HP G42 Notebook PC

Performance Results


Gaming 1% Tree trunk	Desktop 31% Sail boat	Workstation 1% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With 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 42.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	1.22% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	31.6% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	3GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and although it's sufficient for most games, some will benefit from up to 8GB of RAM. 3GB is also enough for modest file and system caches which allow for a responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	HP G42 Notebook PC (all builds)
Motherboard	Hewlett-Packard 1445
Memory	2.1 GB free of 3 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20110407
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 17 '21 at 16:33
Run Duration	122 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing as expected (49^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Turion II P560 391 User benchmarks, average bench 40% Socket S1G4, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads Base clock 2.5 GHz Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	42.1% Average	Memory 74.6 1-Core 36.1 2-Core 66.6 41% 59.1 Pts	4-Core 59.9 8-Core 60.5 8% 60.2 Pts	64-Core 64.9 4% 64.9 Pts
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 42.1% Great: 44%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 6300M 2,918 User benchmarks, average bench 1% HP(103C 1445) 512MB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1101.1003 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	1.22% Terrible	Lighting 1.4 Reflection 3.3 Parallax 1.9 1% 2.2 fps	MRender 2.2 Gravity 1 Splatting 1.8 1% 1.67 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 1.22% Great: 1%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 120GB-$27 166,392 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 85GB free (System drive) Firmware: 03090004 SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 128 43 43 45 46 MB/s Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	31.6% Below average	Read 186 Write 191 Mixed 171 SusWrite 68.6 35% 154 MB/s	4K Read 12.7 4K Write 18.8 4K Mixed 15.3 49% 15.6 MB/s	DQ Read 110 DQ Write 101 DQ Mixed 110 81% 107 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 31.6% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown SH564288FH8NWPHSFG SH564568FH8NZPHSCG 3GB 14 User benchmarks, average bench 22% 1066, 1066 MHz 1024, 2048 MB Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	23.6% Poor	MC Read 9.6 MC Write 5.8 MC Mixed 8.3 23% 7.9 GB/s	SC Read 4.4 SC Write 5.6 SC Mixed 5.9 15% 5.3 GB/s	Latency 91.3 44% 91.3 ns
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 23.6% Great: 37%

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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 1%

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Desktop 19%

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Workstation 1%

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System: HP G42 Notebook PC

CPU
Core i3 M 370Intel $167Bench 39%, 23,407 samples	60x
Core i3 M 350Intel $199Bench 38%, 14,351 samples	40x
Core i5 M 460Intel $130Bench 40%, 18,336 samples	14x

GPU
HD Graphics (Arrandale 0.667/0.766 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 99,513 samples	143x
Mobility Radeon HD 5470ATIBench 1%, 14,621 samples	12x
Mobility Radeon HD 4250ATIBench 1%, 11,054 samples	9x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	10x
BX500 240GBCrucial $28Bench 56%, 142,801 samples	5x
A400 120GBKingston $27Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	4x

RAM
M471B5673FH0-CH9 1x2GBSamsungBench 19%, 884 samples	5x
M471B5773CHS-CH9 1x2GBSamsungBench 19%, 2,491 samples	4x
M471B5673FH0-CF8 1x2GBSamsungBench 19%, 692 samples	4x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	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 $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16