HP G42 Notebook PC

Performance Results


Gaming 4% Tree trunk	Desktop 41% Speed boat	Workstation 3% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 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 42.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	0.63% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	40.1% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	HP G42 Notebook PC (all builds)
Motherboard	Hewlett-Packard 1425
Memory	5.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20100707
Uptime	2.4 Days
Run Date	May 06 '20 at 03:40
Run Duration	131 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing as expected (42^nd 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)	42.6% Average	Memory 62.3 1-Core 55 2-Core 101 45% 72.8 Pts	4-Core 135 8-Core 129 18% 132 Pts	64-Core 132 8% 132 Pts
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 42.6% 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) 3.8GB Driver: igdumd64.dll Ver. 8.15.10.2900 Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	0.63% Terrible	Lighting 0.67 Reflection 0.88 Parallax 0.66 0% 0.74 fps	MRender 1.05 Gravity 0.5 Splatting 1.3 1% 0.95 fps
Poor: 0% ↑ This bench: 0.63% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HP S700 500GB-$60 12,813 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 250GB free (System drive) Firmware: S0509A1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 179 200 67 50 38 74 MB/s Performing below potential (13^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	40.1% Average	Read 211 Write 193 Mixed 194 SusWrite 102 39% 175 MB/s	4K Read 15.7 4K Write 28.5 4K Mixed 15.8 59% 20 MB/s	DQ Read 180 DQ Write 151 DQ Mixed 54.7 71% 128 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 40.1% Great: 100%
Kingston DataTraveler 2.0 16GB 6,865 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 14GB free, PID 6544 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 3.9 4.4 4.4 4.4 4.4 4.4 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	4.62% Terrible	Read 19.2 Write 3.2 Mixed 6.7 SusWrite 4.3 9% 8.35 MB/s	4K Read 3.8 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 14% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 4.62% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471B5273DH0-CK0 2x4GB 11,714 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2 of 2 slots used 8GB SODIMM DDR3 1067 MHz Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	22.9% Poor	MC Read 7.1 MC Write 6.7 MC Mixed 9.6 22% 7.8 GB/s	SC Read 6.2 SC Write 5.3 SC Mixed 6.5 17% 6 GB/s	Latency 121 33% 121 ns
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 22.9% Great: 57%

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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%

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Desktop 19%

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Workstation 1%

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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