HP EliteBook 840 G1

Performance Results


Gaming 6% Tree trunk	Desktop 49% Yacht	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (20th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 80 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 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 46.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	3.77% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	87.6% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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 (81%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	HP EliteBook 840 G1 (all builds)
Motherboard	Hewlett-Packard 198F
Memory	0.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160523
Uptime	6.5 Days
Run Date	Jan 05 '21 at 17:43
Run Duration	118 Seconds
Run User	HRV-User
Background CPU	81%

PC Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4600U 26,548 User benchmarks, average bench 49% U3E1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.7 GHz, turbo 2.7 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	46.2% Average	Memory 64.4 1-Core 73.7 2-Core 119 52% 85.7 Pts	4-Core 161 8-Core 180 22% 171 Pts	64-Core 186 12% 186 Pts
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 46.2% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 8750M 409 User benchmarks, average bench 6% HP(103C 1990) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 26.20.11024.4001 Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	3.77% Terrible	Lighting 4 Reflection 8.6 Parallax 5.2 3% 5.93 fps	MRender 8.3 Gravity 3.5 Splatting 5.8 5% 5.87 fps
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 3.77% Great: 6%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 500GB-$49 237,241 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 219GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 341 369 357 363 330 361 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	87.6% Excellent	Read 332 Write 307 Mixed 295 SusWrite 353 73% 322 MB/s	4K Read 21.3 4K Write 64.4 4K Mixed 40.2 118% 42 MB/s	DQ Read 356 DQ Write 330 DQ Mixed 274 224% 320 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 87.6% Great: 125%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471B5173DB0-YK0 2x4GB 26,681 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 2 of 2 slots used 8GB SODIMM DDR3 1600 MHz Performing below potential (20^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	41.3% Average	MC Read 12.3 MC Write 17.7 MC Mixed 15.8 44% 15.3 GB/s	SC Read 10.1 SC Write 8.1 SC Mixed 9.2 26% 9.13 GB/s	Latency 115 35% 115 ns
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 41.3% Great: 56%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming 4%

Tree trunk

Desktop 44%

Speed boat

Workstation 4%

Tree trunk

System: HP EliteBook 840 G1

CPU
Core i5-4300UIntelBench 44%, 36,631 samples	163x
Core i7-4600UIntelBench 49%, 26,548 samples	70x
Core i5-4200UIntel $281Bench 43%, 64,450 samples	49x

GPU
HD 4400 (Mobile 1.0/1.1 GHz)IntelBench 2%, 275,372 samples	319x
Radeon HD 8750MAMDBench 6%, 409 samples	4x
Radeon HD 8500M/8700MAMDBench 6%, 604 samples	3x

SSD
SSD Pro 1500 Series 180GBIntel $209Bench 69%, 7,834 samples	16x
MTFDDAK256MAY-1AH12ABHA 256GBCrucialBench 83%, 1,792 samples	7x
MZ7PD256HCGM-000H7 256GBSamsungBench 84%, 5,922 samples	7x

RAM
M471B1G73QH0-YK0 1x8GBSamsungBench 28%, 40,451 samples	20x
M471B5173QH0-YK0 1x4GBSamsungBench 25%, 38,580 samples	15x
M471B1G73DB0-YK0 1x8GBSamsungBench 28%, 44,908 samples	13x

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Value: 4% - Terrible

Total price: $209

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