HP G42 Notebook PC

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 0% Tree trunk	Desktop 19% Surfboard	Workstation 0% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With 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 43.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	0.59% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	The 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.
Memory	2GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows however a minimum of 4GB is recommended for gaming or any other RAM intensive tasks such as photo/video editing. This system will also be a little more responsive with 4GB of RAM.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (46%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	HP G42 Notebook PC (all builds)
Motherboard	Hewlett-Packard 1425
Memory	0.6 GB free of 2 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20100520
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 23 '20 at 00:54
Run Duration	115 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	46%

PC Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3 M 350-$199 14,351 User benchmarks, average bench 38% CPU, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.25 GHz, turbo 2.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	43.4% Average	Memory 63.5 1-Core 44.3 2-Core 96.2 42% 68 Pts	4-Core 139 8-Core 125 18% 132 Pts	64-Core 126 8% 126 Pts
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 43.4% Great: 44%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD Graphics (Arrandale 0.667/0.766 GHz) 99,513 User benchmarks, average bench 1% HP(103C 1425) 731MB Driver: igdumd64.dll Ver. 8.15.10.2900 Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	0.59% Terrible	Lighting 0.63 Reflection 0.81 Parallax 0.62 0% 0.69 fps	MRender 1 Gravity 0.5 Splatting 1.09 1% 0.86 fps
Poor: 0% ↑ This bench: 0.59% Great: 1%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Seagate ST320LM001 HN-M320MBB 320GB 6,367 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 288GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2AR10002 SusWrite @10s intervals: 49 89 89 66 90 92 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	51.8% Above average	Read 101 Write 74.1 Mixed 50 SusWrite 79 56% 76.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.9 149% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 51.8% Great: 51%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Ramaxel RMT1970ED48E8F1333 1x2GB 64 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 1 of 2 slots used 2GB SODIMM DDR3 1067 MHz Performing below potential (38^th percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	16.8% Very poor	MC Read 5.3 MC Write 5.8 MC Mixed 4.5 15% 5.2 GB/s	SC Read 6 SC Write 4.9 SC Mixed 4.8 15% 5.23 GB/s	Latency 118 34% 118 ns
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 16.8% Great: 21%

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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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Gaming 1%

Tree trunk

Desktop 19%

Surfboard

Workstation 1%

Tree trunk

System: HP G42 Notebook PC

CPU
Core i3 M 370Intel $167Bench 39%, 23,407 samples	60x
Core i3 M 350Intel $199Bench 38%, 14,351 samples	40x
Core i5 M 460Intel $130Bench 40%, 18,336 samples	14x

GPU
HD Graphics (Arrandale 0.667/0.766 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 99,513 samples	143x
Mobility Radeon HD 5470ATIBench 1%, 14,621 samples	12x
Mobility Radeon HD 4250ATIBench 1%, 11,054 samples	9x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	10x
BX500 240GBCrucial $29Bench 56%, 142,801 samples	5x
A400 120GBKingston $29Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	4x

RAM
M471B5673FH0-CH9 1x2GBSamsungBench 19%, 884 samples	5x
M471B5773CHS-CH9 1x2GBSamsungBench 19%, 2,491 samples	4x
M471B5673FH0-CF8 1x2GBSamsungBench 19%, 692 samples	4x

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Value: 42% - Average

Total price: $195

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