HP Spectre 13 Notebook PC

Performance Results


Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 51% Yacht	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 48%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	5.29% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	77.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

CPU throttled at 96% by Windows. Ensure maximum processor state is set to 100% via Settings > System > Power & sleep > Additional power settings > Change plan settings > Change advanced power settings > Processor power management > Maximum processor state.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	HP Spectre 13 Notebook PC (all builds)
Motherboard	HP 804E
Memory	4.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180307
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 25 '22 at 07:56
Run Duration	512 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%
CPU Throttled	96%

PC Performing as expected (58^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6500U 102,213 User benchmarks, average bench 46% U3E1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 3 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	48% Average	Memory 56.6 1-Core 78.9 2-Core 143 53% 93 Pts	4-Core 231 8-Core 216 30% 224 Pts	64-Core 251 16% 251 Pts
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 48% Great: 57%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 520 (Mobile Skylake) 362,113 User benchmarks, average bench 4% HP(103C 804E) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 27.20.100.8681 Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	5.29% Terrible	Lighting 5.9 Reflection 4.5 Parallax 6.8 5% 5.73 fps	MRender 6.1 Gravity 6.4 Splatting 9.5 6% 7.33 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.29% Great: 5%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk SD7SN6S-512G-1006 512GB 902 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 184GB free (System drive) Firmware: X3511006 SusWrite @10s intervals: 301 234 223 169 149 180 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	77.8% Very good	Read 408 Write 364 Mixed 240 SusWrite 209 68% 305 MB/s	4K Read 26.6 4K Write 68.4 4K Mixed 31.7 117% 42.2 MB/s	DQ Read 327 DQ Write 243 DQ Mixed 172 160% 248 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 77.8% Great: 93%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Elpida EDFB164A1MA-JD-F 2x4GB 1,007 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2 of 2 slots used 8GB Row of chips LPDDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	49.4% Average	MC Read 18.2 MC Write 18.9 MC Mixed 16.6 51% 17.9 GB/s	SC Read 10.8 SC Write 16.2 SC Mixed 16.4 41% 14.5 GB/s	Latency 138 29% 138 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 49.4% Great: 57%

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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 7%

Tree trunk

Desktop 48%

Yacht

Workstation 7%

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System: HP Spectre 13 Notebook PC

CPU
Core i7-6500UIntelBench 46%, 102,213 samples	1x

GPU
HD 520 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 4%, 362,113 samples	1x

SSD
SD7SN6S-512G-1006 512GBSandiskBench 73%, 902 samples	1x

RAM
EDFB164A1MA-JD-F 2x4GBElpidaBench 52%, 1,007 samples	1x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $160	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16