HP HPE-421f

Performance Results


Gaming 18% Surfboard	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 68.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	22.5% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	51.4% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	20GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 20GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

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 HPE-421f (all builds)
Motherboard	MSI 2A9C
Memory	12.5 GB free of 20 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20100712
Uptime	8.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 26 '22 at 01:30
Run Duration	141 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing as expected (51^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7 870-$100 37,228 User benchmarks, average bench 66% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.95 GHz, turbo 3.15 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	68.2% Good	Memory 89.9 1-Core 84.6 2-Core 156 67% 110 Pts	4-Core 254 8-Core 362 39% 308 Pts	64-Core 360 22% 360 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 68.2% Great: 74%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 580-$450 15,395 User benchmarks, average bench 23% Asus(1043 8385) 1.5GB CLim: 782 MHz, MLim: 1002 MHz, Ram: 1.5GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	22.5% Poor	Lighting 25.7 Reflection 46.8 Parallax 30.3 21% 34.3 fps	MRender 42.3 Gravity 22.5 Splatting 29.6 25% 31.5 fps
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 22.5% Great: 24%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung MZ7TY128HDHP-000L1 128GB 2,164 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 54GB free (System drive) Firmware: MAT03L0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 135 104 130 132 130 102 MB/s Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	51.4% Above average	Read 238 Write 227 Mixed 195 SusWrite 122 44% 195 MB/s	4K Read 18.2 4K Write 50 4K Mixed 23 84% 30.4 MB/s	DQ Read 202 DQ Write 190 DQ Mixed 196 147% 196 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 51.4% Great: 105%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$25 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 319GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 113 116 117 117 116 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	66.7% Good	Read 117 Write 106 Mixed 59.5 SusWrite 116 73% 99.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.9 158% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 66.7% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
CE80CE80 M378B5773CH0-CH9 M378B5773CH0-CH9 0285 1600 CL10 Series00 0285 1600 CL10 Series00 20GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 2048, 2048, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	28.6% Poor	MC Read 9.5 MC Write 8.8 MC Mixed 7.9 25% 8.73 GB/s	SC Read 9.1 SC Write 9.6 SC Mixed 9.4 27% 9.37 GB/s	Latency 67.4 59% 67.4 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 28.6% Great: 33%

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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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Desktop 62%

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Workstation 4%

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System: HP HPE-421f

CPU
Core i7 870Intel $100Bench 66%, 37,228 samples	21x

GPU
Radeon HD 5570AMDBench 4%, 12,172 samples	6x
GTX 780Nvidia $329Bench 45%, 50,279 samples	3x
GTX 750-TiNvidia $92Bench 17%, 309,423 samples	2x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	4x
hynix SH920 2.5 128GBSKBench 73%, 854 samples	3x
SSDNow V300 240GBKingston $35Bench 64%, 176,713 samples	3x

RAM
M378B5773CH0-CH9 3x2GBCE80CE80Bench 31%, 144 samples	4x
M378B5773CH0-CH9 M378B5773CH0-CH9 0285 1600 CL10 Series00 0285 1600 CL10 Series00 20GBCE80CE80Bench 30%, 3 samples	3x
M378B5773CH0-CH9 M378B5773CH0-CH9 FE02FE02 EBJ21UE8BDF0-DJ-F M378B5773CH0-CH9 8GBCE80CE80Bench 41%, 5 samples	3x

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Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $145
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $89
Intel Core i5-13600K $249	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $369