HP compaq 8300 Convertible Microtower

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 4%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 65%
Destroyer
Workstation
Workstation 4%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics1.85% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot DriveThe boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
SystemHP compaq 8300 Convertible Microtower  (all builds)
MotherboardHewlett-Packard 3396
Memory10.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors, 1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20150915
Uptime3 Days
Run DateMar 27 '17 at 17:49
Run Duration135 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU3%

 PC Performing as expected (53rd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-3770-$297
Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3770 CPU @ 3.40GHz, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
77.1% Very good
Memory 83.5
1-Core 106
2-Core 208
75% 132 Pts
4-Core 389
8-Core 515
58% 452 Pts
64-Core 513
32% 513 Pts
Poor: 57%
This bench: 77.1%
Great: 76%
Graphics Cards Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 7450
HP(103C 90B7) 1GB
Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1101.1001
Performing as expected (52nd percentile)
1.85% Terrible
Lighting 2.43
Reflection 2.46
Parallax 2
2% 2.3 fps
MRender 1.95
Gravity 1.6
Splatting 2.22
2% 1.92 fps
Poor: 2%
This bench: 1.85%
Great: 2%
Intel HD 4000 (Desktop 1.15 GHz)-$15
HP(103C 3396) 2GB
Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 10.18.10.4358
Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33
784GB free (System drive)
Firmware: HP34
Performing above expectations (67th percentile)
98.8% Outstanding
Read 178
Write 166
Mixed 162
127% 169 MB/s
4K Read 0.94
4K Write 1.79
4K Mixed 0.33
109% 1.02 MB/s
Poor: 55%
This bench: 98.8%
Great: 112%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33
508GB free
Firmware: HP34
Performing as expected (45th percentile)
89.9% Excellent
Read 160
Write 154
Mixed 149
116% 154 MB/s
4K Read 0.61
4K Write 1.74
4K Mixed 0.25
85% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 55%
This bench: 89.9%
Great: 112%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Samsung M378B5173BH0-CK0 M378B5173BH0-CK0 M378B5273DH0-CK0 M378B5273DH0-CK0 16GB
1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz
4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB
Performing below potential (6th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
52% Above average
MC Read 19.1
MC Write 17.7
MC Mixed 15.9
50% 17.6 GB/s
SC Read 17.3
SC Write 17.4
SC Mixed 18
50% 17.6 GB/s
Latency 74.3
54% 74.3 ns
Poor: 52%
This bench: 52%
Great: 88%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Intel Core i5-12600K $184Nvidia RTX 4070 $409Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52
HDDRAMUSB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16
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