Hp-pavilion NC686AA-ABA a6700y

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 4%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 19%
Surfboard
Workstation
Workstation 4%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing below expectations (36th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 64 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
ProcessorWith an extremely low single core score, this CPU can barely handle email and light web browsing. Finally, with a gaming score of 14%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is terrible.
Graphics5.04% 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 Drive31.6% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory8GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
SystemHp-pavilion NC686AA-ABA a6700y  (all builds)
MotherboardECS Nettle3
Memory4.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20081218
Uptime2.1 Days
Run DateNov 12 '20 at 18:26
Run Duration120 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU7%

 PC Performing below expectations (36th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Phenom 9600
Socket AM2 , 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 2.3 GHz, turbo 2.3 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (60th percentile)
14% Very poor
Memory 4.57
1-Core 33.1
2-Core 68
17% 35.2 Pts
4-Core 134
8-Core 133
18% 133 Pts
64-Core 131
8% 131 Pts
Poor: 10%
This bench: 14%
Great: 26%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 730
Zotac(19DA 730B) 2GB
CLim: 901 MHz, MLim: 400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 432.00
Performing as expected (59th percentile)
5.04% Terrible
Lighting 6.07
Reflection 6.54
Parallax 8.34
5% 6.98 fps
MRender 4.19
Gravity 7.33
Splatting 7.13
5% 6.22 fps
Poor: 3%
This bench: 5.04%
Great: 7%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Kingston A400 120GB-$29
64GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 0307
SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 125 51 53 43 51 MB/s
Performing below potential (3rd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable
31.6% Below average
Read 198
Write 152
Mixed 83
SusWrite 73.9
28% 127 MB/s
4K Read 4.8
4K Write 26.6
4K Mixed 22.8
51% 18.1 MB/s
DQ Read 34.1
DQ Write 61.6
DQ Mixed 40.1
33% 45.3 MB/s
Poor: 33%
This bench: 31.6%
Great: 85%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown 4x2GB
4 of 4 slots used
8GB DIMM DDR2
Performing below potential (23rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
16.8% Very poor
MC Read 7.1
MC Write 5.3
MC Mixed 6.9
18% 6.43 GB/s
SC Read 3.5
SC Write 2.9
SC Mixed 4.2
10% 3.53 GB/s
Latency 457
9% 457 ns
Poor: 14%
This bench: 16.8%
Great: 45%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical NC686AA-ABA a6700y Builds (Compare 2 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 11%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 52%
Yacht
Workstation
Workstation 8%
Tree trunk

System: Hp-pavilion NC686AA-ABA a6700y

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