HP 290 G3 Small Form Factor PC

Performance Results


Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	3.6% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	98% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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 (40%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	HP 290 G3 Small Form Factor PC (all builds)
Motherboard	HP 8768
Memory	3.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200728
Uptime	6 Days
Run Date	Mar 30 '21 at 15:36
Run Duration	198 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	40%

PC Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-10100-$94 24,563 User benchmarks, average bench 80% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	87% Excellent	Memory 92.9 1-Core 130 2-Core 236 87% 153 Pts	4-Core 437 8-Core 680 69% 559 Pts	64-Core 668 41% 668 Pts
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 87% Great: 86%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 630 37,718 User benchmarks, average bench 5% HP(103C 8768) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 27.20.100.9127 Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	3.6% Terrible	Lighting 6.7 Reflection 4.1 Parallax 7.8 6% 6.2 fps
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 3.6% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung MZVLQ256HAJD-000H1 256GB 12,950 User benchmarks, average bench 114% 134GB free (System drive) Firmware: HPS4NFXV SusWrite @10s intervals: 139 116 130 130 135 124 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	98% Outstanding	Read 1017 Write 141 Mixed 206 SusWrite 129 80% 373 MB/s	4K Read 32.6 4K Write 75.1 4K Mixed 35.3 134% 47.7 MB/s	DQ Read 250 DQ Write 122 DQ Mixed 174 132% 182 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 98% Great: 192%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$20 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 433GB free Firmware: 19.01H19 SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 105 117 121 121 120 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	67.6% Good	Read 118 Write 120 Mixed 72.7 SusWrite 117 78% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1 179% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 67.6% Great: 69%
WD Elements 2621 1TB 6,342 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 899GB free, PID 2621 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 95 111 112 113 112 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	67.9% Good	Read 125 Write 106 Mixed 69.9 SusWrite 109 135% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 8.4 4K Mixed 0.8 316% 3.3 MB/s	DQ Read 0.4 DQ Write 9.6 DQ Mixed 0.6 348% 3.53 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 67.9% Great: 66%
SAMSUNG HN-M500MBB 500GB 74 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 165GB free, PID 0237 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 75 79 79 79 79 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	32.2% Below average	Read 77.2 Write 53.2 Mixed 47.1 SusWrite 77.4 84% 63.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.8 73% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 32.2% Great: 41%
USB DISK 2.0 1GB 56 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 1GB free, PID 3600 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 4.2 4.6 5.6 5.8 5.8 5.1 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	4% Terrible	Read 10.5 Write 4.7 Mixed 4.7 SusWrite 5.1 8% 6.25 MB/s	4K Read 5.8 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 22% 1.93 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4% Great: 9%
Verbatim Store n Go V3 USB 3.0 16GB-$7 2,535 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 3GB free, PID 0243 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 6.9 6.8 15 17 17 17 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	11.8% Very poor	Read 52.2 Write 18.2 Mixed 6.7 SusWrite 13.4 24% 22.6 MB/s	4K Read 5.4 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 20% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 11.8% Great: 35%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HP26D4U9S8HJ-8 1x8GB 353 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 1 of 2 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	45.6% Average	MC Read 17.9 MC Write 15.2 MC Mixed 11.9 43% 15 GB/s	SC Read 13 SC Write 16.6 SC Mixed 14.2 42% 14.6 GB/s	Latency 62.2 64% 62.2 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 45.6% Great: 52%

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Gaming 9%

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Desktop 76%

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Workstation 8%

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System: HP 290 G3 Small Form Factor PC

CPU
Core i5-10500Intel $140Bench 84%, 10,180 samples	47x
Core i5-10505IntelBench 85%, 1,086 samples	22x
Core i5-10400Intel $125Bench 84%, 71,804 samples	11x

GPU
UHD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 37,718 samples	68x
Quadro P1000NvidiaBench 24%, 8,041 samples	5x
UHD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 39,219 samples	4x

SSD
MZVLQ256HAJD-000H1 256GBSamsungBench 114%, 12,950 samples	22x
KIOXIA 256GBKxg60znv256gBench 169%, 5,284 samples	13x
MTFDHBA256TCK-1AS1AABHA 256GBCrucialBench 139%, 5,621 samples	7x

RAM
M378A1G44AB0-CWE 1x8GBSamsungBench 40%, 2,680 samples	16x
HMA81GU6DJR8N-XN 1x8GBHynixBench 46%, 2,460 samples	13x
HMA82GU6CJR8N-XN 1x16GBHynixBench 52%, 492 samples	5x

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Value: 102% - Outstanding

Total price: $140

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16