HP EliteBook 840 G3

Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 54% Yacht	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 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 53.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	3.88% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	68.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

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	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161101
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 02 '20 at 17:38
Run Duration	148 Seconds
Run User	EST-User
Background CPU	10%
CPU Throttled	96%

PC Performing as expected (44^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6500U 102,213 User benchmarks, average bench 46% U3E1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 2.45 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	53.3% Above average	Memory 68.8 1-Core 74.8 2-Core 141 56% 94.9 Pts	4-Core 220 8-Core 219 29% 220 Pts	64-Core 214 13% 214 Pts
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 53.3% Great: 57%

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. 27.20.100.7990 Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	3.88% Terrible	Lighting 5.07 Reflection 7.12 Parallax 5.69 4% 5.96 fps	MRender 9.19 Gravity 5.13 Splatting 0.09 3% 4.8 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.88% Great: 5%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk SD7TN3Q-256G-1006 256GB 1,540 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 104GB free (System drive) Firmware: X2180306 SusWrite @10s intervals: 295 313 322 330 333 319 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	68.6% Good	Read 334 Write 333 Mixed 219 SusWrite 319 68% 301 MB/s	4K Read 15.9 4K Write 59.7 4K Mixed 17.7 78% 31.1 MB/s	DQ Read 313 DQ Write 237 DQ Mixed 138 140% 229 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 68.6% Great: 96%
Wilk USB DISK 2.0 8GB 118 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 3GB free, PID 4300 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 2.7 2.1 2.5 2 1.6 2.8 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	2.94% Terrible	Read 13.7 Write 0.5 Mixed 8.4 SusWrite 2.3 7% 6.22 MB/s	4K Read 1.9 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 7% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 2.94% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471A1K43CB1-CRC 2x8GB 62,266 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (37^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	68.6% Good	MC Read 24.8 MC Write 28.2 MC Mixed 21.4 71% 24.8 GB/s	SC Read 13.4 SC Write 27.7 SC Mixed 20.9 59% 20.7 GB/s	Latency 104 38% 104 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 68.6% Great: 78%

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Gaming 6%

Tree trunk

Desktop 43%

Speed boat

Workstation 5%

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System: HP EliteBook 840 G3

CPU
Core i5-6300UIntelBench 40%, 59,619 samples	3,462x
Core i7-6600UIntelBench 45%, 31,982 samples	938x
Core i5-6200UIntelBench 41%, 135,462 samples	868x

GPU
HD 520 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 4%, 362,113 samples	5,606x
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	619x
SSDSCKKF256G8H 256GBIntelBench 85%, 2,188 samples	303x
MTFDDAV256TBN-1AR15ABHA 256GBCrucialBench 74%, 4,569 samples	179x

RAM
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 1x8GBHynixBench 37%, 144,145 samples	726x
M471A1K43CB1-CRC 1x8GBSamsungBench 37%, 122,420 samples	710x
HMA81GS6MFR8N-UH 1x8GBHynixBench 36%, 6,703 samples	284x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $490	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16