HP Presario CQ42 Notebook PC

Performance Results


Gaming 3% Tree trunk	Desktop 42% Speed boat	Workstation 3% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 43.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	1.55% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	41.1% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	6GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 6GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although 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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	HP Presario CQ42 Notebook PC (all builds)
Motherboard	Hewlett-Packard 1426
Memory	3.6 GB free of 6 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20100705
Uptime	3.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 19 '19 at 17:06
Run Duration	134 Seconds
Run User	MYS-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing as expected (45^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 350-$199 14,351 User benchmarks, average bench 38% CPU, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.25 GHz Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	43.2% Average	Memory 64 1-Core 52.3 2-Core 102 45% 72.7 Pts	4-Core 132 8-Core 133 18% 132 Pts	64-Core 134 8% 134 Pts
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 43.2% Great: 44%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4350 1,871 User benchmarks, average bench 1% HP(103C 1426) 512MB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 8.970.100.1100 Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	1.55% Terrible	Lighting 2 Reflection 2.88 Parallax 1.5 2% 2.13 fps	MRender 1.95 Gravity 0.8 Splatting 2.22 1% 1.66 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 1.55% Great: 2%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Apacer AS340 240GB 10,970 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 184GB free (System drive) Firmware: AP612PE0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 162 166 202 82 83 83 MB/s Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	41.1% Average	Read 206 Write 197 Mixed 184 SusWrite 130 40% 179 MB/s	4K Read 18.5 4K Write 19.1 4K Mixed 15.9 58% 17.8 MB/s	DQ Read 154 DQ Write 162 DQ Mixed 127 104% 148 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 41.1% Great: 95%
WD My Passport 25E1 1TB 31,309 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 666GB free, PID 25e1 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 20 19 22 20 21 21 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	18.5% Very poor	Read 26 Write 19.7 Mixed 19.5 SusWrite 20.6 28% 21.4 MB/s	4K Read 1.6 4K Write 3.2 4K Mixed 0.9 145% 1.9 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 18.5% Great: 65%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471B5673FH0-CH9 FSFF63F-C8KL9 6GB 1067, 1067 MHz 2048, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	23.8% Poor	MC Read 7.9 MC Write 7 MC Mixed 9.6 23% 8.17 GB/s	SC Read 6.7 SC Write 5.3 SC Mixed 6 17% 6 GB/s	Latency 117 34% 117 ns

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Gaming 1%

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Desktop 19%

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Workstation 1%

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System: HP Presario CQ42 Notebook PC

CPU
Core i3 M 350Intel $199Bench 38%, 14,351 samples	13x
Pentium T4500IntelBench 34%, 8,800 samples	10x
Pentium P6300IntelBench 38%, 178 samples	7x

GPU
HD Graphics (Arrandale 0.667/0.766 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 99,513 samples	36x
Mobile Series 4 Express Chipset FamilyIntelBench 0%, 23,924 samples	9x
Radeon HD 5400ATIBench 1%, 10,400 samples	8x

SSD
WDS500G2B0A-00SM50 500GBWDCBench 93%, 97,462 samples	2x
SA400S37/120G 120GBKingstonBench 60%, 96 samples	2x
A400 120GBKingston $29Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	2x

RAM
M471B5673FH0-CH9 1x2GBSamsungBench 19%, 884 samples	3x
HMT325S6CFR8C-H9 Elpida EBJ20UF8BCS0-DJ-F 4GBHynixBench 40%, 21 samples	3x
EBJ21UE8BDS0-DJ-F 1x2GBElpidaBench 20%, 220 samples	2x

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Total price: $199

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16