HP EliteBook 2540p
netbook
2010
12.1"
iGPU
⏱ ~6h
⚖️ 1.65 kg
LB Score
18
out of 100
Fit for you
36/100
✚ Strong: fit_price
⚠ Weak: fit_reliability
Your focus
Performance 20%
Mobility 20%
Reliability 20%
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Profile
vs medianCPU
9
Core i5-540M
GPU
0
iGPU
RAM max
16 GB
DDR3
Battery
55 Wh
~6h
Price
$110
market
Age
16 years
2010
📌 Quick verdict
Overall score 18/100. Strongest suit — Connectivity (100), weakest — Performance (8).
✓ Strengths
Connectivity (100) · Portability (80)
⚠ Weaknesses
Performance (8)
Money & ownership
All money blocks on one card
Cost to own
Buying at listing price $110, 2-year horizon — price minus projected resale, spread over months.
≈ $1.0/mo
Money could earn
Keeping the $110 price invested at 4.16%/yr (US Treasury 3-month bill, as of Oct 30, 2026) over 2 years instead of buying.
≈ $0.4/mo
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💰 Price trend
📉 Loses ~$71/year (5%).
Dashed segment is a model forecast, not observed listings.
Specs in context
LB Score
18
CPU score
9
Basic tier
RAM max
16 GB
Comfort
Weight
1.65 kg
Light tier
Battery
55 Wh
Standard
Bars show where each spec sits on the site-wide level scale (same thresholds as the quick verdict). For weight, shorter bars mean a lighter laptop.
Full specifications
- Brand
- HP
- Series
- EliteBook 1xx/2xx (legacy portable)
- Type
- Business
- Release year
- 2010≈
- Screen size
- 12.1"
- Resolution
- 1280x800
- Panel type
- tn
- Color gamut (sRGB)
- 100%~
- Processor
- Intel Core i5 540M , Intel Core i7 640M , Intel Core i7 640LM , Intel Core i5 560M
- RAM (max)
- 16 GB DDR3
- Storage interface
- non-NVMe
- Weight
- 1.65 kg
- Ports
- 9
- Webcam
- ✓
- TPM (security)
- ✓
- Optical drive
- ✓
- Battery
- 55 Wh
Configuration options
Available model options · 12 variants across 6 categories
🖥 Displays (1)
1280 x 800 (WXGA)
• Igpu (1)
Intel HD Graphics
⚙ Processors (4)
Intel Core i5 540M
Intel Core i7 640M
Intel Core i7 640LM
Intel Core i5 560M
🔲 Memory (2)
2 GB (2 x 1 GB)
4 GB
🎮 Graphics (1)
Intel HD Graphics
💾 Storage (3)
250 GB HDD SATA 3Gb/s
160 GB SSD
320 GB HDD SATA 3Gb/s
Performance metrics
Performance
8
Portability
80
Light office
17
Gaming
26
Creative
15
Energy efficiency
33
Connectivity
100
Value
13
Color accuracy
—
Processors (4)
🎮
No FPS data for this model's GPU.
The GPU may be integrated or not yet benchmarked.
💻 Software compatibility
Counter-Strike 2
✗ Weak
CPU
17%
GPU
0%
RAM
200%
Grand Theft Auto V
✗ Weak
CPU
43%
GPU
0%
RAM
400%
Cyberpunk 2077
✗ Weak
CPU
24%
GPU
0%
RAM
200%
Minecraft
✗ Weak
CPU
86%
GPU
0%
RAM
400%
Fortnite
✗ Weak
CPU
16%
GPU
0%
RAM
200%
Valorant
✗ Weak
CPU
57%
GPU
0%
RAM
400%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
✗ Weak
CPU
29%
GPU
0%
RAM
267%
Elden Ring
✗ Weak
CPU
16%
GPU
0%
RAM
133%
Red Dead Redemption 2
✗ Weak
CPU
29%
GPU
0%
RAM
200%
Apex Legends
✗ Weak
CPU
16%
GPU
0%
RAM
267%
Hogwarts Legacy
✗ Weak
CPU
19%
GPU
0%
RAM
100%
Dota 2
✗ Weak
CPU
57%
GPU
0%
RAM
400%
Baldur's Gate 3
