HP EliteBook 14" 840 G5 2017, Core i7-8550U, 16GB, 500GB SSD

CPU Intel Core i7 8550U
RAM 16 GB
Storage 500 GB
Screen 14" 1920x1080
GPU Intel UHD Graphics 620
OS Windows 11 Pro
HP EliteBook 14" 840 G5 2017, Core i7-8550U, 16GB, 500GB SSD laptop
32 Overall Score

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Pros & Cons

Pros

  • Strong affordability (75th percentile) 75th
  • Strong portability (66th percentile) 66th

Cons

  • Below average port selection (10th percentile)
  • Below average cpu (20th percentile)
  • Below average screen (20th percentile)
  • Below average gpu (28th percentile)

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Performance

Performance Percentiles

CPU 19.5
GPU 27.8
RAM 36.3
Ports 10
Screen 19.9
Portability 66
Storage 43.4
User Sentiment 50.8
Reliability 33.4
Affordability 74.8

Specifications

Full Specifications

Processor

CPU Intel Core i7 8550U
Cores 4
Frequency 1.8 GHz
L3 Cache 8 MB

Graphics

GPU Intel UHD Graphics 620
Type Integrated
VRAM Type Shared

Memory & Storage

RAM 16 GB
Storage 500 GB
Storage Type NVMe SSD

Display

Size 14"
Resolution 1920x1080 (Full HD)

Physical

OS Windows 11 Pro

vs Competition

Spec HP EliteBook 14" 840 G5 Apple MacBook Air M4 ASUS ProArt PX13 Lenovo ThinkPad X9-14 Gen 1 MSI Creator A13V Samsung Galaxy Book5 Pro NP944XHA-KG2US
CPU Intel Core i7 8550U Apple M4 AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 388 Intel Core Ultra 7 268V Intel Core i7 13620H Intel Core Ultra 7 256V
RAM (GB) 16 16 32 32 32 16
Storage (GB) 500 1024 512 1024 2048 512
Screen 14" 1920x1080 13.6" 2560x1664 13.3" 2880x1800 14" 1920x1200 14" 2880x1800 14" 2880x1800
GPU Intel UHD Graphics 620 Apple (10-Core) AMD Radeon Graphics Intel Arc Graphics 140V NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Intel Arc Graphics
OS Windows 11 Pro macOS Windows 11 Home Windows 11 Pro Windows 11 Home Windows 11 Pro
Weight (kg) - 1.2 1.4 1.2 1.6 1.2
Battery (Wh) - 54 73 55 54 63
Compare Compare Compare Compare Compare
Product CPUGPURAMPortsScreenPortabilityStorageUser SentimentReliabilityAffordability
HP EliteBook 14" 840 G5 19.527.836.31019.96643.450.833.474.8
Apple MacBook Air M4 Compare 76.174.85051.487.191.479.395.898.131.4
ASUS ProArt PX13 Compare 87.890.990.971.395.49351.1060.417.9
Lenovo ThinkPad X9-14 Gen 1 Compare 67.868.892.16481.488.279.3081.827.9
MSI Creator A13V Compare 759083.967.989.77393.9060.428.6
Samsung Galaxy Book5 Pro NP944XHA-KG2US Compare 68.768.85083.491.689.451.1081.837.8

Price

Value & Pricing

Price History

$490 $500 $510 $520 $530 $540 May 1Jul 18Nov 4 $513

Usage Scores

Overall (32.4)AI/LLM (12.4)Gaming (9.2)Portability (46.4)Creator (13.4)Student (56.6)Business (34.3)Developer (28.5)Entertainment (27.9)
  • Overall32.4
  • AI/LLM12.4
  • Gaming9.2
  • Portability46.4
  • Creator13.4
  • Student56.6
  • Business34.3
  • Developer28.5
  • Entertainment27.9

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Other Configurations24

EliteBook 14" 840 G5Intel Core i5 8350U16GB256GBSilver$165EliteBook 14" 840 G5Intel Core i5 7300U8GB256GBSilver$170EliteBook 14" 840 G5Intel Core i5 8350U8GB256GB$213EliteBook 14" 840 G5Intel Core i7 8650U16GB256GBSilver$259EliteBook 14" 840 G5Intel Core i5 8250U16GB256GBSilver$330EliteBook 14" 840 G5Intel Core i5 8350U32GB1TB$341EliteBook 14" 840 G5Intel Core i7 8550U16GB256GBSilver$358EliteBook 14" 840 G5Intel Core i7 8650U32GB512GBSilver$394EliteBook 14" 840 G5Core i716GB256GBGray$413
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EliteBook 14" 840 G5Intel Core i5 8350U16GB1TBSilver$428EliteBook 14" 840 G5Intel Core i7 8650U16GB500GBSilver$432EliteBook 14" 840 G5Intel Core i7 8550U16GB512GB$530EliteBook 14" 840 G5Intel Core i7 8550U16GB1TB$545EliteBook 14" 840 G5Intel Core i7 8650U16GB512GBSilver$623EliteBook 14" 840 G5Intel Core i7 8550U32GB512GBGray$650EliteBook 14" 840 G5Intel Core i7 8550U32GB1TBSilver$709EliteBook 14" 840 G5Intel Core i7 8650U32GB2TB$813EliteBook 14" 840 G5Intel Core i7 8650U32GB128GBSilverEliteBook 14" 840 G5Intel Core i7 8650U16GB1TBSilverEliteBook 14" 840 G5Intel Core i5 8350U8GB512GBSilverEliteBook 14" 840 G5Intel Core i7 8650U32GB256GBSilverEliteBook 14" 840 G5Intel Core i7 8650U8GB128GBSilverEliteBook 14" 840 G5Intel Core i5 8250U8GB256GBSilverEliteBook 14" 840 G5Intel Core i7 8650U8GB256GBSilver

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