HP Spectre Laptop 13-af0xx

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	145% 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.

CPU throttled at 88% by Windows. Ensure maximum processor state is set to 100% via Settings > System > Power & sleep > Additional power settings > Change plan settings > Change advanced power settings > Processor power management > Maximum processor state.

System	HP Spectre Laptop 13-af0xx (all builds)
Motherboard	HP 83A2
Memory	4.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171212
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 02 '20 at 15:08
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%
CPU Throttled	88%

PC Performing as expected (59^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-8250U 234,942 User benchmarks, average bench 53% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 1.8 GHz, turbo 3.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	73.2% Very good	Memory 74.4 1-Core 106 2-Core 216 73% 132 Pts	4-Core 398 8-Core 505 58% 452 Pts	64-Core 390 24% 390 Pts
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 73.2% Great: 71%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Gigabyte GP-GSM2NE3512GNTD 512GB 7,333 User benchmarks, average bench 180% 414GB free (System drive) Firmware: EDFM00.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 524 528 535 523 528 532 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	145% Outstanding	Read 680 Write 530 Mixed 441 SusWrite 528 122% 545 MB/s	4K Read 38 4K Write 159 4K Mixed 40.6 194% 79.1 MB/s	DQ Read 856 DQ Write 405 DQ Mixed 584 446% 615 MB/s
Poor: 99% ↑ This bench: 145% Great: 239%
Lacie P9223 2TB 509 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 1TB free Firmware: 1053 SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 103 105 105 105 105 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	54.5% Above average	Read 85.6 Write 81.1 Mixed 55.7 SusWrite 104 60% 81.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 3.7 4K Mixed 1 200% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 54.5% Great: 69%
Kingston DT microDuo 3.0 32GB 1,354 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 14GB free, PID 16a3 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 11 20 10 10 10 9.7 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	9.41% Terrible	Read 28.6 Write 20.5 Mixed 14.8 SusWrite 11.8 24% 18.9 MB/s	4K Read 4.9 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 1 69% 2.13 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 9.41% Great: 24%
Generic- SD/MMC 67GB 54GB free, PID 1081 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 8.8 6.1 9.6 12 12 12 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	4.92% Terrible	Read 13.5 Write 13 Mixed 10.5 SusWrite 10 16% 11.8 MB/s	4K Read 3.3 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0.1 16% 1.13 MB/s

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix H9CCNNNBJTALAR-NVD 2x4GB 4,567 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 2 of 2 slots used 8GB Row of chips LPDDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	70.1% Very good	MC Read 26.6 MC Write 26.8 MC Mixed 21.2 71% 24.9 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 29 SC Mixed 23.2 64% 22.6 GB/s	Latency 91.7 44% 91.7 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 70.1% Great: 101%

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System: HP Spectre Laptop 13-af0xx

CPU
Core i7-8550UIntelBench 53%, 184,356 samples	34x
Core i5-8250UIntelBench 53%, 234,942 samples	6x

GPU
UHD Graphics 620 (Mobile Kaby Lake R)IntelBench 5%, 420,154 samples	40x

SSD
PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBSamsungBench 177%, 99,566 samples	10x
THNSN5512GPUK NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBToshibaBench 122%, 19,561 samples	4x
XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBToshiba $46Bench 145%, 33,719 samples	3x

RAM
H9CCNNNBJTALAR-NVD 2x4GBHynixBench 68%, 4,567 samples	18x
MT52L512M32D2PF-09 2x4GBMicronBench 67%, 6,726 samples	10x
H9CCNNNCLGALAR-NVD 2x8GBHynixBench 66%, 10,159 samples	6x

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

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