HP 500-164

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 6%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 53%
Yacht
Workstation
Workstation 6%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 53.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics5.56% 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.
Memory16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
SystemHP 500-164  (all builds)
MotherboardMSI 2AE0
Memory12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20141111
Uptime1.1 Days
Run DateJul 14 '19 at 23:00
Run Duration157 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU10%

 PC Performing above expectations (62nd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD A8-6500 APU-$135
P0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (78th percentile)
53.5% Above average
Memory 76.2
1-Core 60.2
2-Core 108
51% 81.5 Pts
4-Core 181
8-Core 182
24% 181 Pts
64-Core 178
11% 178 Pts
Poor: 40%
This bench: 53.5%
Great: 58%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 730
Zotac(19DA 730A) 1GB
CLim: 901 MHz, MLim: 450 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 430.64
Performing above expectations (80th percentile)
5.56% Terrible
Lighting 6.93
Reflection 7.19
Parallax 8.12
6% 7.42 fps
MRender 4.95
Gravity 7.27
Splatting 7.13
5% 6.45 fps
Poor: 3%
This bench: 5.56%
Great: 7%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Crucial MX100 256GB-$116
213GB free
Firmware: MU01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 277 283 287 287 291 291 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (4th percentile)
60.6% Good
Read 356
Write 285
Mixed 198
SusWrite 286
63% 281 MB/s
4K Read 20.1
4K Write 40.7
4K Mixed 24.2
83% 28.3 MB/s
DQ Read 93.6
DQ Write 45.2
DQ Mixed 59.4
47% 66.1 MB/s
Poor: 65%
This bench: 60.6%
Great: 97%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50
2TB free (System drive)
Firmware: HP34
SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 128 138 174 190 181 MB/s
Performing as expected (55th percentile)
93.7% Outstanding
Read 172
Write 177
Mixed 63.7
SusWrite 154
103% 142 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.9
161% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 51%
This bench: 93.7%
Great: 114%
Samsung G3 Station 2TB
1.5TB free, PID 6014
Operating at USB 2.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 36 37 37 37 37 37 MB/s
Performing above expectations (76th percentile)
19.7% Very poor
Read 30.8
Write 31.8
Mixed 31.7
SusWrite 36.8
46% 32.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 2.3
4K Mixed 1
114% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 9%
This bench: 19.7%
Great: 22%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston 9905471-055.A00LF HP698651-154-KEB 16GB
1600, 1600 MHz
8192, 8192 MB
Performing above expectations (77th percentile)
32.3% Below average
MC Read 15.5
MC Write 6.4
MC Mixed 11.3
32% 11.1 GB/s
SC Read 7.7
SC Write 6.5
SC Mixed 10.5
24% 8.23 GB/s
Latency 88
46% 88 ns
Poor: 28%
This bench: 32.3%
Great: 32%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical 500-164 Builds (Compare 28 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 5%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 50%
Yacht
Workstation
Workstation 5%
Tree trunk

System: HP 500-164

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 61% - Good Total price: $135
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