HP Pavilion Gaming Desktop 690-00xx

Performance Results


Gaming 28% Raft	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 25% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 87.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	27.6% 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	144% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	HP Pavilion Gaming Desktop 690-00xx (all builds)
Motherboard	HP 843B
Memory	2.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20181101
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jan 12 '20 at 14:55
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-8400-$131 312,220 User benchmarks, average bench 82% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	87.5% Excellent	Memory 91.3 1-Core 123 2-Core 246 86% 153 Pts	4-Core 451 8-Core 689 71% 570 Pts	64-Core 686 42% 686 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 87.5% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-$101 269,381 User benchmarks, average bench 26% HP(103C 8338) 2GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 441.87 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	27.6% Poor	Lighting 34 Reflection 25.5 Parallax 31 28% 30.2 fps	MRender 37.1 Gravity 32 Splatting 31.8 27% 33.6 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 27.6% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SK hynix BC501 HFM256GDJTNG-8310A 256GB 30,266 User benchmarks, average bench 123% 137GB free (System drive) Firmware: 80000C00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 385 356 361 342 357 357 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	144% Outstanding	Read 926 Write 577 Mixed 715 SusWrite 360 144% 645 MB/s	4K Read 39.7 4K Write 96.2 4K Mixed 53.8 180% 63.2 MB/s	DQ Read 569 DQ Write 742 DQ Mixed 624 480% 645 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 144% Great: 164%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 3.5TB 718 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2.5TB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 161 169 163 163 164 165 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	95.6% Outstanding	Read 169 Write 163 Mixed 104 SusWrite 164 110% 150 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.9 171% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 95.6% Great: 111%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378A1G43TB1-CTD 1x8GB 2,717 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 1 of 2 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	49% Average	MC Read 17.4 MC Write 17.5 MC Mixed 14.6 47% 16.5 GB/s	SC Read 13.9 SC Write 17.2 SC Mixed 14.4 43% 15.2 GB/s	Latency 65.3 61% 65.3 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 49% Great: 52%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Desktop 85%

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Workstation 21%

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System: HP Pavilion Gaming Desktop 690-00xx

CPU
Core i5-8400Intel $131Bench 82%, 312,220 samples	749x
Ryzen 5 2400GAMD $135Bench 63%, 127,344 samples	477x
Core i5-9400FIntel $102Bench 85%, 299,482 samples	186x

GPU
GTX 1050Nvidia $101Bench 26%, 269,381 samples	429x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	376x
Radeon RX 580AMDBench 41%, 6,488 samples	251x

SSD
hynix BC501 HFM256GDJTNG-8310A 256GBSKBench 123%, 30,266 samples	157x
hynix BC501 HFM128GDJTNG-8310A 128GBSKBench 111%, 2,891 samples	112x
PC SN520 SDAPNUW-256G-1006 256GBWDCBench 152%, 17,295 samples	88x

RAM
M378A1K43CB2-CTD 1x8GBSamsungBench 43%, 19,029 samples	158x
HMA81GU6CJR8N-VK 1x8GBHynixBench 44%, 10,608 samples	148x
M378A1G43TB1-CTD 1x8GBSamsungBench 48%, 2,717 samples	145x

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Value: 83% - Excellent

Total price: $232

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