✗ Weak
CPU
16%
GPU
0%
RAM
200%
Starfield
✗ Weak
CPU
12%
GPU
0%
RAM
100%
Call of Duty: Warzone
✗ Weak
CPU
16%
GPU
0%
RAM
200%
League of Legends
✗ Weak
CPU
86%
GPU
0%
RAM
800%
Sims 4
✗ Weak
CPU
57%
GPU
0%
RAM
400%
Helldivers 2
✗ Weak
CPU
12%
GPU
0%
RAM
200%
Battlefield 5
✗ Weak
CPU
19%
GPU
0%
RAM
200%
Far Cry 5
✗ Weak
CPU
21%
GPU
0%
RAM
200%
Forza Horizon 4
✗ Weak
CPU
24%
GPU
0%
RAM
200%
Forza Horizon 5
✗ Weak
CPU
19%
GPU
0%
RAM
200%
Metro Exodus
✗ Weak
CPU
21%
GPU
0%
RAM
200%
Overwatch
✗ Weak
CPU
34%
GPU
0%
RAM
400%
PUBG: Battlegrounds
✗ Weak
CPU
21%
GPU
0%
RAM
200%
Resident Evil 4 Remake
✗ Weak
CPU
17%
GPU
0%
RAM
200%
Escape from Tarkov
✗ Weak
CPU
29%
GPU
0%
RAM
200%
God of War
✗ Weak
CPU
39%
GPU
0%
RAM
200%
Horizon Zero Dawn
✗ Weak
CPU
39%
GPU
0%
RAM
200%
Death Stranding
✗ Weak
CPU
34%
GPU
0%
RAM
200%
Control
✗ Weak
CPU
29%
GPU
0%
RAM
200%
Doom Eternal
✗ Weak
CPU
39%
GPU
0%
RAM
200%
Batman: Arkham Knight
✗ Weak
CPU
48%
GPU
0%
RAM
267%
Hitman 3
✗ Weak
CPU
39%
GPU
0%
RAM
200%
Flight Simulator 2020
✗ Weak
CPU
31%
GPU
0%
RAM
200%
Watch Dogs Legion
✗ Weak
CPU
31%
GPU
0%
RAM
200%
Borderlands 3
✗ Weak
CPU
34%
GPU
0%
RAM
267%
Anno 1800
✗ Weak
CPU
29%
GPU
0%
RAM
200%
Rainbow Six Siege
✗ Weak
CPU
71%
GPU
0%
RAM
267%
The Division 2
✗ Weak
CPU
39%
GPU
0%
RAM
200%
Gears Tactics
✗ Weak
CPU
34%
GPU
0%
RAM
200%
Hunt Showdown
✗ Weak
CPU
31%
GPU
0%
RAM
267%
Tiny Tina's Wonderlands
✗ Weak
CPU
29%
GPU
0%
RAM
200%
Mafia Definitive Edition
✗ Weak
CPU
39%
GPU
0%
RAM
267%
Days Gone
✗ Weak
CPU
39%
GPU
0%
RAM
200%
Ghostwire Tokyo
✗ Weak
CPU
20%
GPU
0%
RAM
133%
Returnal
✗ Weak
CPU
24%
GPU
0%
RAM
100%
Dying Light 2
✗ Weak
CPU
29%
GPU
0%
RAM
200%
Resident Evil Village
✗ Weak
CPU
24%
GPU
0%
RAM
200%
The Callisto Protocol
✗ Weak
CPU
17%
GPU
0%
RAM
200%
Atomic Heart
✗ Weak
CPU
27%
GPU
0%
RAM
200%
Alan Wake 2
✗ Weak
CPU
20%
GPU
0%
RAM
100%
Black Myth Wukong
✗ Weak
CPU
17%
GPU
0%
RAM
100%
Ghost of Tsushima
✗ Weak
CPU
17%
GPU
0%
RAM
200%
The Last of Us Part 1
✗ Weak
CPU
17%
GPU
0%
RAM
100%
Diablo 4
✗ Weak
CPU
39%
GPU
0%
RAM
200%
Spider-Man Miles Morales
✗ Weak
CPU
29%
GPU
0%
RAM
200%
Star Wars Jedi Survivor
✗ Weak
CPU
17%
GPU
0%
RAM
200%
Dead Space Remake
✗ Weak
CPU
27%
GPU
0%
RAM
200%
Lies of P
✗ Weak
CPU
24%
GPU
0%
RAM
200%
Sons of the Forest
✗ Weak
CPU
17%
GPU
0%
RAM
133%
Rise of the Tomb Raider
✗ Weak
CPU
57%
GPU
0%
RAM
400%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
✗ Weak
CPU
48%
GPU
0%
RAM
200%
Assassin's Creed Odyssey
✗ Weak
CPU
43%
GPU
0%
RAM
200%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla
✗ Weak
CPU
24%
GPU
0%
RAM
200%
F1 24
✗ Weak
CPU
48%
GPU
0%
RAM
200%
Need for Speed Heat
✗ Weak
CPU
24%
GPU
0%
RAM
200%
Civilization 6
✗ Weak
CPU
57%
GPU
0%
RAM
400%
Star Wars Jedi Fallen Order
✗ Weak
CPU
48%
GPU
0%
RAM
200%
🔗 Same series
4 models in the series.
≅ Similar by specs
Similar performance profile across other series and brands.
≈ Similar class
Same lineage_class (how iconic the series is), other series.
Series review
HP EliteBook 1xx/2xx series guide