HP G42 Notebook PC

Performance Results


Gaming 3% Tree trunk	Desktop 28% Raft	Workstation 3% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (21st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 79 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a relatively low single core score, this CPU can handle email, light web browsing and basic audio/video playback, but it will struggle to handle CPU intensive tasks. Finally, with a gaming score of 27.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very poor.
Graphics	0.58% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	35.5% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (23%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	HP G42 Notebook PC (all builds)
Motherboard	Hewlett-Packard 1444
Memory	4.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20110407
Uptime	5.5 Days
Run Date	Oct 09 '20 at 01:19
Run Duration	121 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	23%

PC Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Turion II P520 591 User benchmarks, average bench 39% Socket S1G4, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads Base clock 2.3 GHz, turbo 2.3 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	27.5% Poor	Memory 45.8 1-Core 30.4 2-Core 39.6 27% 38.6 Pts	4-Core 55.9 8-Core 52.8 7% 54.3 Pts	64-Core 56.6 4% 56.6 Pts
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 27.5% Great: 44%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4250 11,054 User benchmarks, average bench 1% HP(103C 1444) 256MB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 8.970.100.9001 Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	0.58% Terrible	Lighting 0.67 Reflection 1.15 Parallax 0.47 0% 0.76 fps	MRender 0.9 Gravity 0.13 Splatting 1.22 1% 0.75 fps
Poor: 0% ↑ This bench: 0.58% Great: 1%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS900 500GB SSD 16,267 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 335GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS900J13 SusWrite @10s intervals: 179 62 35 47 39 40 MB/s Performing below potential (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	35.5% Below average	Read 132 Write 96 Mixed 98.6 SusWrite 67.2 22% 98.5 MB/s	4K Read 12.6 4K Write 44.3 4K Mixed 18 66% 25 MB/s	DQ Read 118 DQ Write 145 DQ Mixed 127 97% 130 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 35.5% Great: 96%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT51264BF1339.C16F 2x4GB 187 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 2 of 2 slots used 8GB SODIMM DDR3 1066 MHz Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	20.7% Poor	MC Read 8.6 MC Write 5.6 MC Mixed 8.1 21% 7.43 GB/s	SC Read 4.4 SC Write 4.4 SC Mixed 5.6 14% 4.8 GB/s	Latency 177 23% 177 ns
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 20.7% Great: 51%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Typical G42 Notebook PC Builds (Compare 174 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 1%

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Desktop 19%

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Workstation 1%

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System: HP G42 Notebook PC

CPU
Core i3 M 370Intel $167Bench 39%, 23,407 samples	60x
Core i3 M 350Intel $199Bench 38%, 14,351 samples	40x
Core i5 M 460Intel $130Bench 40%, 18,336 samples	14x

GPU
HD Graphics (Arrandale 0.667/0.766 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 99,513 samples	143x
Mobility Radeon HD 5470ATIBench 1%, 14,621 samples	12x
Mobility Radeon HD 4250ATIBench 1%, 11,054 samples	9x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	10x
BX500 240GBCrucial $29Bench 56%, 142,801 samples	5x
A400 120GBKingston $30Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	4x

RAM
M471B5673FH0-CH9 1x2GBSamsungBench 19%, 884 samples	5x
M471B5773CHS-CH9 1x2GBSamsungBench 19%, 2,491 samples	4x
M471B5673FH0-CF8 1x2GBSamsungBench 19%, 692 samples	4x

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Value: 42% - Average

Total price: $195

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16