HP 280 G3 SFF Business PC

Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	5.93% 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	81.5% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

System	HP 280 G3 SFF Business PC (all builds)
Motherboard	HP 843F
Memory	3.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20230420
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 24 '24 at 11:23
Run Duration	115 Seconds
Run User	IND-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (67^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 above expectations (81^st percentile)	88.2% Excellent	Memory 87.3 1-Core 122 2-Core 241 84% 150 Pts	4-Core 480 8-Core 706 74% 593 Pts	64-Core 715 44% 715 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 88.2% 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 843F) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 27.20.100.8280 Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	5.93% Terrible	Lighting 6.6 Reflection 8 Parallax 7.6 5% 7.4 fps	MRender 7.3 Gravity 6.8 Splatting 10.6 7% 8.23 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.93% Great: 7%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
MAS 256GB 256GB 20 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 207GB free (System drive) Firmware: V0718B0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 364 358 334 345 345 349 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	81.5% Excellent	Read 430 Write 322 Mixed 336 SusWrite 349 81% 359 MB/s	4K Read 33 4K Write 70.2 4K Mixed 22.1 116% 41.8 MB/s	DQ Read 132 DQ Write 270 DQ Mixed 45.6 79% 149 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 81.5% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KY7N41-MIE 1x8GB 97 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 1 of 2 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing below potential (26^th percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	39.1% Below average	MC Read 15 MC Write 13.2 MC Mixed 10.4 37% 12.9 GB/s	SC Read 11.8 SC Write 13 SC Mixed 12 35% 12.3 GB/s	Latency 70.5 57% 70.5 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 39.1% Great: 49%

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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	68	56	60	23.8"	1280 720	SAM71D1 LS24A40xU

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Gaming 9%

Tree trunk

Desktop 73%

Battleship

Workstation 8%

Tree trunk

System: HP 280 G3 SFF Business PC

CPU
Core i5-8500Intel $166Bench 82%, 43,089 samples	58x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	20x
Core i3-8100Intel $110Bench 71%, 81,392 samples	18x

GPU
UHD Graphics 630 (Desktop Coffee Lake i5 i7)IntelBench 5%, 147,588 samples	80x
UHD Graphics 630 (Desktop Coffee Lake i3)IntelBench 5%, 32,403 samples	19x
GeForce GT 730NvidiaBench 5%, 164,888 samples	10x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	3x
P5 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBCrucial $83Bench 219%, 1,098 samples	3x
SA400S37960G 960GBKingstonBench 70%, 56,609 samples	3x

RAM
M378A1K43CB2-CTD 1x8GBSamsungBench 43%, 19,029 samples	30x
M378A5244CB0-CTD 1x4GBSamsungBench 37%, 2,458 samples	14x
8ATF1G64AZ-2G6E1 1x8GBMicronBench 43%, 7,364 samples	5x

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Value: 84% - Excellent

Total price: $194

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	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