HP 290 G3 MT Business PC

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 68%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 91%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 54%
Yacht
PC StatusOverall 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.
ProcessorWith 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics78.2% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive225% 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.
Memory16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
SystemHP 290 G3 MT Business PC  (all builds)
MotherboardHP 86E9
Memory12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colors, 1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20191126
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJun 12 '22 at 09:35
Run Duration140 Seconds
Run User ZAF-User
Background CPU3%
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 PC Performing as expected (58th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i3-9100-$145
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (89th percentile)
85.9% Excellent
Memory 86.6
1-Core 127
2-Core 250
86% 154 Pts
4-Core 491
8-Core 492
66% 492 Pts
64-Core 498
31% 498 Pts
Poor: 67%
This bench: 85.9%
Great: 88%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132
CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 511.65
Performing below potential (42nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide
78.2% Very good
Lighting 95
Reflection 108
Parallax 98.1
77% 100 fps
MRender 93.9
Gravity 101
Splatting 97.2
80% 97.4 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 78.2%
Great: 88%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
WDC PC SN730 SDBQNTY-512G-1001 512GB
156GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 11170101
SusWrite @10s intervals: 518 578 698 699 688 695 MB/s
Performing as expected (57th percentile)
225% Outstanding
Read 1,489
Write 1,191
Mixed 1,118
SusWrite 646
248% 1,111 MB/s
4K Read 48.1
4K Write 140
4K Mixed 67.2
233% 85 MB/s
DQ Read 1,572
DQ Write 872
DQ Mixed 1,147
873% 1,197 MB/s
Poor: 119%
This bench: 225%
Great: 278%
Seagate SkyHawk 6TB (2016)-$143
977GB free
Firmware: SC60
SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 159 187 182 187 189 MB/s
Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 10% Great: 108%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 1x16GB
1 of 2 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing as expected (42nd percentile)
42.3% Average
MC Read 14.6
MC Write 14.7
MC Mixed 12.7
40% 14 GB/s
SC Read 12.6
SC Write 14.8
SC Mixed 13.8
39% 13.7 GB/s
Latency 70.8
56% 70.8 ns
Poor: 34%
This bench: 42.3%
Great: 64%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical 290 G3 MT Business PC Builds (Compare 77 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 4%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 75%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 4%
Tree trunk

System: HP 290 G3 MT Business PC

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 95% - Outstanding Total price: $145
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