HP EliteBook 8470p

Performance Results


Gaming 5% Tree trunk	Desktop 51% Yacht	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	3.62% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	64.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	6GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 6GB 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 (79%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU. CPU throttled at 99% 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 8470p (all builds)
Motherboard	Hewlett-Packard 179B
Memory	3.2 GB free of 6 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190411
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 19 '20 at 21:08
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	79%
CPU Throttled	99%

PC Performing as expected (59^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-3230M-$100 61,311 User benchmarks, average bench 49% U3E1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 2.6 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	49% Average	Memory 66.7 1-Core 72 2-Core 129 53% 89.3 Pts	4-Core 183 8-Core 182 24% 183 Pts	64-Core 181 11% 181 Pts
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 49% Great: 58%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4000 (Mobile 1.25 GHz) 409,110 User benchmarks, average bench 3% HP(103C 179B) 2GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 10.18.10.4252 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	3.62% Terrible	Lighting 4.03 Reflection 5.35 Parallax 2.78 3% 4.05 fps	MRender 4.67 Gravity 2.27 Splatting 7.74 4% 4.89 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 3.62% Great: 4%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HyperX Savage 240GB-$120 39,518 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 173GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM00.Y SusWrite @10s intervals: 343 423 434 400 390 395 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	64.8% Good	Read 397 Write 400 Mixed 280 SusWrite 398 83% 369 MB/s	4K Read 11.3 4K Write 29.8 4K Mixed 14.9 52% 18.7 MB/s	DQ Read 282 DQ Write 104 DQ Mixed 21.9 61% 136 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 64.8% Great: 111%
Samsung FIT USB 3.0 64GB-$25 4,291 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 38GB free, PID 1000 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 24 25 24 24 26 24 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	66.4% Good	Read 194 Write 27 Mixed 45.6 SusWrite 24.6 71% 72.8 MB/s	4K Read 8 4K Write 10.1 4K Mixed 3.9 506% 7.33 MB/s	DQ Read 9.5 DQ Write 11.8 DQ Mixed 7.2 682% 9.5 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 66.4% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Nanya NT2GC64B88B0NS-CG Samsung M471B5173QH0-YK0 6GB 26 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 1333, 1333 MHz 2048, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	45.7% Average	MC Read 16.8 MC Write 17 MC Mixed 14.7 46% 16.2 GB/s	SC Read 14.2 SC Write 13.3 SC Mixed 13.9 39% 13.8 GB/s	Latency 109 37% 109 ns
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 45.7% Great: 46%

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

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Gaming 2%

Tree trunk

Desktop 48%

Yacht

Workstation 2%

Tree trunk

System: HP EliteBook 8470p

CPU
Core i5-3320MIntel $199Bench 48%, 30,496 samples	592x
Core i5-3360MIntel $594Bench 54%, 5,754 samples	195x
Core i7-3520MIntelBench 53%, 19,660 samples	139x

GPU
HD 4000 (Mobile 1.25 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 409,110 samples	1,215x
Radeon HD 7500MAMDBench 4%, 12,745 samples	172x
HD 3000 (Mobile V2 1.3 GHz)IntelBench 2%, 110,588 samples	9x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	46x
520 Series 180GBIntel $132Bench 72%, 14,258 samples	30x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	26x

RAM
HMT351S6EFR8A-PB 1x4GBHynixBench 28%, 12,200 samples	36x
HMT351S6EFR8A-PB 2x4GBHynixBench 50%, 13,765 samples	32x
HMT351S6CFR8C-PB 2x4GBHynixBench 50%, 25,458 samples	28x

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Value: 49% - Average

Total price: $227

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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 $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16