HP EliteBook 8740w

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 48.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	6GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 6GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	HP EliteBook 8740w (all builds)
Motherboard	Hewlett-Packard 1520
Memory	3.8 GB free of 6 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20110310
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 07 '18 at 19:46
Run Duration	147 Seconds
Run User	MAR-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing as expected (58^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 M 620 9,076 User benchmarks, average bench 42% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.65 GHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	48.4% Average	Memory 64.3 1-Core 75.8 2-Core 140 54% 93.4 Pts	4-Core 190 8-Core 191 26% 190 Pts	64-Core 188 12% 188 Pts
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 48.4% Great: 48%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Quadro FX 2800M 1,135 User benchmarks, average bench 5% HP(103C 1520) 1GB Ram: 1GB, Driver: 309.8 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 7.57 Reflection 8.42 Parallax 2.5 6% 6.16 fps	Splatting 5.48 6% 5.48 fps
Poor: 3% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD WD10JUCT-63J6SY0 1TB 3,317 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 604GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 181 175 1916 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 239 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 305 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 213 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 50 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 197 (C2) HDA temperature 107 100 40 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	57.6% Above average	Read 101 Write 100 Mixed 87.6 72% 96.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.31 4K Write 1.67 4K Mixed 0.14 60% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 57.6% Great: 62%
WD Elements 1TB 51,914 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 907GB free, PID 10b8 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	13.6% Very poor	Read 27.7 Write 19.4 Mixed 20.4 27% 22.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 1.71 4K Mixed 0.25 69% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 13.6% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 6GB 111,301 User benchmarks, average bench 25% null MHz 2048, 4096 MB Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	19.6% Very poor	MC Read 6.8 MC Write 6.5 MC Mixed 5.8 18% 6.37 GB/s	SC Read 6.3 SC Write 5.3 SC Mixed 5 16% 5.53 GB/s	Latency 116 35% 116 ns
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 19.6% Great: 46%

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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 $75Bench 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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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