HP 500-242ea

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 5%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 46%
Yacht
Workstation
Workstation 5%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 46.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics4.66% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive64.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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.
SystemHP 500-242ea  (all builds)
MotherboardMSI 2AE0
Memory9.4 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20140611
Uptime0 Days
Run DateApr 08 '21 at 19:30
Run Duration114 Seconds
Run User GBR-User
Background CPU4%

 PC Performing as expected (45th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD A8-5500 APU-$135
P0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg)
Performing as expected (47th percentile)
46.9% Average
Memory 61.7
1-Core 55.4
2-Core 104
45% 73.6 Pts
4-Core 186
8-Core 187
25% 187 Pts
64-Core 184
11% 184 Pts
Poor: 37%
This bench: 46.9%
Great: 56%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 710
Asus(1043 85E7) 2GB
CLim: 954 MHz, MLim: 1252 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 465.89
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
4.66% Terrible
Lighting 6
Reflection 5.2
Parallax 4.8
5% 5.33 fps
MRender 6.4
Gravity 4
Splatting 5.1
4% 5.17 fps
Poor: 3%
This bench: 4.66%
Great: 4%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
PNY CS900 240 SSD 240GB
182GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CS900J13
SusWrite @10s intervals: 158 33 33 32 34 36 MB/s
Performing below expectations (29th percentile)
64.6% Good
Read 374
Write 383
Mixed 330
SusWrite 54.2
64% 285 MB/s
4K Read 26.2
4K Write 69.2
4K Mixed 32.9
118% 42.8 MB/s
DQ Read 203
DQ Write 236
DQ Mixed 168
141% 203 MB/s
Poor: 47%
This bench: 64.6%
Great: 81%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Hynix HMT41GU6DFR8A-PB HMT351U6CFR8C-PB 12GB
1600, 1600 MHz
8192, 4096 MB
Performing below potential (3rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
22.1% Poor
MC Read 10.2
MC Write 4.2
MC Mixed 7.2
21% 7.2 GB/s
SC Read 6.4
SC Write 5.8
SC Mixed 9.2
20% 7.13 GB/s
Latency 123
33% 123 ns
Poor: 31%
This bench: 22.1%
Great: 48%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical 500-242ea Builds (Compare 25 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 4%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 48%
Yacht
Workstation
Workstation 4%
Tree trunk

System: HP 500-242ea

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