HP 280 G3 SFF Business PC

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 7%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 77%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 6%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall 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.
ProcessorWith an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 93.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics5.36% 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.
Memory8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Sub-optimal background CPU (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
Run History
SystemHP 280 G3 SFF Business PC  (all builds)
MotherboardHP 843F
Memory5.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display1280 x 800 - 32 Bit colores
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180806
Uptime0 Days
Run DateDec 11 '18 at 21:09
Run Duration221 Seconds
Run User CHL-User
Background CPU 20%

 PC Performing as expected (59th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-8500-$171
U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads
Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
93.1% Outstanding
Memory 92.2
1-Core 128
2-Core 254
88% 158 Pts
4-Core 506
8-Core 752
78% 629 Pts
64-Core 734
46% 734 Pts
Poor: 60%
This bench: 93.1%
Great: 90%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 630 (Desktop Coffee Lake i5 i7)
HP(103C 843F) 1GB
Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 24.20.100.6344
Performing as expected (53rd percentile)
5.36% Terrible
Lighting 7.6
Reflection 10.6
Parallax 7.62
6% 8.61 fps
MRender 8.86
Gravity 6.83
Splatting 0.09
4% 5.26 fps
Poor: 3%
This bench: 5.36%
Great: 7%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$30
860GB free (System drive)
Firmware: MS2OA800
SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 99 114 90 116 125 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (11th percentile)
59.9% Above average
Read 100
Write 119
Mixed 32.7
SusWrite 109
65% 90.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.6
121% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 47%
This bench: 59.9%
Great: 107%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Hynix HMA81GU6CJR8N-VK 1x8GB
1 of 2 slots used
8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz
Performing above expectations (72nd percentile)
46.2% Average
MC Read 17.8
MC Write 16.2
MC Mixed 12.3
44% 15.4 GB/s
SC Read 13.3
SC Write 14.4
SC Mixed 14.3
40% 14 GB/s
Latency 63.6
63% 63.6 ns
Poor: 35%
This bench: 46.2%
Great: 50%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical 280 G3 SFF Business PC Builds (Compare 126 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 9%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 73%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 8%
Tree trunk

System: HP 280 G3 SFF Business PC

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 84% - Excellent Total price: $199
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