HP 250 G3 Notebook PC

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 1% Tree trunk	Desktop 40% Speed boat	Workstation 1% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 48.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	2.22% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	The 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.
Memory	4GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and although it's sufficient for most games, some will benefit from up to 8GB of RAM. 4GB is also enough for modest file and system caches which allow for a responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Very high background CPU (56%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	HP 250 G3 Notebook PC (all builds)
Motherboard	Hewlett-Packard 2211
Memory	2.5 GB free of 4 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20141218
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 27 '17 at 07:42
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	56%

PC Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4210U 82,966 User benchmarks, average bench 41% U3E1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.4 GHz Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	48.4% Average	Memory 64.2 1-Core 34 2-Core 120 43% 72.9 Pts	4-Core 190 8-Core 190 25% 190 Pts	64-Core 190 12% 190 Pts
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 48.4% Great: 53%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4400 (Mobile 1.0/1.1 GHz) 275,372 User benchmarks, average bench 2% HP(103C 2211) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 10.18.10.3960 Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	2.22% Terrible	Lighting 2.5 Reflection 3.46 Parallax 3.5 2% 3.15 fps	MRender 3.86 Gravity 1.23 Splatting 4.09 3% 3.06 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 2.22% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Hitachi HTS545050A7E680 500GB 66,048 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 423GB free (System drive) Firmware: GR2OA350 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 253 100 55834574849 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 183 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 133 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 65 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 60 337379356 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 9 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 393222 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 4708 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	48.9% Average	Read 80.9 Write 89.5 Mixed 60.7 57% 77 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.43 4K Mixed 0.19 66% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 48.9% Great: 58%
Kingston DataTraveler R3.0 G2 USB 3.0 32GB-$30 1,204 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 29GB free, PID 16a2 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	26.2% Poor	Read 108 Write 31 Mixed 33.4 58% 57.5 MB/s	4K Read 3.74 4K Write 0.94 4K Mixed 0.67 69% 1.78 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 26.2% Great: 42%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HP687515-H66-MCN 1x4GB 4,009 User benchmarks, average bench 22% 1 of 2 slots used 4GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	28.5% Poor	MC Read 10.3 MC Write 10 MC Mixed 8.4 27% 9.57 GB/s	SC Read 10 SC Write 8.8 SC Mixed 8.8 26% 9.2 GB/s	Latency 116 34% 116 ns
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 28.5% Great: 31%

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Gaming 2%

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Desktop 39%

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Workstation 2%

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System: HP 250 G3 Notebook PC

CPU
Core i3-4005UIntelBench 39%, 37,483 samples	190x
Celeron N2840IntelBench 28%, 20,923 samples	88x
Core i5-4210UIntelBench 41%, 82,966 samples	71x

GPU
HD 4400 (Mobile 1.0/1.1 GHz)IntelBench 2%, 275,372 samples	248x
HD Graphics (Bay Trail 0.667 - 0.854 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 90,156 samples	145x
GeForce 820MNvidiaBench 4%, 9,266 samples	21x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	18x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	11x
PLUS 240GBSandiskBench 45%, 86,316 samples	7x

RAM
M471B5173QH0-YK0 1x4GBSamsungBench 25%, 38,580 samples	76x
HMT451S6BFR8A-PB 1x4GBHynixBench 25%, 64,960 samples	55x
M471B5173DB0-YK0 1x4GBSamsungBench 24%, 51,191 samples	44x

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Value: 21% - Poor

Total price: $28

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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 $45	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