HP p7-1240

Performance Results


Gaming 4% Tree trunk	Desktop 50% Yacht	Workstation 4% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (38th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 62 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.
Processor	With 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 54.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	1.14% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	68.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (57%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	HP p7-1240 (all builds)
Motherboard	MSI 2AE0
Memory	22.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120420
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Aug 15 '19 at 03:07
Run Duration	209 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	57%

PC Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD A10-5700 APU (2012 D.Tr)-$265 6,606 User benchmarks, average bench 48% P0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	54.2% Above average	Memory 78 1-Core 64.2 2-Core 95.4 51% 79.2 Pts	4-Core 179 8-Core 177 24% 178 Pts	64-Core 166 10% 166 Pts
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 54.2% Great: 57%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 5450 66,079 User benchmarks, average bench 1% Diamond(1092 5450) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.2401.0 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	1.14% Terrible	Lighting 1.37 Reflection 1.81 Parallax 1.62 1% 1.6 fps	MRender 1.71 Gravity 0.9 Splatting 1.65 1% 1.42 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 1.14% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 750GB-$160 24,471 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 607GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR011 SusWrite @10s intervals: 325 380 375 309 303 297 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	68.8% Good	Read 294 Write 392 Mixed 322 SusWrite 331 76% 335 MB/s	4K Read 21.8 4K Write 70.1 4K Mixed 32.5 112% 41.5 MB/s	DQ Read 23.5 DQ Write 65.2 DQ Mixed 34.4 29% 41 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 68.8% Great: 104%
SanDisk X400 512GB-$99 7,913 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 477GB free Firmware: X412 SusWrite @10s intervals: 156 151 181 170 157 104 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	58.9% Above average	Read 291 Write 267 Mixed 191 SusWrite 153 51% 226 MB/s	4K Read 17.7 4K Write 52.7 4K Mixed 29 92% 33.1 MB/s	DQ Read 204 DQ Write 199 DQ Mixed 109 107% 171 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 58.9% Great: 104%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 11GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 120 97 124 103 88 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	66.6% Good	Read 126 Write 128 Mixed 92 SusWrite 106 83% 113 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 0.9 186% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 66.6% Great: 83%
Seagate Archive HDD 8TB (2015)-$137 2,225 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 16GB free Firmware: AR15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 96 172 140 152 143 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	68% Good	Read 105 Write 140 Mixed 77 SusWrite 130 83% 113 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 7.2 4K Mixed 0.8 243% 2.83 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 68% Great: 87%
WD WD10S12X-55JTET0 1TB 208 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 16GB free Firmware: 01.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 62 69 70 70 69 68 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	34.6% Below average	Read 52.5 Write 50.8 Mixed 34 SusWrite 67.9 38% 51.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 128% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 34.6% Great: 61%
Seagate ST2000LM 003 HN-M201RAD 2TB 867 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 26GB free Firmware: 2BC1 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 68.8 Write 60.1 Mixed 33 40% 54 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 0.9 176% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 19% Great: 71%
Generic External 500GB 3,066 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 379GB free, PID 0840 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 27 29 29 29 29 29 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	15.2% Very poor	Read 33.5 Write 27.8 Mixed 27.5 SusWrite 28.4 39% 29.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.6 67% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 15.2% Great: 21%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CT102464BA160B.C16 CT102464BA160B.C16 CT102464BA160B.C16 CT102464BA160B.C16 32GB 15 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (20^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	32% Below average	MC Read 15.5 MC Write 6.3 MC Mixed 10.8 31% 10.9 GB/s	SC Read 7.7 SC Write 7 SC Mixed 10.3 24% 8.33 GB/s	Latency 84.4 47% 84.4 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 32% Great: 57%

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Gaming 7%

Tree trunk

Desktop 50%

Yacht

Workstation 6%

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System: HP p7-1240

CPU
A10-5700 APU (2012 D.Tr)AMD $265Bench 48%, 6,606 samples	8x

GPU
Radeon HD 7660DAMDBench 5%, 7,665 samples	5x
GeForce 9800 GTNvidiaBench 5%, 19,550 samples	1x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	1x

SSD
BarraCuda 120 SS 1TBSeagateBench 94%, 75 samples	1x
SSDNow V300 240GBKingston $35Bench 64%, 176,713 samples	1x
WDS 500G2B0A-00SM50 500GBWDCBench 80%, 679 samples	1x

RAM
HMT351U6CFR8C-PB HMT325U6CFR8C-PB HMT351U6CFR8C-PB 10GBHynixBench 38%, 179 samples	2x
HMT351U6CFR8C-PB Elpida EBJ20UF8BDW0-GN-F HMT351U6CFR8C-PB 10GBHynixBench 42%, 57 samples	1x
HMT351U6CFR8C-PB Micron 8JTF25664AZ-1G6M1 HMT351U6CFR8C-PB 10GBHynixBench 39%, 177 samples	1x

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Total price: $265

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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