HP EliteBook 840 14 inch G9 Notebook PC

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (26th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 74 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. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 67.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	14.9% 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.
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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

Very high background CPU (41%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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System	HP EliteBook 840 14 inch G9 Notebook PC (all builds)
Motherboard	HP 896D
Memory	9.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 4.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20231005
Uptime	11.3 Days
Run Date	Apr 22 '24 at 21:31
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	41%

PC Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-1240P 2,059 User benchmarks, average bench 83% U3E1, 1 CPU, 12 cores, 16 threads Base clock 1.7 GHz, turbo 2.3 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	67.1% Good	Memory 51.2 1-Core 124 2-Core 264 75% 146 Pts	4-Core 468 8-Core 519 65% 493 Pts	64-Core 910 56% 910 Pts
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 67.1% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 7,232 User benchmarks, average bench 15% HP(103C 896D) 1GB Driver: <> Ver. 31.0.101.4887 Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	14.9% Very poor	Lighting 17.4 Reflection 18.9 Parallax 20.7 14% 19 fps	MRender 17.5 Gravity 28.2 Splatting 15.5 16% 20.4 fps
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 14.9% Great: 21%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SK hynix PC801 HFS256GEJ9X101N 256GB 40 User benchmarks, average bench 227% 192GB free (System drive) Firmware: HPS1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 865 739 1049 726 406 398 MB/s Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Write 990 Mixed 816 SusWrite 697 194% 834 MB/s	DQ Read 544 DQ Write 185 DQ Mixed 171 177% 300 MB/s	4K Write 79.5 4K Mixed 52.8 165% 66.2 MB/s
Poor: 75% Great: 401%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M425R2GA3BB0-CQKOL 1x16GB 2,622 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 1 of 2 slots used 16GB SODIMM 22h clocked @ 4800 MHz Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	63% Good	MC Read 23.6 MC Write 23.4 MC Mixed 23.7 67% 23.6 GB/s	SC Read 10.6 SC Write 23.1 SC Mixed 14.8 46% 16.2 GB/s	Latency 135 30% 135 ns
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 63% Great: 82%

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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%	0	68	55	60	14"	1280 720	BOE0A05

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Desktop 75%

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Workstation 18%

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System: HP EliteBook 840 14 inch G9 Notebook PC

CPU
Core i7-1255UIntelBench 65%, 11,564 samples	121x
Core i5-1235UIntelBench 60%, 8,532 samples	66x
Core i7-1265UIntelBench 61%, 1,579 samples	45x

GPU
Iris Xe GraphicsIntelBench 13%, 18,007 samples	155x
UHD GraphicsIntelBench 12%, 3,470 samples	115x
Iris Xe GraphicsIntelBench 16%, 72,765 samples	25x

SSD
MZVLQ512HBLU-00BH1 512GBSamsungBench 130%, 3,023 samples	70x
hynix BC711 HFM512GD3JX013N 512GBSKBench 198%, 4,708 samples	50x
MZVLQ256HBJD-00BH1 256GBSamsungBench 115%, 2,359 samples	20x

RAM
M425R1GB4BB0-CQKOL 2x8GBSamsungBench 120%, 26,893 samples	63x
M425R2GA3BB0-CQKOL 1x16GBSamsungBench 70%, 2,622 samples	62x
M425R2GA3BB0-CQKOL 2x16GBSamsungBench 130%, 9,018 samples	32x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $170	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $122	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16