HP 250 G5 Notebook PC

Performance Results


Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 49% Yacht	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 48.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	3.59% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	49.7% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Very high background CPU (47%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	HP 250 G5 Notebook PC (all builds)
Motherboard	HP 81EB
Memory	2.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180302
Uptime	11.9 Days
Run Date	Nov 05 '23 at 05:17
Run Duration	120 Seconds
Run User	BGD-User
Background CPU	47%

PC Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-6006U 47,111 User benchmarks, average bench 36% U3E1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2 GHz, turbo 2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	48.5% Average	Memory 73.8 1-Core 53.7 2-Core 95.9 48% 74.5 Pts	4-Core 136 8-Core 142 18% 139 Pts	64-Core 139 9% 139 Pts
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 48.5% Great: 49%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 520 (Mobile Skylake) 362,113 User benchmarks, average bench 4% HP(103C 81EB) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 31.0.101.2111 Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	3.59% Terrible	Lighting 5 Reflection 3.5 Parallax 5.1 4% 4.53 fps	MRender 6.3 Gravity 4.5 Splatting 0.3 3% 3.7 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.59% Great: 5%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDS240G2G0A-00JH30 240GB 541 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 161GB free (System drive) Firmware: VD0R3C00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 308 308 325 323 116 116 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	49.7% Average	Read 287 Write 293 Mixed 247 SusWrite 249 61% 269 MB/s	4K Read 9.8 4K Write 36.5 4K Mixed 15.7 54% 20.7 MB/s	DQ Read 81.9 DQ Write 195 DQ Mixed 130 101% 136 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 49.7% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471A5244CB0-CWE M471A5244CB0-CRC 8GB 36 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2133, 2133 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (29^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	47.4% Average	MC Read 17.1 MC Write 18.5 MC Mixed 16.3 50% 17.3 GB/s	SC Read 9.3 SC Write 12.1 SC Mixed 12.5 32% 11.3 GB/s	Latency 98.1 41% 98.1 ns
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 47.4% Great: 71%

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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	48	19	60	15.5"	1280 720	CMN15C5

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Gaming 2%

Tree trunk

Desktop 39%

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Workstation 2%

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System: HP 250 G5 Notebook PC

CPU
Core i3-5005UIntelBench 38%, 50,603 samples	385x
Core i5-6200UIntelBench 41%, 135,462 samples	292x
Core i5-7200UIntelBench 45%, 205,332 samples	136x

GPU
HD 5500 (Mobile 0.95 GHz)IntelBench 4%, 231,498 samples	383x
HD 520 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 4%, 362,113 samples	369x
HD 620 (Mobile Kaby Lake)IntelBench 5%, 387,149 samples	152x

SSD
SD8SNAT-256G-1006 256GBSandiskBench 66%, 2,836 samples	54x
MZNLN256HMHQ-000H1 256GBSamsungBench 91%, 5,596 samples	52x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	49x

RAM
M471B5173EB0-YK0 1x4GBSamsungBench 23%, 50,921 samples	131x
M471A1K43CB1-CRC 1x8GBSamsungBench 37%, 122,420 samples	55x
8KTF51264HZ-1G9P1 1x4GBMicronBench 19%, 3,980 samples	46x

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Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16