HP Compaq Elite 8300 CMT

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 77%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 76%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 62%
Destroyer
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics106% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot DriveThe 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough 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.
SystemHP Compaq Elite 8300 CMT  (all builds)
MotherboardHewlett-Packard 3396
Memory12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20150915
Uptime0 Days
Run DateMay 14 '20 at 23:21
Run Duration105 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 29%
Watch Gameplay: 5700-XT + 9600K How to compare your gameplay

 PC Performing above expectations (67th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-3770-$297
Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3770 CPU @ 3.40GHz, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
77.9% Very good
Memory 84.3
1-Core 107
2-Core 201
75% 131 Pts
4-Core 394
8-Core 518
58% 456 Pts
64-Core 513
32% 513 Pts
Poor: 57%
This bench: 77.9%
Great: 76%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD RX 5700-XT-$250
ASRock(1849 5101) ≥ 4GB
Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.2.2
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
106% Outstanding
Lighting 129
Reflection 110
Parallax 210
105% 150 fps
MRender 110
Gravity 128
Splatting 156
110% 131 fps
Poor: 91%
This bench: 106%
Great: 104%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$39
574GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 62 120 70 109 136 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (4th percentile)
48.3% Average
Read 68.8
Write 80.8
Mixed 76.5
SusWrite 98.7
60% 81.2 MB/s
4K Read 1.2
4K Write 2.5
4K Mixed 1.2
230% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 52%
This bench: 48.3%
Great: 109%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Samsung M378B5173CB0-CK0 M378B1G73EB0-YK0 M378B5173CB0-CK0 16GB
1600, 1600, 1600 MHz
4096, 8192, 4096 MB
Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples
34% Below average
MC Read 12
MC Write 10.7
MC Mixed 9.5
31% 10.7 GB/s
SC Read 11.4
SC Write 12.5
SC Mixed 12
34% 12 GB/s
Latency 73
55% 73 ns
Poor: 34%
This bench: 34%
Great: 36%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Compaq Elite 8300 CMT Builds (Compare 2,769 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 7%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 62%
Destroyer
Workstation
Workstation 6%
Tree trunk

System: HP Compaq Elite 8300 CMT

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 64% - Good Total price: $325
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