HP 500-401a

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 4% Tree trunk	Desktop 51% Yacht	Workstation 3% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 52.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	6.62% 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	16GB 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 Version	Although Windows 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Very high background CPU (38%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	HP 500-401a (all builds)
Motherboard	Hewlett-Packard 2B17
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20150310
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 22 '17 at 00:31
Run Duration	275 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	38%

PC Performing as expected (59^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD A8-6500 APU-$135 7,219 User benchmarks, average bench 50% P0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.85 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	52.3% Above average	Memory 78.5 1-Core 67 2-Core 113 54% 86.2 Pts	4-Core 148 8-Core 186 22% 167 Pts	64-Core 201 12% 201 Pts
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 52.3% Great: 58%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R7 240 58,337 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Device(1B0A 90D3) 2GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 14.201.1001.0 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	6.62% Terrible	Lighting 8.1 Reflection 9.27 Parallax 10.4 7% 9.25 fps	MRender 8.1 Gravity 7.83 Splatting 8.35 7% 8.09 fps
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 6.62% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$63 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free (System drive) Firmware: HP51 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 148099600 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 742 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 37977448 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1404 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 740 (B4) Unknown 100 100 1705059546 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 80 62 336592916 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 3711 (C2) HDA temperature 20 40 51539607572 (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 200 200 0	86.5% Excellent	Read 169 Write 134 Mixed 118 105% 140 MB/s	4K Read 0.1 4K Write 0.72 4K Mixed 0.07 25% 0.29 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 86.5% Great: 113%
SanDisk Cruzer Edge 16GB 6,219 User benchmarks, average bench 10% 14GB free, PID 556b Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	10.9% Very poor	Read 34.9 Write 7.31 Mixed 11 18% 17.7 MB/s	4K Read 3.72 4K Write 1.09 4K Mixed 0.89 81% 1.9 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 10.9% Great: 13%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT41GU6AFR8A-PB 2x8GB 1,525 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	32.6% Below average	MC Read 16.1 MC Write 6.3 MC Mixed 11.1 32% 11.2 GB/s	SC Read 8.1 SC Write 6.9 SC Mixed 9.2 23% 8.07 GB/s	Latency 83.4 48% 83.4 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 32.6% Great: 61%

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System: HP 500-401a

CPU
A8-6500 APUAMD $135Bench 50%, 7,219 samples	4x

GPU
R7 240AMDBench 5%, 58,337 samples	2x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	2x

RAM
HMT41GU6BFR8A-PB GU512303EP0202 HMT41GU6BFR8A-PB 18GBHynixBench 28%, 1 sample	1x
M378B1G73DB0-CK0 2x8GBSamsungBench 55%, 9,947 samples	1x
GU512303EP0202 Hynix HMT41GU6BFR8A-PB 10GBUnknownBench 20%, 2 samples	1x

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Value: 61% - Good

Total price: $135

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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

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PC Performing as expected (59th percentile)

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PC Performing as expected (59^th percentile)