntelBench 41%, 135,462 samples	866x

GPU
HD 520 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 4%, 362,113 samples	5,591x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	1x
HD 620 (Mobile Kaby Lake)IntelBench 5%, 387,149 samples	1x

SSD
SD8SN8U-256G-1006 256GBSandiskBench 70%, 12,432 samples	617x
SSDSCKKF256G8H 256GBIntelBench 85%, 2,188 samples	303x
MTFDDAV256TBN-1AR15ABHA 256GBCrucialBench 74%, 4,569 samples	179x

RAM
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 1x8GBHynixBench 37%, 144,145 samples	724x
M471A1K43CB1-CRC 1x8GBSamsungBench 37%, 122,420 samples	709x
HMA81GS6MFR8N-UH 1x8GBHynixBench 36%, 6,703 samples	283x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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 $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16