HP Pavilion Gaming Desktop 790-00xx

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 89.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	11.6% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
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.

High background CPU (29%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

System	HP Pavilion Gaming Desktop 790-00xx (all builds)
Motherboard	HP 844C
Memory	7.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191121
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Mar 27 '20 at 22:12
Run Duration	147 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	29%

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PC Performing as expected (41^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8700-$200 349,567 User benchmarks, average bench 87% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	89.8% Excellent	Memory 91.7 1-Core 136 2-Core 270 92% 166 Pts	4-Core 473 8-Core 733 74% 603 Pts	64-Core 896 56% 896 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 89.8% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-Ti-$59 946,701 User benchmarks, average bench 29% HP(103C 8465) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 442.74 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	11.6% Very poor	Lighting 8.67 Reflection 10.8 Parallax 21.9 7% 13.8 fps	MRender 23.5 Gravity 26 Splatting 25.2 20% 24.9 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 11.6% Great: 33%

Drives	Sequential	Random 4k
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$31 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 161GB free (System drive) Firmware: MS2OA800 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete	Read 4,651 Write 43 Mixed 79.5 1,140% 1,591 MB/s	4K Read 700 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.9 29,285% 234 MB/s
Poor: 47% Great: 107%
Seagate Backup+ Hub BK 8TB 16,705 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 6.5TB free Firmware: D781 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete	Read 124 Write 147 Mixed 95 91% 122 MB/s	4K Read 2.3 4K Write 3.8 4K Mixed 0.8 255% 2.3 MB/s
Poor: 13% Great: 92%
SanDisk Cruzer Blade 32GB 34,316 User benchmarks, average bench 12% 29GB free, PID 5567 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete	Read 24.7 Write 5.2 Mixed 12.8 15% 14.2 MB/s	4K Read 4.8 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 3.2 205% 3.43 MB/s
Poor: 5% Great: 18%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378A1K43CB2-CTD 2x8GB 29,586 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	67.3% Good	MC Read 26.7 MC Write 24.2 MC Mixed 21.9 69% 24.3 GB/s	SC Read 15.1 SC Write 17.5 SC Mixed 17.9 48% 16.8 GB/s	Latency 64.6 62% 64.6 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 67.3% Great: 96%

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

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System: HP Pavilion Gaming Desktop 790-00xx

CPU
Core i5-8400Intel $131Bench 82%, 312,220 samples	171x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	165x
Core i5-9400FIntel $102Bench 85%, 299,482 samples	100x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	84x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	72x
GTX 1060-3GBNvidia $119Bench 52%, 627,793 samples	69x

SSD
hynix BC501 HFM128GDJTNG-8310A 128GBSKBench 111%, 2,891 samples	60x
TOSHIBA 256GBKbg30zmv256gBench 99%, 31,797 samples	47x
MTFDDAV256TBN-1AR1ZABHA 256GBCrucialBench 71%, 3,094 samples	24x

RAM
M378A1K43CB2-CTD 2x8GBSamsungBench 80%, 29,586 samples	68x
M378A1K43CB2-CTD 1x8GBSamsungBench 43%, 19,029 samples	38x
HP26D4U9S8ME-8 2x8GBKingstonBench 79%, 703 samples	28x

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Value: 76% - Very good

Total price: $455

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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