HP Compaq dx7400 Microtower

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 4% Tree trunk	Desktop 42% Speed boat	Workstation 3% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 40.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	9.2% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
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	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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	HP Compaq dx7400 Microtower (all builds)
Motherboard	MSI 0AB8
Memory	6.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20071025
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Aug 17 '17 at 12:26
Run Duration	129 Seconds
Run User	MYS-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core2 Duo E8500-$110 18,841 User benchmarks, average bench 42% Socket 775, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads Base clock 3.15 GHz Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	40.7% Average	Memory 72.3 1-Core 28.5 2-Core 56.4 37% 52.4 Pts	4-Core 56.3 8-Core 56.4 8% 56.3 Pts	64-Core 56.2 4% 56.2 Pts
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 40.7% Great: 48%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 650-$112 69,673 User benchmarks, average bench 8% Zotac(19DA 1294) 1GB CLim: 1058 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 384.94 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	9.2% Terrible	Lighting 10.3 Reflection 9.38 Parallax 12 8% 10.6 fps	MRender 13.8 Gravity 12.4 Splatting 13.1 11% 13.1 fps
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 9.2% Great: 9%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate ST3500414CS 500GB 23,667 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 377GB free (System drive) Firmware: SC13 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 106793134 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 37 37 65535 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 4361963644 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 18119 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 430 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 62 49 673382438 (C2) HDA temperature 38 51 98784247846 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 54 44 106793134 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	60.3% Good	Read 103 Write 107 Mixed 27.5 58% 79.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 1.43 4K Mixed 0.38 90% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 60.3% Great: 61%
WD Blue 320GB (2007)-$80 108,153 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 118GB free Firmware: 03.03E03 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 132 130 4375 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2791 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 4589 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2770 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 1180 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2783 (C2) HDA temperature 105 91 38 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	52.5% Above average	Read 92.4 Write 90.5 Mixed 28.2 51% 70.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.96 4K Mixed 0.33 93% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 52.5% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x2GB 183,252 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 4 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR2 Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	20.7% Poor	MC Read 7 MC Write 6.6 MC Mixed 6 19% 6.53 GB/s	SC Read 5.8 SC Write 6.4 SC Mixed 5.8 17% 6 GB/s	Latency 96.3 42% 96.3 ns
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 20.7% Great: 45%

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Typical Compaq dx7400 Microtower Builds (Compare 23 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 4%

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Desktop 37%

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Workstation 4%

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System: HP Compaq dx7400 Microtower

CPU
Core2 Duo E6550Intel $15Bench 37%, 11,349 samples	5x
Core2 Duo E8400Intel $89Bench 40%, 68,540 samples	4x
Core2 Quad Q6600Intel $100Bench 42%, 59,658 samples	3x

GPU
GeForce GT 420NvidiaBench 2%, 9,903 samples	3x
GeForce GT 240NvidiaBench 4%, 11,020 samples	3x
GeForce 210NvidiaBench 1%, 98,254 samples	2x

SSD
SSDNow V300 60GBKingston $76Bench 48%, 24,219 samples	2x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	2x
SSDPR-CX300-120 120GBBench 68%, 1,185 samples	2x

RAM
4x2GBUnknownBench 25%, 183,252 samples	7x
4GBUnknownBench 26%, 42,830 samples	4x
3x2GBUnknownBench 30%, 45,030 samples	3x

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Value: 16% - Very poor

Total price: $91

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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