HP Pavilion Gaming Desktop 690-0xxx

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 45% Yacht	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 36% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (12th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 88 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 good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 70.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	68.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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 (35%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	HP Pavilion Gaming Desktop 690-0xxx (all builds)
Motherboard	HP 843B
Memory	1.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190527
Uptime	9.5 Days
Run Date	Jan 23 '22 at 10:16
Run Duration	199 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	35%

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PC Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-9400F-$102 299,482 User benchmarks, average bench 85% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	70.5% Very good	Memory 73.2 1-Core 109 2-Core 221 74% 135 Pts	4-Core 382 8-Core 445 54% 413 Pts	64-Core 475 29% 475 Pts
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 70.5% Great: 91%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143 318,562 User benchmarks, average bench 76% HP(103C 8556) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 441.06 Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	68.6% Good	Lighting 88 Reflection 89.1 Parallax 81.8 72% 86.3 fps	MRender 88.6 Gravity 84.4 Splatting 62.2 62% 78.4 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 68.6% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SK hynix BC501 HFM256GDJTNG-8310A 256GB 30,266 User benchmarks, average bench 123% 0GB free (System drive) Firmware: 80002C00 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable		Read 96.2 Write 100 Mixed 84 21% 93.5 MB/s	4K Read 19.2 4K Write 54 4K Mixed 24 88% 32.4 MB/s	DQ Read 35.2 DQ Write 97.4 DQ Mixed 37.7 37% 56.8 MB/s
Poor: 72% Great: 164%
Seagate BUP Slim 1TB 6,231 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 431GB free Firmware: 0004 SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 88 85 85 84 85 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	43.1% Average	Read 64.2 Write 85.9 Mixed 67.9 SusWrite 85.5 56% 75.9 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.4 121% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 43.1% Great: 71%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT8G4DFRA266.C8FE 1x8GB 675 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 1 of 2 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	24.1% Poor	MC Read 9.6 MC Write 7.5 MC Mixed 7.1 23% 8.07 GB/s	SC Read 7 SC Write 5.4 SC Mixed 5 17% 5.8 GB/s	Latency 94.2 42% 94.2 ns
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 24.1% Great: 51%

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

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 54%

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System: HP Pavilion Gaming Desktop 690-0xxx

CPU
Core i5-9400FIntel $102Bench 85%, 299,482 samples	825x
Ryzen 5 2400GAMD $135Bench 63%, 127,344 samples	124x
Ryzen 3 2200GAMD $104Bench 60%, 181,631 samples	43x

GPU
GTX 1660-TiNvidia $143Bench 76%, 318,562 samples	830x
Radeon RX 580AMDBench 41%, 6,488 samples	54x
RX 550AMD $79Bench 14%, 79,894 samples	35x

SSD
hynix BC501 HFM256GDJTNG-8310A 256GBSKBench 123%, 30,266 samples	315x
PC SN520 SDAPNUW-256G-1006 256GBWDCBench 152%, 17,295 samples	132x
TOSHIBA 256GBKbg30zmv256gBench 99%, 31,797 samples	98x

RAM
HMA81GU6JJR8N-VK 1x8GBHynixBench 44%, 1,972 samples	111x
M378A1K43DB2-CTD 1x8GBSamsungBench 43%, 7,517 samples	76x
M378A1K43CB2-CTD 1x8GBSamsungBench 43%, 19,029 samples	74x

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Value: 120% - Outstanding

Total price: $245

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16