HP 290 G2 MT Business PC

Performance Results


Gaming 13% Tree trunk	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	7.25% 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.
Boot Drive	55.1% 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.

Very high background CPU (42%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	HP 290 G2 MT Business PC (all builds)
Motherboard	HP 843C
Memory	4.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190527
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Jul 14 '20 at 17:43
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	DZA-User
Background CPU	42%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-8100-$110 81,392 User benchmarks, average bench 71% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	83% Excellent	Memory 91.5 1-Core 116 2-Core 232 83% 146 Pts	4-Core 427 8-Core 452 58% 440 Pts	64-Core 454 28% 454 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 83% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 630 (Desktop Coffee Lake i3) 32,403 User benchmarks, average bench 5% HP(103C 843C) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 27.20.100.8336 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.25% Terrible	Lighting 7.33 Reflection 11 Parallax 7.84 6% 8.71 fps	MRender 12.2 Gravity 6.53 Splatting 15.5 10% 11.4 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.25% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS900 120GB-$25 42,924 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 59GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0612 SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 86 80 56 73 34 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	55.1% Above average	Read 283 Write 248 Mixed 236 SusWrite 74.5 47% 211 MB/s	4K Read 28 4K Write 64.1 4K Mixed 26.9 111% 39.7 MB/s	DQ Read 184 DQ Write 67.9 DQ Mixed 43.1 54% 98.5 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 55.1% Great: 87%
WD WD5000AVVS-63H0B1 500GB 11,411 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 466GB free Firmware: 0A05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 75 75 75 75 75 74 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	42.1% Average	Read 71.7 Write 47.8 Mixed 53.7 SusWrite 74.9 46% 62 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 132% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 42.1% Great: 51%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378A5244CB0-CTD 2x4GB 3,347 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2 of 2 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 2666 MHz clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (69^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	70.3% Very good	MC Read 26.7 MC Write 26.9 MC Mixed 21 71% 24.9 GB/s	SC Read 15.4 SC Write 24.8 SC Mixed 20.7 58% 20.3 GB/s	Latency 64.9 62% 64.9 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 70.3% Great: 81%

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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 12%

Tree trunk

Desktop 76%

Battleship

Workstation 11%

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System: HP 290 G2 MT Business PC

CPU
Core i5-8500Intel $174Bench 82%, 43,089 samples	211x
Core i3-8100Intel $110Bench 71%, 81,392 samples	139x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	51x

GPU
UHD Graphics 630 (Desktop Coffee Lake i5 i7)IntelBench 5%, 147,588 samples	186x
UHD Graphics 630 (Desktop Coffee Lake i3)IntelBench 5%, 32,403 samples	106x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	27x

SSD
PC SN520 SDAPNUW-256G-1006 256GBWDCBench 152%, 17,295 samples	26x
hynix BC501 HFM256GDJTNG-8310A 256GBSKBench 123%, 30,266 samples	22x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	18x

RAM
M378A5244CB0-CTD 2x4GBSamsungBench 67%, 3,347 samples	31x
M378A1K43CB2-CTD 1x8GBSamsungBench 43%, 19,029 samples	28x
M378A5244CB0-CTD 1x4GBSamsungBench 37%, 2,458 samples	24x

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Value: 93% - Outstanding

Total price: $174

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) $48	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16