HP EliteBook 840 G3

Performance Results


Gaming 5% Tree trunk	Desktop 47% Yacht	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 49.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	2.13% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	61.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (52%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU. CPU throttled at 96% by Windows. Ensure maximum processor state is set to 100% via Settings > System > Power & sleep > Additional power settings > Change plan settings > Change advanced power settings > Processor power management > Maximum processor state.

System	HP EliteBook 840 G3 (all builds)
Motherboard	HP 8079
Memory	4.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190120
Uptime	7.3 Days
Run Date	Jun 14 '20 at 18:21
Run Duration	130 Seconds
Run User	PAK-User
Background CPU	52%
CPU Throttled	96%

PC Performing as expected (56^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6300U 59,619 User benchmarks, average bench 40% U3E1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.5 GHz, turbo 2.35 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	49.4% Average	Memory 72.4 1-Core 50.7 2-Core 89.8 46% 71 Pts	4-Core 152 8-Core 171 21% 162 Pts	64-Core 191 12% 191 Pts
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 49.4% Great: 54%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 520 (Mobile Skylake) 362,113 User benchmarks, average bench 4% HP(103C 8079) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 22.20.16.4771 Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	2.13% Terrible	Lighting 0.03 Reflection 7.23 Parallax 4.66 0% 3.97 fps	MRender 5.43 Gravity 4.87 Splatting 11 6% 7.08 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 2.13% Great: 5%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk SD8SN8U-128G-1006 128GB 10,347 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 78GB free (System drive) Firmware: X4120006 SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 103 84 87 87 84 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	61.7% Good	Read 374 Write 254 Mixed 146 SusWrite 92.1 48% 217 MB/s	4K Read 23.8 4K Write 59.9 4K Mixed 23.4 98% 35.7 MB/s	DQ Read 325 DQ Write 196 DQ Mixed 168 150% 230 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 61.7% Great: 89%
Fujitsu MJA2500BH G2 500GB 1,681 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 465GB free Firmware: 00000018 SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 80 82 83 83 82 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	46.7% Average	Read 80.7 Write 74.9 Mixed 42.5 SusWrite 81.8 51% 70 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.5 113% 1 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 46.7% Great: 47%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471A1K43BB0-CPB 1x8GB 32,056 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 1 of 2 slots used 8GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	36.9% Below average	MC Read 13.7 MC Write 14 MC Mixed 10.7 37% 12.8 GB/s	SC Read 9.6 SC Write 10.5 SC Mixed 11 30% 10.4 GB/s	Latency 96 42% 96 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 36.9% Great: 40%

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

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Gaming 6%

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Desktop 43%

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Workstation 5%

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System: HP EliteBook 840 G3

CPU
Core i5-6300UIntelBench 40%, 59,619 samples	3,451x
Core i7-6600UIntelBench 45%, 31,982 samples	933x
Core i5-6200UIntelBench 41%, 135,462 samples	866x

GPU
HD 520 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 4%, 362,113 samples	5,588x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	1x
HD 620 (Mobile Kaby Lake)IntelBench 5%, 387,149 samples	1x

SSD
SD8SN8U-256G-1006 256GBSandiskBench 70%, 12,432 samples	616x
SSDSCKKF256G8H 256GBIntelBench 85%, 2,188 samples	303x
MTFDDAV256TBN-1AR15ABHA 256GBCrucialBench 74%, 4,569 samples	179x

RAM
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 1x8GBHynixBench 37%, 144,145 samples	724x
M471A1K43CB1-CRC 1x8GBSamsungBench 37%, 122,420 samples	708x
HMA81GS6MFR8N-UH 1x8GBHynixBench 36%, 6,703 samples	283x

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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 $178	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