HP Compaq dc7900 Small Form Factor

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU, SSD
Gaming
Gaming 0%
Incomplete
Desktop
Desktop 0%
Incomplete
Workstation
Workstation 0%
Incomplete
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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.
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.
Memory8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 8GB 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.
Sub-optimal background CPU (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
Run History
4 years ago, 4 years ago.
SystemHP Compaq dc7900 Small Form Factor  (all builds)
MotherboardHewlett-Packard 3031h
Memory5.5 GB free of 8.00391 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display1024 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20090305
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJan 08 '20 at 14:15
Run Duration109 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 20%

 PC Performing as expected (52nd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core2 Quad Q6600-$100
XU1 PROCESSOR, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 2.4 GHz, turbo 2.4 GHz (avg)
Performing as expected (60th percentile)
43.2% Average
Memory 69.2
1-Core 27.7
2-Core 55.9
36% 50.9 Pts
4-Core 104
8-Core 98.9
14% 101 Pts
64-Core 98.8
6% 98.8 Pts
Poor: 29%
This bench: 43.2%
Great: 50%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
ATI Radeon HD 4550
AMD(1002 2143) 256MB
Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 8.970.100.9001
Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 1% Great: 1%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36
399GB free (System drive)
Firmware: HP34
SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 101 101 101 109 108 MB/s
Performing above expectations (72nd percentile)
61.7% Good
Read 112
Write 102
Mixed 56
SusWrite 102
68% 93.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.8
148% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 28%
This bench: 61.7%
Great: 70%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown 44GB
null MHz
2048, 2048, 2048, 2048, 36864 MB
Performing below potential (25th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
17% Very poor
MC Read 6.3
MC Write 4.5
MC Mixed 4.8
15% 5.2 GB/s
SC Read 5.3
SC Write 4.6
SC Mixed 4.8
14% 4.9 GB/s
Latency 103
39% 103 ns
Poor: 15%
This bench: 17%
Great: 38%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Compaq dc7900 Small Form Factor Builds (Compare 270 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 4%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 40%
Speed boat
Workstation
Workstation 4%
Tree trunk

System: HP Compaq dc7900 Small Form Factor

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