HP EliteBook 8530p

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 0%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 19%
Surfboard
Workstation
Workstation 0%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 42.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics1.16% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot DriveThe 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.
Memory2GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows however a minimum of 4GB is recommended for gaming or any other RAM intensive tasks such as photo/video editing. This system will also be a little more responsive with 4GB of RAM.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.
SystemHP EliteBook 8530p  (all builds)
MotherboardHewlett-Packard 30E7
Memory0.6 GB free of 2 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit barev
OSWindows 8.1
BIOS Date20111208
Uptime2.1 Days
Run DateDec 14 '16 at 22:20
Run Duration349 Seconds
Run User CZE-User
Background CPU4%

 PC Performing above expectations (65th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core2 Duo T9550-$199
Intel(R) Genuine processor, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads
Base clock 2.65 GHz, turbo 2.6 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (93rd percentile)
42.9% Average
Memory 73.5
1-Core 38.3
2-Core 74.5
42% 62.1 Pts
4-Core 75
8-Core 76.1
10% 75.6 Pts
64-Core 76.6
5% 76.6 Pts
Poor: 21%
This bench: 42.9%
Great: 43%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3650
HP(103C 30E7) 256MB
Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 8.970.100.7000
Performing as expected (50th percentile)
1.16% Terrible
Lighting 1.27
Reflection 2.77
Parallax 0.56
1% 1.53 fps
MRender 1.62
Gravity 0.5
Splatting 2.65
1% 1.59 fps
Poor: 1%
This bench: 1.16%
Great: 2%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Hitachi HTS545016B9A300 160GB-$30
65GB free (System drive)
Firmware: PBBOCA0G Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s
Performing above expectations (64th percentile)
25.7% Poor
Read 42.3
Write 47.1
Mixed 43.4
33% 44.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.31
4K Write 0.94
4K Mixed 0.26
60% 0.5 MB/s
Poor: 6%
This bench: 25.7%
Great: 34%
General USB Flash Disk 8GB
5GB free, PID 8003
Operating at USB 2.0 Speed
Performing as expected (54th percentile)
3.67% Terrible
Read 14.2
Write 3
Mixed 4.57
7% 7.27 MB/s
4K Read 3.76
4K Write 0.02
4K Mixed 0.02
15% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 2%
This bench: 3.67%
Great: 8%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown 1x2GB
1 of 2 slots used
2GB SODIMM DDR2
Performing above expectations (64th percentile)
15.4% Very poor
MC Read 4.7
MC Write 4.8
MC Mixed 3.8
13% 4.43 GB/s
SC Read 5
SC Write 4.2
SC Mixed 4.4
13% 4.53 GB/s
Latency 93.5
43% 93.5 ns
Poor: 7%
This bench: 15.4%
Great: 26%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical EliteBook 8530p Builds (Compare 42 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 2%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 40%
Jet ski
Workstation
Workstation 2%
Tree trunk

System: HP EliteBook 8530p

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