HP 290 G1 SFF Business PC

Performance Results


Gaming 6% Tree trunk	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (38th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 62 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 82.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	3.41% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	123% 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.
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 290 G1 SFF Business PC (all builds)
Motherboard	HP 843F
Memory	1.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20220727
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 31 '24 at 12:25
Run Duration	129 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing below expectations (38^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-$139 43,089 User benchmarks, average bench 82% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	82.8% Excellent	Memory 77.4 1-Core 120 2-Core 237 80% 145 Pts	4-Core 475 8-Core 689 73% 582 Pts	64-Core 689 43% 689 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 82.8% 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. 31.0.101.2111 Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	3.41% Terrible	Lighting 6.2 Reflection 6.6 Parallax 6.6 5% 6.47 fps	MRender 0.3 Gravity 0.3 Splatting 0.2 0% 0.27 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.41% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Ortial SSD 256GB 378 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 144GB free (System drive) Firmware: V0513A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 540 153 208 186 164 217 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	123% Outstanding	Read 1,175 Write 819 Mixed 784 SusWrite 245 168% 755 MB/s	4K Read 37.4 4K Write 86.6 4K Mixed 24.6 134% 49.5 MB/s	DQ Read 426 DQ Write 548 DQ Mixed 361 308% 445 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 164%
Hitachi HTS725050A7E630 500GB-$125 56,661 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 321GB free Firmware: GS2OA340 SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 84 88 88 88 89 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	53.9% Above average	Read 99.9 Write 104 Mixed 37.8 SusWrite 87.8 60% 82.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 134% 1 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 53.9% Great: 72%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378A1K43DB2-CTD 1x8GB 7,517 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 1 of 2 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	28.7% Poor	MC Read 11.9 MC Write 8.5 MC Mixed 8.1 27% 9.5 GB/s	SC Read 9.1 SC Write 7.7 SC Mixed 8.2 24% 8.33 GB/s	Latency 90.3 44% 90.3 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 28.7% 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	55	30	84.6"	1280 720	SAM0F0B SAMSUNG

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Gaming 9%

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Desktop 74%

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Workstation 8%

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System: HP 290 G1 SFF Business PC

CPU
Core i5-8500Intel $139Bench 82%, 43,089 samples	95x
Core i3-8100Intel $110Bench 71%, 81,392 samples	67x
Core i3-9100FIntel $115Bench 80%, 34,310 samples	8x

GPU
UHD Graphics 630 (Desktop Coffee Lake i5 i7)IntelBench 5%, 147,588 samples	74x
UHD Graphics 630 (Desktop Coffee Lake i3)IntelBench 5%, 32,403 samples	60x
GT 1030NvidiaBench 14%, 185,384 samples	28x

SSD
hynix BC501 HFM256GDJTNG-8310A 256GBSKBench 123%, 30,266 samples	34x
PC SN520 SDAPNUW-256G-1006 256GBWDCBench 152%, 17,295 samples	23x
TOSHIBA 256GBKbg30zmv256gBench 99%, 31,797 samples	10x

RAM
M378A1K43CB2-CTD 1x8GBSamsungBench 43%, 19,029 samples	23x
HMA81GU6CJR8N-VK 1x8GBHynixBench 44%, 10,608 samples	19x
8ATF1G64AZ-2G6E1 1x8GBMicronBench 43%, 7,364 samples	14x

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Value: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $139

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	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 $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16