HP ZBook 15 G3

Performance Results


Gaming 10% Tree trunk	Desktop 57% Gunboat	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 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 59.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	3.05% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	181% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

CPU throttled at 75% 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 ZBook 15 G3 (all builds)
Motherboard	HP 80D5
Memory	29.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20160907
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 07 '19 at 01:30
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	1%
CPU Throttled	75%

PC Performing as expected (41^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700HQ 320,434 User benchmarks, average bench 59% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 1.8 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	59.2% Above average	Memory 79.4 1-Core 53.6 2-Core 111 51% 81.2 Pts	4-Core 213 8-Core 316 33% 264 Pts	64-Core 318 20% 318 Pts
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 59.2% Great: 69%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Mobile Skylake) 213,495 User benchmarks, average bench 5% HP(103C 80F7) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 21.20.16.4565 Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	3.05% Terrible	Lighting 3.17 Reflection 4.73 Parallax 3 3% 3.63 fps	MRender 4.71 Gravity 2.73 Splatting 6.48 4% 4.64 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.05% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 660p NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$74 163,917 User benchmarks, average bench 191% 851GB free (System drive) Firmware: 002C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 953 973 944 905 869 882 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	181% Outstanding	Read 1,312 Write 1,304 Mixed 997 SusWrite 921 255% 1,134 MB/s	4K Read 47.9 4K Write 54.8 4K Mixed 40.6 154% 47.8 MB/s	DQ Read 523 DQ Write 631 DQ Mixed 129 222% 428 MB/s
Poor: 127% ↑ This bench: 181% Great: 255%
Toshiba MQ01ACF050 500GB-$150 24,380 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 465GB free Firmware: AV0A2C SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 114 116 117 114 115 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	65.2% Good	Read 112 Write 106 Mixed 50.4 SusWrite 115 70% 95.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 164% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 65.2% Great: 69%
Lio-org FILEIO 54GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 21% 34GB free Firmware: 4.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 19 20 24 23 23 23 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	10.9% Very poor	Read 15.6 Write 11.8 Mixed 16 SusWrite 21.8 12% 16.3 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.5 124% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 10.9% Great: 34%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471A1K43BB0-CPB Hynix HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH M471A1K43BB0-CPB M471A1K43BB0-CPB 32GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	67.4% Good	MC Read 25.3 MC Write 28.5 MC Mixed 23.3 73% 25.7 GB/s	SC Read 8.6 SC Write 14.3 SC Mixed 13.7 35% 12.2 GB/s	Latency 81.7 49% 81.7 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 67.4% Great: 73%

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Gaming 11%

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Desktop 62%

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Workstation 11%

Tree trunk

System: HP ZBook 15 G3

CPU
Core i7-6820HQIntelBench 60%, 33,920 samples	1,679x
Core i7-6700HQIntelBench 59%, 320,434 samples	794x
Xeon E3-1505M v5IntelBench 66%, 6,024 samples	289x

GPU
HD 530 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 213,495 samples	1,557x
Quadro M2000MNvidiaBench 16%, 5,864 samples	585x
Quadro M1000MNvidiaBench 13%, 6,377 samples	399x

SSD
SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsungBench 238%, 21,542 samples	183x
MTFDDAV512TBN-1AR15ABHA 512GBCrucialBench 78%, 710 samples	180x
MZNLN512HMJP-000H1 512GBSamsungBench 101%, 1,400 samples	126x

RAM
M471A1K43CB1-CRC 2x8GBSamsungBench 70%, 62,266 samples	210x
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 2x8GBHynixBench 70%, 71,691 samples	162x
HMA82GS6AFR8N-UH 1x16GBHynixBench 40%, 22,543 samples	113x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16