HP Compaq 500B Microtower

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 0%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 15%
Surfboard
Workstation
Workstation 0%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing below expectations (23rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 77 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
ProcessorWith a relatively low single core score, this CPU can handle email, light web browsing and basic audio/video playback, but it will struggle to handle CPU intensive tasks. Finally, with a gaming score of 33.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics0.51% 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.
Memory2GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows however a minimum of 4GB is recommended for gaming or any other RAM intensive tasks such as photo/video editing. This system will also be a little more responsive with 4GB of RAM.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Very high background CPU (71%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemHP Compaq 500B Microtower  (all builds)
MotherboardFOXCONN 2A8Ch
Memory0.3 GB free of 2 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20091127
Uptime0.2 Days
Run DateApr 12 '19 at 11:10
Run Duration170 Seconds
Run User HRV-User
Background CPU 71%

 PC Performing below expectations (23rd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Pentium E5300-$59
CPU 1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads
Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 2.45 GHz (avg)
Performing below expectations (34th percentile)
33.5% Below average
Memory 56.2
1-Core 34.2
2-Core 61.7
34% 50.7 Pts
4-Core 65.1
8-Core 68.2
9% 66.6 Pts
64-Core 70.5
4% 70.5 Pts
Poor: 22%
This bench: 33.5%
Great: 43%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Intel G41 Express Chipset
HP(103C 2A8C) 799MB
Driver: igdumd32.dll Ver. 8.15.10.2702
Performing above expectations (75th percentile)
0.51% Terrible
Lighting 0.63
Reflection 0.5
Parallax 0.59
0% 0.58 fps
MRender 0.48
Gravity 0.47
Splatting 0.78
0% 0.58 fps
Poor: 0%
This bench: 0.51%
Great: 1%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
WD Blue 320GB (2007)-$65
159GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 03.03E03
SusWrite @10s intervals: 16 15 47 12 9.1 19 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (6th percentile)
23.6% Poor
Read 62.5
Write 30.5
Mixed 32.7
SusWrite 19.7
27% 36.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.3
4K Write 1
4K Mixed 0.5
87% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 23%
This bench: 23.6%
Great: 58%
Seagate M3 Portable 2TB
1.5TB free
Firmware: 0710
SusWrite @10s intervals: 19 18 18 19 19 19 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (4th percentile)
13.6% Very poor
Read 28
Write 25
Mixed 26
SusWrite 18.5
18% 24.4 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 2.6
4K Mixed 0.3
102% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 16%
This bench: 13.6%
Great: 64%
Samsung M3 Portable 1TB
416GB free, PID 61b6
Operating at USB 2.1 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 17 18 17 17 17 17 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (8th percentile)
13.6% Very poor
Read 27
Write 24.7
Mixed 23.2
SusWrite 17.2
31% 23 MB/s
4K Read 0.3
4K Write 1.9
4K Mixed 0.6
86% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 13%
This bench: 13.6%
Great: 42%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Samsung M378B2873EH1-CH9 2x1GB
2 of 2 slots used
2GB DIMM DDR3 800 MHz
Performing below potential (8th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
11.3% Very poor
MC Read 4.5
MC Write 3.4
MC Mixed 3.3
11% 3.73 GB/s
SC Read 1.9
SC Write 2.6
SC Mixed 0.1
4% 1.53 GB/s
Latency 139
29% 139 ns
Poor: 11%
This bench: 11.3%
Great: 51%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Compaq 500B Microtower Builds (Compare 49 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 2%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 37%
Jet ski
Workstation
Workstation 2%
Tree trunk

System: HP Compaq 500B Microtower

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