HP 290 G3 Small Form Factor PC

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 8%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 64%
Destroyer
Workstation
Workstation 8%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 68.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics5.5% 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 Drive183% 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 VersionWindows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.
Run History
SystemHP 290 G3 Small Form Factor PC  (all builds)
MotherboardHP 885F
Memory8.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 11
BIOS Date20230220
Uptime0.1 Days
Run DateJul 14 '23 at 23:45
Run Duration112 Seconds
Run User GBR-User
Background CPU0%

 PC Performing as expected (44th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-10505
U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg)
Performing way below expectations (9th percentile)
68.2% Good
Memory 42.9
1-Core 129
2-Core 255
72% 142 Pts
4-Core 500
8-Core 781
79% 641 Pts
64-Core 931
58% 931 Pts
Poor: 56%
This bench: 68.2%
Great: 96%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 630
HP(103C 885F) 1GB
Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 31.0.101.1999
Performing way above expectations (87th percentile)
5.5% Terrible
Lighting 5.5
Reflection 8.7
Parallax 7.9
4% 7.37 fps
MRender 9
Gravity 6.7
Splatting 11
8% 8.9 fps
Poor: 4%
This bench: 5.5%
Great: 6%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Nvme INTEL SSDPEKNU512GZH 512GB
270GB free (System drive)
Firmware: HPS1 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1260 1362 286 386 134 183 MB/s
Performing below expectations (36th percentile)
183% Outstanding
Read 1,970
Write 972
Mixed 962
SusWrite 602
249% 1,126 MB/s
4K Read 42.4
4K Write 63.2
4K Mixed 49.2
161% 51.6 MB/s
DQ Read 436
DQ Write 358
DQ Mixed 383
290% 392 MB/s
Poor: 110%
This bench: 183%
Great: 295%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Hynix HMA81GU6CJR8N-VK HMAA1GU6CJR6N-XN 16GB
2667, 3200 MHz
8192, 8192 MB
Relative performance (0th percentile)
30.6% Below average
MC Read 10.7
MC Write 13.1
MC Mixed 9.8
32% 11.2 GB/s
SC Read 4.9
SC Write 13
SC Mixed 6
23% 7.97 GB/s
Latency 189
21% 189 ns
Poor: 48%
This bench: 30.6%
Great: 73%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical 290 G3 Small Form Factor PC Builds (Compare 94 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 9%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 76%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 8%
Tree trunk

System: HP 290 G3 Small Form Factor PC

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 102% - Outstanding Total price: $140
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