HP EliteBook 840 G2
laptop
2015
14"
dGPU
⏱ ~5h
⚖️ 1.71 kg
⚖️ GPU-bound
LB Score
33
out of 100
Fit for you
44/100
✚ Strong: fit_price
⚠ Weak: fit_reliability
Your focus
Performance 20%
Mobility 20%
Reliability 20%
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Profile
vs medianCPU
29
Core i5-5300U
GPU
5
Radeon R7 M260X
RAM max
16 GB
DDR3
Battery
48 Wh ~
~5h
Price
$135
market
Age
11 years
2015
📌 Quick verdict
Overall score 33/100. Strongest suit — Connectivity (80), weakest — Gaming (16).
✓ Strengths
Connectivity (80)
⚠ Weaknesses
Gaming (16)
Money & ownership
All money blocks on one card
Cost to own
Buying at listing price $135, 2-year horizon — price minus projected resale, spread over months.
≈ $1.3/mo
Money could earn
Keeping the $135 price invested at 4.16%/yr (US Treasury 3-month bill, as of Oct 30, 2026) over 2 years instead of buying.
≈ $0.5/mo
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💰 Price trend
📉 Loses ~$89/year (7%).
Dashed segment is a model forecast, not observed listings.
Specs in context
LB Score
33
CPU score
29
Basic tier
GPU score
5
Office tier
RAM max
16 GB
Comfort
Weight
1.71 kg
Light tier
Battery
48 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.
CPU generation
5th generation · model year 2015 — matches the model year
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The scale uses Intel-equivalent generation numbers: recent AMD Ryzen and Intel Core Ultra families map onto the same scale.
Full specifications
- Brand
- HP
- Series
- EliteBook 8xx (flagship)
- Type
- Business
- Release year
- 2015
- Screen size
- 14"
- Resolution
- 1600x900
- Panel type
- tn
- Color gamut (sRGB)
- 100%~
- Processor
- Intel Core i5 5300U , Intel Core i5 5200U , Intel Core i7 5600U , Intel Core i5 4200
- Graphics
- Radeon R7 M260X
- RAM (max)
- 16 GB DDR3
- Weight
- 1.71 kg
- Ports
- 6
- Backlit keyboard
- ✓
- Webcam
- ✓
- TPM (security)
- ✓
- Battery
- 48 Wh~
Configuration options
Available model options · 15 variants across 6 categories
🖥 Displays (3)
1600 x 900 (HD+)
1366 x 768 (HD)
1920 x 1080 (Full HD)
• Igpu (1)
Intel HD Graphics 4400
⚙ Processors (4)
Intel Core i5 (5th Gen) 5300U
Intel Core i5 (5th Gen) 5200U
Intel Core i7 (5th Gen) 5600U
Intel Core i5 4200
🔲 Memory (2)
4 GB
8 GB
🎮 Graphics (2)
Intel HD Graphics 5500
Radeon R7 M260X
💾 Storage (3)
500 GB HDD
240 GB SSD
256 GB SSD
Performance metrics
Performance
18
Portability
62
Light office
46
Gaming
16
Creative
34
Energy efficiency
57
Connectivity
80
Value
55
Color accuracy
—
Processors (4)
Graphics (1 discrete + 0 integrated)
🎮 Gaming performance
FPS @ 1080p for the model's best GPU
| Game | FPS (1080p) | Verdict |
|---|---|---|
| Counter-Strike 2 | 240 | ✓ Comfortable |
| Overwatch | 240 | ✓ Comfortable |
| Grand Theft Auto V | 140 | ✓ Comfortable |
| PUBG: Battlegrounds | 140 | ✓ Comfortable |
| Valorant | 40 | ⚠ Playable |
| F1 2014 | 31 | ⚠ Playable |
| GRID: Autosport | 27 | ✗ Low |
| Sims 4 | 26 | ✗ Low |
| Dota 2 | 24 | ✗ Low |
| Alien: Isolation | 20 | ✗ Low |
| Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare | 16 | ✗ Low |
| Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor | 16 | ✗ Low |
| Civilization: Beyond Earth | 13 | ✗ Low |
| Battlefield Hardline | 12 | ✗ Low |
| Fortnite | 12 | ✗ Low |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 12 | ✗ Low |
| Far Cry 4 | 11 | ✗ Low |
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 9 | ✗ Low |
| Evolve | 8 | ✗ Low |
| Battlefield 5 | 7 | ✗ Low |
| Counter-Strike 2 | 7 | ✗ Low |
| Dragon Age: Inquisition | 7 | ✗ Low |
| Far Cry 5 | 6 | ✗ Low |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 5 | ✗ Low |
| Forza Horizon 5 | 5 | ✗ Low |
| Metro Exodus | 4 | ✗ Low |
| Resident Evil 4 Remake | 2 | ✗ Low |
💡 27 games in the database for this GPU. ✓ playable (≥60 FPS), ⚠ medium (30-59), ✗ low (<30).
