HP EliteBook 8740w

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 21% Surfboard	Desktop 69% Battle cruiser	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 63.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	33.3% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Memory	28GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 28GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

System	HP EliteBook 8740w (all builds)
Motherboard	Hewlett-Packard 1520
Memory	26 GB free of 28 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20111205
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 08 '18 at 14:43
Run Duration	119 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (78^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 920-$90 998 User benchmarks, average bench 57% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2 GHz, turbo 2.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	63.8% Good	Memory 92.4 1-Core 78.3 2-Core 138 64% 103 Pts	4-Core 196 8-Core 261 29% 229 Pts	64-Core 263 16% 263 Pts
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 63.8% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970M 21,995 User benchmarks, average bench 31% HP(103C 1520) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1038 MHz, MLim: 1252 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 391.24 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	33.3% Below average	Lighting 41.4 Reflection 42.3 Parallax 38 34% 40.6 fps	MRender 43.5 Gravity 40.5 Splatting 35.8 32% 40 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 33.3% Great: 33%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 1TB 266,123 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 889GB free Firmware: 2BA30001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 82 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 90 89 3130 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1525 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1516 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 5 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 882 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 669 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 140 (C2) HDA temperature 64 53 206158561306 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 1294 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 5 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 25073	56.7% Above average	Read 98.6 Write 99 Mixed 101 75% 99.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.76 4K Mixed 0.38 96% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 56.7% Great: 59%
Spcc Solid State Disk 256GB 641 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 142GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM13.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 19 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 29 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 269 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 10 (C2) HDA temperature 97 97 128850984990 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 153
Poor: 11% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 28GB 1,633 User benchmarks, average bench 56% null MHz 8192, 4096, 8192, 8192 MB Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	41.7% Average	MC Read 15.5 MC Write 13.4 MC Mixed 12.9 40% 13.9 GB/s	SC Read 11.6 SC Write 11.7 SC Mixed 11.8 33% 11.7 GB/s	Latency 63.3 63% 63.3 ns
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 41.7% Great: 137%

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Gaming 7%

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Desktop 50%

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Workstation 6%

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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 $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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