HP 290 G4 Microtower PC

Performance Results


Gaming 89% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 87% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (28th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 72 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.
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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	104% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	177% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

Very high background CPU (78%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

System	HP 290 G4 Microtower PC (all builds)
Motherboard	HP 877E
Memory	22.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20210807
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 27 '21 at 22:57
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	78%

PC Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-10700-$230 71,010 User benchmarks, average bench 93% U3E1, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	83.6% Excellent	Memory 84.4 1-Core 138 2-Core 268 90% 163 Pts	4-Core 444 8-Core 802 75% 623 Pts	64-Core 1208 75% 1208 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 83.6% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 6600-XT-$301 21,558 User benchmarks, average bench 107% Asus(1043 05D3) Ram: 8GB, Driver: 21.10.2 Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	104% Outstanding	Lighting 113 Reflection 139 Parallax 238 92% 163 fps	MRender 218 Gravity 117 Splatting 153 131% 163 fps
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 980 PRO with Heatsink 1TB 3,360 User benchmarks, average bench 381% 320GB free (System drive) Firmware: 4B2QGXA7 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1040 1012 1176 1501 1501 1524 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	177% Outstanding	Read 1,116 Write 1,376 Mixed 1086 SusWrite 1,292 276% 1,218 MB/s	4K Read 24.9 4K Write 32.5 4K Mixed 31.4 95% 29.6 MB/s	DQ Read 702 DQ Write 373 DQ Mixed 492 378% 523 MB/s
Poor: 254% ↑ This bench: 177% Great: 469%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$28 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 915GB free Firmware: MS2OA8L0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 184 185 187 185 187 189 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 186 Write 186 Mixed 26.1 SusWrite 186 105% 146 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.8 171% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 2x16GB 439 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2 of 2 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 3200 MHz clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing below potential (35^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	73.7% Very good	MC Read 28.3 MC Write 28.8 MC Mixed 22.5 76% 26.5 GB/s	SC Read 14.8 SC Write 24.7 SC Mixed 22 59% 20.5 GB/s	Latency 72.7 55% 72.7 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 73.7% Great: 104%

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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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Workstation 9%

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System: HP 290 G4 Microtower PC

CPU
Core i7-10700Intel $230Bench 93%, 71,010 samples	153x
Core i5-10500Intel $130Bench 84%, 10,180 samples	131x
Core i3-10100Intel $94Bench 80%, 24,563 samples	61x

GPU
UHD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 37,718 samples	176x
UHD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 39,219 samples	123x
GeForce GT 730NvidiaBench 5%, 164,888 samples	21x

SSD
SSD 512GBTwinmosBench 138%, 780 samples	47x
KIOXIA 256GBKbg40znv256gBench 138%, 13,541 samples	26x
PC SN530 SDBPNPZ-256G-1006 256GBWDCBench 140%, 9,143 samples	18x

RAM
M378A1G44AB0-CWE 1x8GBSamsungBench 40%, 2,680 samples	29x
D12.2724CS.001 Samsung M378A1K43EB2-CWE 16GBUnknownBench 73%, 22 samples	22x
M378A5244CB0-CWE 1x4GBSamsungBench 40%, 198 samples	15x

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Value: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $230

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $515	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	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