💻 Software compatibility
Counter-Strike 2
✗ Weak
CPU
59%
GPU
7%
RAM
200%
Grand Theft Auto V
✗ Weak
CPU
147%
GPU
95%
RAM
400%
Cyberpunk 2077
✗ Weak
CPU
84%
GPU
16%
RAM
200%
Minecraft
✗ Weak
CPU
294%
GPU
47%
RAM
400%
Fortnite
✗ Weak
CPU
53%
GPU
30%
RAM
200%
Valorant
✗ Weak
CPU
196%
GPU
95%
RAM
400%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
✗ Weak
CPU
98%
GPU
19%
RAM
267%
Elden Ring
✗ Weak
CPU
53%
GPU
10%
RAM
133%
Red Dead Redemption 2
✗ Weak
CPU
98%
GPU
17%
RAM
200%
Apex Legends
✗ Weak
CPU
53%
GPU
12%
RAM
267%
Hogwarts Legacy
✗ Weak
CPU
65%
GPU
16%
RAM
100%
Dota 2
✗ Weak
CPU
196%
GPU
95%
RAM
400%
Baldur's Gate 3
✗ Weak
CPU
53%
GPU
14%
RAM
200%
Starfield
✗ Weak
CPU
42%
GPU
7%
RAM
100%
Call of Duty: Warzone
✗ Weak
CPU
53%
GPU
14%
RAM
200%
League of Legends
✗ Weak
CPU
294%
GPU
95%
RAM
800%
Sims 4
✗ Weak
CPU
196%
GPU
95%
RAM
400%
Helldivers 2
✗ Weak
CPU
42%
GPU
7%
RAM
200%
Battlefield 5
✗ Weak
CPU
65%
GPU
16%
RAM
200%
Far Cry 5
✗ Weak
CPU
74%
GPU
22%
RAM
200%
Forza Horizon 4
✗ Weak
CPU
84%
GPU
26%
RAM
200%
Forza Horizon 5
✗ Weak
CPU
65%
GPU
14%
RAM
200%
Metro Exodus
✗ Weak
CPU
74%
GPU
15%
RAM
200%
Overwatch
✗ Weak
CPU
118%
GPU
95%
RAM
400%
PUBG: Battlegrounds
✗ Weak
CPU
74%
GPU
20%
RAM
200%
Resident Evil 4 Remake
✗ Weak
CPU
59%
GPU
12%
RAM
200%
Escape from Tarkov
✗ Weak
CPU
98%
GPU
19%
RAM
200%
God of War
✗ Weak
CPU
134%
GPU
20%
RAM
200%
Horizon Zero Dawn
✗ Weak
CPU
134%
GPU
16%
RAM
200%
Death Stranding
✗ Weak
CPU
118%
GPU
15%
RAM
200%
Control
✗ Weak
CPU
98%
GPU
16%
RAM
200%
Doom Eternal
✗ Weak
CPU
134%
GPU
24%
RAM
200%
Batman: Arkham Knight
✗ Weak
CPU
163%
GPU
24%
RAM
267%
Hitman 3
✗ Weak
CPU
134%
GPU
24%
RAM
200%
Flight Simulator 2020
✗ Weak
CPU
105%
GPU
19%
RAM
200%
Watch Dogs Legion
✗ Weak
CPU
105%
GPU
20%
RAM
200%
Borderlands 3
✗ Weak
CPU
118%
GPU
17%
RAM
267%
Anno 1800
✗ Weak
CPU
98%
GPU
24%
RAM
200%
Rainbow Six Siege
✗ Weak
CPU
245%
GPU
47%
RAM
267%
The Division 2
✗ Weak
CPU
134%
GPU
19%
RAM
200%
Gears Tactics
✗ Weak
CPU
118%
GPU
32%
RAM
200%
Hunt Showdown
✗ Weak
CPU
105%
GPU
24%
RAM
267%
Tiny Tina's Wonderlands
✗ Weak
CPU
98%
GPU
12%
RAM
200%
Mafia Definitive Edition
✗ Weak
CPU
134%
GPU
24%
RAM
267%
Days Gone
✗ Weak
CPU
134%
GPU
16%
RAM
200%
Ghostwire Tokyo
✗ Weak
CPU
70%
GPU
20%
RAM
133%
Returnal
✗ Weak
CPU
84%
GPU
12%
RAM
100%
Dying Light 2
✗ Weak
CPU
98%
GPU
12%
RAM
200%
Resident Evil Village
✗ Weak
CPU
84%
GPU
14%
RAM
200%
The Callisto Protocol
✗ Weak
CPU
59%
GPU
12%
RAM
200%
Atomic Heart
✗ Weak
CPU
92%
GPU
20%
RAM
200%
Alan Wake 2
✗ Weak
CPU
70%
GPU
7%
RAM
100%
Black Myth Wukong
✗ Weak
CPU
59%
GPU
20%
RAM
100%
Ghost of Tsushima
✗ Weak
CPU
59%
GPU
20%
RAM
200%
The Last of Us Part 1
✗ Weak
CPU
59%
GPU
12%
RAM
100%
Diablo 4
✗ Weak
CPU
134%
GPU
24%
RAM
200%
Spider-Man Miles Morales
✗ Weak
CPU
98%
GPU
24%
RAM
200%
Star Wars Jedi Survivor
✗ Weak
CPU
59%
GPU
9%
RAM
200%
Dead Space Remake
✗ Weak
CPU
92%
GPU
12%
RAM
200%
Lies of P
✗ Weak
CPU
84%
GPU
20%
RAM
200%
Sons of the Forest
✗ Weak
CPU
59%
GPU
10%
RAM
133%
Rise of the Tomb Raider
✗ Weak
CPU
196%
GPU
47%
RAM
400%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
✗ Weak
CPU
163%
GPU
24%
RAM
200%
Assassin's Creed Odyssey
✗ Weak
CPU
147%
GPU
24%
RAM
200%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla
✗ Weak
CPU
84%
GPU
20%
RAM
200%
F1 24
✗ Weak
CPU
163%
GPU
12%
RAM
200%
Need for Speed Heat
✗ Weak
CPU
84%
GPU
14%
RAM
200%
Civilization 6
✗ Weak
CPU
196%
GPU
47%
RAM
400%
Star Wars Jedi Fallen Order
✗ Weak
CPU
163%
GPU
39%
RAM
200%
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