HP Presario CQ42 Notebook PC

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 0%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 20%
Surfboard
Workstation
Workstation 0%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall 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.
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 32.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics0.63% 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.
Memory3GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and although it's sufficient for most games, some will benefit from up to 8GB of RAM. 3GB is also enough for modest file and system caches which allow for a responsive system.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
SystemHP Presario CQ42 Notebook PC  (all builds)
MotherboardHewlett-Packard 1425
Memory0.9 GB free of 3 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colores
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20101108
Uptime5.3 Days
Run DateOct 18 '19 at 02:59
Run Duration114 Seconds
Run User ECU-User
Background CPU8%

 PC Performing as expected (45th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i3 M 350-$199
CPU, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 2.25 GHz, turbo 1.5 GHz (avg)
Performing way below expectations (16th percentile)
32.8% Below average
Memory 51.9
1-Core 22.4
2-Core 40.4
27% 38.2 Pts
4-Core 76.4
8-Core 130
12% 103 Pts
64-Core 124
8% 124 Pts
Poor: 26%
This bench: 32.8%
Great: 44%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Intel HD Graphics (Arrandale 0.667/0.766 GHz)
HP(103C 1425) 1.2GB
Driver: igdumd64.dll Ver. 8.15.10.2900
Performing above expectations (75th percentile)
0.63% Terrible
Lighting 0.67
Reflection 0.88
Parallax 0.62
0% 0.73 fps
MRender 1.05
Gravity 0.5
Splatting 1.26
1% 0.94 fps
Poor: 0%
This bench: 0.63%
Great: 1%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Seagate Momentus 5400.6 2.5" 500GB-$16
365GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 0005HPM1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 51 55 44 35 50 52 MB/s
Performing as expected (44th percentile)
30.5% Below average
Read 58.5
Write 50.5
Mixed 33.5
SusWrite 47.9
35% 47.6 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 0.7
4K Mixed 0.5
89% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 9%
This bench: 30.5%
Great: 43%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Nanya NT2GC64B88B0NS-CG Micron 4JSF12864HZ-1G4D1 3GB
1067, 1067 MHz
2048, 1024 MB
Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples
20.6% Poor
MC Read 7.5
MC Write 6.3
MC Mixed 8
21% 7.27 GB/s
SC Read 5.6
SC Write 4.2
SC Mixed 4.6
14% 4.8 GB/s
Latency 154
26% 154 ns
Poor: 8%
This bench: 20.6%
Great: 21%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Presario CQ42 Notebook PC Builds (Compare 62 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 1%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 19%
Surfboard
Workstation
Workstation 1%
Tree trunk

System: HP Presario CQ42 Notebook PC

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