HP Compaq dx2420 Microtower

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU, SSD
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 43.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
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	3GB 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. 3GB is also enough for modest file and system caches which allow for a responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (90%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	HP Compaq dx2420 Microtower (all builds)
Motherboard	MSI 2A78h
Memory	0.6 GB free of 3 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20090220
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 20 '18 at 21:08
Run Duration	556 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	90%

PC Performing as expected (60^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core2 Duo E8600-$180 6,109 User benchmarks, average bench 44% Socket 775, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads Base clock 3.35 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	43.4% Average	Memory 75.2 1-Core 34.8 2-Core 70.2 41% 60.1 Pts	4-Core 71.1 8-Core 69.4 9% 70.2 Pts	64-Core 70.8 4% 70.8 Pts
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 43.4% Great: 49%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate ST3500312CS 500GB-$24 89,637 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 466GB free Firmware: CA12 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 112 100 49922850 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5638 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 76 60 47828369 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2101 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 182 (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 76 48 403767320 (C2) HDA temperature 24 52 38654705688 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 55 53 49922850 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	56.2% Above average	Read 106 Write 90.4 Mixed 27.5 54% 74.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.72 4K Mixed 0.39 95% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 56.2% Great: 60%
Toshiba MQ01ABF050 500GB-$32 118,349 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 367GB free Firmware: AM0P1D Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 1320 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 2462 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3476 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 3665 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 795 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 8330 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 206159282200 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 68768046 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 237141621 (F0) Head flying hours 95 95 2384 (F1) Unknown 100 100 14961839707 (F2) Unknown 100 100 28600839682 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	53.5% Above average	Read 97.6 Write 88.9 Mixed 58.8 61% 81.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.43 4K Mixed 0.16 64% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 53.5% Great: 60%
Hitachi Deskstar P7K500 500GB-$159 43,620 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 196GB free (System drive) Firmware: GM4OA5KA Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 93 0 (02) Throughput performance 132 100 140 (03) Spinup time 119 100 25790775620 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 3515 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 131 100 29 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 13727 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3504 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 458752 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 54 538116125 (C0) Power-off retract count 97 97 3621 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 3621 (C2) HDA temperature 206 139 197569019933 (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	34.5% Below average	Read 77.7 Write 42.2 Mixed 54.9 44% 58.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.24 4K Mixed 0.27 73% 0.66 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 34.5% Great: 51%
hp v150w 16GB 376 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 9GB free, PID 2d40 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	4.9% Terrible	Read 20.5 Write 3.38 Mixed 5.38 9% 9.76 MB/s	4K Read 4.98 4K Write 0.005 4K Mixed 0.006 19% 1.66 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 4.9% Great: 8%
Generic Flash Disk 2GB 6,669 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 2GB free, PID 6387 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Read 12.9 Write 2.33 Mixed 6.59 8% 7.29 MB/s
Poor: 2% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 3GB 81,553 User benchmarks, average bench 14% null MHz 1024, 2048 MB Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	18.6% Very poor	MC Read 6 MC Write 6.3 MC Mixed 5.3 17% 5.87 GB/s	SC Read 3.2 SC Write 6 SC Mixed 4 12% 4.4 GB/s	Latency 90 44% 90 ns
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 18.6% Great: 23%

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Desktop 44%

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Workstation 2%

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System: HP Compaq dx2420 Microtower

CPU
Core2 Duo E8500Intel $110Bench 42%, 18,841 samples	3x
Pentium E5300Intel $59Bench 36%, 18,604 samples	3x
Pentium E5200Intel $50Bench 36%, 13,848 samples	3x

GPU
GeForce GT 710NvidiaBench 3%, 187,161 samples	4x
GeForce GT 730NvidiaBench 5%, 164,888 samples	2x
GTX 660Nvidia $170Bench 20%, 123,956 samples	1x

SSD
SSD Plus 120GBSanDisk $42Bench 58%, 87,912 samples	4x
PLUS 240GBSandiskBench 45%, 86,316 samples	1x
Force LS 120GBCorsair $98Bench 54%, 9,315 samples	1x

RAM
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples	9x
3GBUnknownBench 14%, 81,553 samples	3x
2x1GBUnknownBench 14%, 68,489 samples	2x

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Value: 41% - Average

Total price: $152

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