HP 290 G2 MT Business PC

Performance Results


Gaming 12% Tree trunk	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (39th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 61 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 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 81.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	5.85% 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	60.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	16GB 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 Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (66%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	HP 290 G2 MT Business PC (all builds)
Motherboard	HP 843C
Memory	9.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20220727
Uptime	1.5 Days
Run Date	Jul 26 '23 at 22:13
Run Duration	114 Seconds
Run User	IRL-User
Background CPU	66%

PC Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-8500-$166 43,089 User benchmarks, average bench 82% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	81.3% Excellent	Memory 82.2 1-Core 119 2-Core 231 80% 144 Pts	4-Core 457 8-Core 500 63% 479 Pts	64-Core 569 35% 569 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 81.3% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 630 (Desktop Coffee Lake i5 i7) 147,588 User benchmarks, average bench 5% HP(103C 843C) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 31.0.101.2111 Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	5.85% Terrible	Lighting 6.3 Reflection 8.3 Parallax 7.4 5% 7.33 fps	MRender 9.3 Gravity 6.5 Splatting 10.2 7% 8.67 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.85% Great: 7%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
CT1000BX500SSD1 1TB 46,239 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 663GB free (System drive) Firmware: M6CR056 SusWrite @10s intervals: 373 350 350 282 276 265 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	60.8% Good	Read 317 Write 274 Mixed 268 SusWrite 316 66% 294 MB/s	4K Read 17.2 4K Write 44.4 4K Mixed 13 66% 24.9 MB/s	DQ Read 152 DQ Write 265 DQ Mixed 35.9 76% 151 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 60.8% Great: 100%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HP26D4U9S8ME-8 Hynix HMA81GU6JJR8N-VK 16GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2666, 2666 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	68.8% Good	MC Read 26.9 MC Write 25.9 MC Mixed 21.3 71% 24.7 GB/s	SC Read 14.2 SC Write 23.4 SC Mixed 20.5 55% 19.4 GB/s	Latency 76.5 52% 76.5 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 68.8% Great: 88%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0P 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	71	59	60	27"	1280 720	HPN3494 HP 27w

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Gaming 12%

Tree trunk

Desktop 76%

Battleship

Workstation 11%

Tree trunk

System: HP 290 G2 MT Business PC

CPU
Core i5-8500Intel $166Bench 82%, 43,089 samples	213x
Core i3-8100Intel $110Bench 71%, 81,392 samples	143x
Core i7-8700Intel $186Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	51x

GPU
UHD Graphics 630 (Desktop Coffee Lake i5 i7)IntelBench 5%, 147,588 samples	188x
UHD Graphics 630 (Desktop Coffee Lake i3)IntelBench 5%, 32,403 samples	107x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	27x

SSD
PC SN520 SDAPNUW-256G-1006 256GBWDCBench 152%, 17,295 samples	26x
hynix BC501 HFM256GDJTNG-8310A 256GBSKBench 123%, 30,266 samples	23x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	18x

RAM
M378A5244CB0-CTD 2x4GBSamsungBench 67%, 3,347 samples	31x
M378A1K43CB2-CTD 1x8GBSamsungBench 43%, 19,029 samples	28x
M378A5244CB0-CTD 1x4GBSamsungBench 37%, 2,458 samples	24x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $166

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $156	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $361	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 $45	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