HP Presario CQ43 Notebook PC

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 0%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 22%
Surfboard
Workstation
Workstation 0%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith an extremely low single core score, this CPU can barely handle email and light web browsing. Finally, with a gaming score of 24.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very poor.
Graphics0.87% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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.
Memory4GB 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 VersionAlthough 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.
SystemHP Presario CQ43 Notebook PC  (all builds)
MotherboardHewlett-Packard 3577
Memory2.5 GB free of 4 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 7
BIOS Date20111107
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJun 12 '18 at 11:28
Run Duration120 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU10%

 PC Performing as expected (46th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD E-300 APU-$120
Socket FT1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads
Base clock 1.3 GHz
Performing above expectations (74th percentile)
24.8% Poor
Memory 46.5
1-Core 12.3
2-Core 31.6
22% 30.1 Pts
4-Core 21.2
8-Core 21.1
3% 21.2 Pts
64-Core 29.9
2% 29.9 Pts
Poor: 11%
This bench: 24.8%
Great: 37%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 6310
HP(103C 3577) 384MB
Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 8.861.1.2000
Performing as expected (59th percentile)
0.87% Terrible
Lighting 1
Reflection 1.42
Parallax 0.78
1% 1.07 fps
MRender 1.48
Gravity 0.63
Splatting 1.43
1% 1.18 fps
Poor: 0%
This bench: 0.87%
Great: 1%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Seagate Momentus Thin 7200 2.5" 320GB-$29
225GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 0001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s
Performing as expected (44th percentile)
44.2% Average
Read 80.9
Write 73.4
Mixed 74.6
57% 76.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.21
4K Write 0.81
4K Mixed 0.2
46% 0.41 MB/s
Poor: 14%
This bench: 44.2%
Great: 64%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Hynix HMT451S6AFR8A-PB 1x4GB
1 of 2 slots used
4GB SODIMM DDR3 1066 MHz clocked @ 533 MHz
Performing below potential (6th percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
11.6% Very poor
MC Read 3.8
MC Write 3.2
MC Mixed 4.3
11% 3.77 GB/s
SC Read 2.8
SC Write 2.9
SC Mixed 3
8% 2.9 GB/s
Latency 174
23% 174 ns
Poor: 12%
This bench: 11.6%
Great: 32%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Presario CQ43 Notebook PC Builds (Compare 92 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 5%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 47%
Yacht
Workstation
Workstation 5%
Tree trunk

System: HP Presario CQ43 Notebook PC

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 51% - Above average Total price: $188
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