HP 500-406a

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 11%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 73%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 10%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics10.8% 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 DriveThe 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough 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.
SystemHP 500-406a  (all builds)
MotherboardHewlett-Packard 2AF7
Memory13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 8.1
BIOS Date20141031
Uptime2.9 Days
Run DateMay 17 '18 at 05:15
Run Duration128 Seconds
Run User AUS-User
Background CPU7%

 PC Performing above expectations (63rd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-4790-$135
, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (95th percentile)
78.7% Very good
Memory 83.4
1-Core 118
2-Core 215
79% 139 Pts
4-Core 400
8-Core 596
62% 498 Pts
64-Core 610
38% 610 Pts
Poor: 58%
This bench: 78.7%
Great: 80%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 745 (OEM)-$60
HP(103C 6893) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1032 MHz, MLim: 450 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.73
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
10.8% Very poor
Lighting 13.5
Reflection 13
Parallax 9.91
11% 12.1 fps
MRender 11.3
Gravity 12.4
Splatting 14.2
10% 12.6 fps
Poor: 9%
This bench: 10.8%
Great: 10%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40
2TB free (System drive)
Firmware: HP36 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing as expected (44th percentile)
86% Excellent
Read 166
Write 135
Mixed 134
109% 145 MB/s
4K Read 0.16
4K Write 0.43
4K Mixed 0.16
32% 0.25 MB/s
Poor: 56%
This bench: 86%
Great: 113%
WD My Book 1230 2TB
445GB free, PID 1230
Operating at USB 2.1 Speed
Performing way below expectations (11th percentile)
17.3% Very poor
Read 37.9
Write 30.2
Mixed 29
40% 32.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.53
4K Write 1.66
4K Mixed 0.24
67% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 16%
This bench: 17.3%
Great: 59%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Samsung M378B1G73DB0-CK0 2x8GB
2 of 2 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing above expectations (66th percentile)
57.2% Above average
MC Read 20.9
MC Write 21.1
MC Mixed 17.3
56% 19.8 GB/s
SC Read 15.5
SC Write 21
SC Mixed 18.1
52% 18.2 GB/s
Latency 74.6
54% 74.6 ns
Poor: 36%
This bench: 57.2%
Great: 60%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical 500-406a Builds (Compare 12 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 12%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 70%
Battle cruiser
Workstation
Workstation 11%
Tree trunk

System: HP 500-406a

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 62% - Good Total price: $233
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