HP EliteBook 8540w

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 1% Tree trunk	Desktop 41% Speed boat	Workstation 1% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (35th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 65 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 50.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	1.89% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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	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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	HP EliteBook 8540w (all builds)
Motherboard	Hewlett-Packard 1521
Memory	3.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20101125
Uptime	3.7 Days
Run Date	Jan 21 '18 at 12:30
Run Duration	104 Seconds
Run User	PRT-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing below expectations (35^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 Q 840-$85 1,339 User benchmarks, average bench 56% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 1.85 GHz, turbo 1.5 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	50.3% Above average	Memory 80.1 1-Core 30.7 2-Core 62.6 41% 57.8 Pts	4-Core 114 8-Core 211 20% 163 Pts	64-Core 235 15% 235 Pts
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 50.3% Great: 63%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Quadro FX 1800M 1,209 User benchmarks, average bench 3% HP(103C 1521) 1GB Ram: 1GB, Driver: 342.1 Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	1.89% Terrible	Lighting 2.4 Reflection 2.46 Parallax 1.09 2% 1.99 fps	MRender 2.24 Gravity 2.13 Splatting 2.09 2% 2.15 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 1.89% Great: 3%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Seagate ST9320423AS 320GB-$40 13,598 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 207GB free (System drive) Firmware: D005SDM1 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 178844873 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7624 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 6 (07) Seek error rate 66 60 197769360743 (09) Power-on hours count 98 96 1790 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 93 37 7622 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295163974 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 45 588513315 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 773 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 312 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 81 81 39441 (C2) HDA temperature 35 55 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 61 48 178844873 (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 100 253 -130601365530504 (F1) Unknown 100 253 98966013 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2428008140 (FE) Unknown 1 1 424	44% Average	Read 75.1 Write 78.2 Mixed 79.3 58% 77.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.37 4K Write 1.11 4K Mixed 0.36 76% 0.61 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 44% Great: 51%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x4GB 424,126 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB SODIMM DDR3 Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	23.5% Poor	MC Read 8.3 MC Write 7.1 MC Mixed 6.5 21% 7.3 GB/s	SC Read 7.1 SC Write 6.9 SC Mixed 7 20% 7 GB/s	Latency 80.4 50% 80.4 ns
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 23.5% Great: 65%

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Typical EliteBook 8540w Builds (Compare 348 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 5%

Tree trunk

Desktop 44%

Speed boat

Workstation 5%

Tree trunk

System: HP EliteBook 8540w

CPU
Core i7 M 620IntelBench 42%, 9,076 samples	102x
Core i7 Q 720Intel $220Bench 51%, 13,149 samples	44x
Core i7 M 640IntelBench 43%, 5,045 samples	40x

GPU
Quadro FX 880MNvidiaBench 2%, 4,542 samples	228x
Quadro FX 1800MNvidiaBench 3%, 1,209 samples	64x
Mobility Radeon HD 5730AMDBench 4%, 2,535 samples	45x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	14x
MX500 500GBCrucial $48Bench 106%, 237,241 samples	8x
A400 120GBKingston $32Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	7x

RAM
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	164x
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples	56x
1x4GBUnknownBench 28%, 154,807 samples	25x

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Value: 21% - Poor

Total price: $28

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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