HP 290 G1 SFF Business PC

Performance Results


Gaming 22% Surfboard	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 19% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 89.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	15.6% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	181% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	16GB 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 Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	HP 290 G1 SFF Business PC (all builds)
Motherboard	HP 843F
Memory	9.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190527
Uptime	1.9 Days
Run Date	Jul 25 '19 at 08:25
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing as expected (46^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-8500-$170 43,089 User benchmarks, average bench 82% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	89.9% Excellent	Memory 87.5 1-Core 125 2-Core 251 86% 154 Pts	4-Core 497 8-Core 712 76% 605 Pts	64-Core 707 44% 707 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 89.9% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GT 1030 185,384 User benchmarks, average bench 14% Gigabyte(1458 375C) 2GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 430.64 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	15.6% Very poor	Lighting 19.4 Reflection 15.2 Parallax 18.1 16% 17.6 fps	MRender 15.8 Gravity 19 Splatting 20 15% 18.2 fps
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 15.6% Great: 15%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 253GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 795 515 510 498 493 486 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	181% Outstanding	Read 968 Write 1,008 Mixed 818 SusWrite 550 188% 836 MB/s	4K Read 49.9 4K Write 84.4 4K Mixed 55 191% 63.1 MB/s	DQ Read 1,195 DQ Write 1,040 DQ Mixed 1,119 838% 1,118 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 181% Great: 340%
Samsung 840 Evo 1TB-$199 23,857 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 63GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 448 451 226 49 47 46 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	91.3% Outstanding	Read 484 Write 441 Mixed 392 SusWrite 211 86% 382 MB/s	4K Read 35.4 4K Write 63 4K Mixed 43.9 143% 47.4 MB/s	DQ Read 344 DQ Write 296 DQ Mixed 249 206% 296 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 91.3% Great: 126%
Seagate ST2000LM 003 HN-M201RAD 2TB 867 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 716GB free Firmware: 2BE1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 56 59 59 60 60 60 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	33.5% Below average	Read 56 Write 40.5 Mixed 49.2 SusWrite 59.2 38% 51.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 4.9 4K Mixed 0.7 194% 2.07 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 33.5% Great: 71%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 1TB 266,123 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 232GB free Firmware: 2BA3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 61 63 64 64 63 64 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	42.7% Average	Read 85.5 Write 45.3 Mixed 50.8 SusWrite 63 45% 61.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.6 126% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 42.7% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX2666C16/8G Hynix HMA81GU6CJR8N-VK 16GB 60 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2666, 2666 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (38^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	73.5% Very good	MC Read 28 MC Write 28.4 MC Mixed 22.3 75% 26.2 GB/s	SC Read 15.1 SC Write 24.8 SC Mixed 23.8 61% 21.2 GB/s	Latency 70 57% 70 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 73.5% Great: 88%

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Desktop 74%

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Workstation 8%

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System: HP 290 G1 SFF Business PC

CPU
Core i5-8500Intel $170Bench 82%, 43,089 samples	93x
Core i3-8100Intel $110Bench 71%, 81,392 samples	67x
Core i3-9100FIntel $88Bench 80%, 34,310 samples	8x

GPU
UHD Graphics 630 (Desktop Coffee Lake i5 i7)IntelBench 5%, 147,588 samples	72x
UHD Graphics 630 (Desktop Coffee Lake i3)IntelBench 5%, 32,403 samples	60x
GT 1030NvidiaBench 14%, 185,384 samples	28x

SSD
hynix BC501 HFM256GDJTNG-8310A 256GBSKBench 123%, 30,266 samples	34x
PC SN520 SDAPNUW-256G-1006 256GBWDCBench 152%, 17,295 samples	23x
TOSHIBA 256GBKbg30zmv256gBench 99%, 31,797 samples	10x

RAM
M378A1K43CB2-CTD 1x8GBSamsungBench 43%, 19,029 samples	22x
HMA81GU6CJR8N-VK 1x8GBHynixBench 44%, 10,608 samples	19x
8ATF1G64AZ-2G6E1 1x8GBMicronBench 43%, 7,364 samples	13x

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Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $170

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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