HP G42 Notebook PC

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing CPU, SSD, RAM
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Graphics	0.75% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 10 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	HP G42 Notebook PC (all builds)
Motherboard	Hewlett-Packard 1425
Memory	1.2 GB free of 3 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20110407
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 24 '14 at 19:54
Run Duration	374 Seconds
Run User	DOM-User
Background CPU	17%

PC Performing as expected (44^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3 M 370-$167 23,407 User benchmarks, average bench 39% CPU, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.4 GHz Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		1-Core 53.1 2-Core 92 34% 72.6 Pts	4-Core 158 8-Core 163 21% 161 Pts	64-Core 165 10% 165 Pts
Poor: 26% Great: 45%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD Graphics (Arrandale 0.667/0.766 GHz) 99,513 User benchmarks, average bench 1% HP(103C 1425) 1.2GB Driver: igdumd64.dll Ver. 8.15.10.2622 Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	0.75% Terrible	Lighting 0.83 Reflection 1 Parallax 0.81 1% 0.88 fps	MRender 1.29 Gravity 0.33 Splatting 1.48 1% 1.03 fps
Poor: 0% ↑ This bench: 0.75% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Momentus Thin 7200 2.5" 320GB-$29 12,279 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 223GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0004 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 102 99 4719536 (03) Spinup time 99 98 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1706 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 66411923 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1380 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1263 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 25 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 39 150879010849 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 15 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 15 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 8874 (C2) HDA temperature 33 61 55834574881 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 49 41 4719536 (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 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 1 8878 (FB) Unknown 100 1 2247 (FC) Unknown 100 1 734 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	42.6% Average	Read 79.3 Write 69.4 Mixed 39.6 46% 62.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.11 4K Write 0.76 4K Mixed 0.33 55% 0.4 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 42.6% Great: 64%
SAMSUNG HD161HJ 160GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 120GB free, PID 2352 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	11.8% Very poor	Read 25.9 Write 19.6 Mixed 21.4 28% 22.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 1.21 4K Mixed 0.34 54% 0.66 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 11.8% Great: 16%
SanDisk Cruzer Force 32GB 4,096 User benchmarks, average bench 11% 12GB free, PID 557d Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	8.54% Terrible	Read 19.5 Write 3.31 Mixed 5.47 9% 9.44 MB/s	4K Read 1.89 4K Write 1.48 4K Mixed 0.77 83% 1.38 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 8.54% Great: 18%

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System: HP G42 Notebook PC

CPU
Core i3 M 370Intel $167Bench 39%, 23,407 samples	60x
Core i3 M 350Intel $199Bench 38%, 14,351 samples	40x
Core i5 M 460Intel $130Bench 40%, 18,336 samples	14x

GPU
HD Graphics (Arrandale 0.667/0.766 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 99,513 samples	143x
Mobility Radeon HD 5470ATIBench 1%, 14,621 samples	12x
Mobility Radeon HD 4250ATIBench 1%, 11,054 samples	9x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	10x
BX500 240GBCrucial $27Bench 56%, 142,801 samples	5x
A400 120GBKingston $28Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	4x

RAM
M471B5673FH0-CH9 1x2GBSamsungBench 19%, 884 samples	5x
M471B5773CHS-CH9 1x2GBSamsungBench 19%, 2,491 samples	4x
M471B5673FH0-CF8 1x2GBSamsungBench 19%, 692 samples	4x

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