HP EliteBook 8740w

Performance Results


Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 42% Speed boat	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (38th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 62 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 41.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	8.58% 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.
Boot Drive	33% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
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 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	HP EliteBook 8740w (all builds)
Motherboard	Hewlett-Packard 1520
Memory	1.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20151110
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 25 '16 at 12:00
Run Duration	353 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	17%

PC Performing below expectations (38^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 M 560-$65 10,722 User benchmarks, average bench 41% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.65 GHz Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	41.3% Average	Memory 60.5 1-Core 30.2 2-Core 69.7 35% 53.5 Pts	4-Core 123 8-Core 168 18% 145 Pts	64-Core 168 10% 168 Pts
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 41.3% Great: 48%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Quadro K3000M 2,310 User benchmarks, average bench 8% HP(103C 1520) 2GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.5362 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	8.58% Terrible	Lighting 9.7 Reflection 8.65 Parallax 10.8 8% 9.72 fps	MRender 12.5 Gravity 8.7 Splatting 14.2 10% 11.8 fps
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 8.58% Great: 8%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 830 256GB-$261 25,763 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 10GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXM0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 24740 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2022 (B1) Unknown 93 93 232 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 63 50 37 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 253 253 77 (EB) Unknown 99 99 211 (F1) Unknown 99 99 39682583704	33% Below average	Read 223 Write 103 Mixed 201 39% 176 MB/s	4K Read 11.3 4K Write 16.6 4K Mixed 12.7 42% 13.5 MB/s	DQ Read 159 DQ Write 50.5 DQ Mixed 33 43% 80.9 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 33% Great: 86%
Seagate ST500LM021-1KJ152 500GB 40,079 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 206GB free Firmware: 0001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 63438472 (03) Spinup time 98 98 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 901 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 20006977 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 37095632543050 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 207 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 59 46 722927657 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 22 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 22 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 208718 (C2) HDA temperature 41 54 85899345961 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 99 99 -96988951476538 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3593559511 (F2) Unknown 100 253 4517451150 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	60% Above average	Read 104 Write 105 Mixed 107 80% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.89 4K Write 0.87 4K Mixed 0.24 80% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 60% Great: 77%
Ricoh SD Disk Device 32GB 453 User benchmarks, average bench 14% 0GB free Firmware: 01 Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	3.21% Terrible	Read 1.06 Write 9.73 Mixed 1.95 3% 4.25 MB/s	4K Read 0.85 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.33 81% 0.56 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.21% Great: 29%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x4GB 424,126 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 2 of 2 slots used 8GB SODIMM DDR3 Performing below potential (28^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	24.4% Poor	MC Read 7.8 MC Write 7 MC Mixed 10.5 24% 8.43 GB/s	SC Read 6.9 SC Write 5.5 SC Mixed 6.6 18% 6.33 GB/s	Latency 126 32% 126 ns
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 24.4% Great: 65%

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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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Total price: $245

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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