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Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 3%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 50%
Yacht
Workstation
Workstation 3%
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PC StatusOverall this PC is performing way above expectations (90th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 10 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
ProcessorWith 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 55.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics4.28% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot DriveThe boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
High background CPU (28%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemHP 500-242ea  (all builds)
MotherboardMSI 2AE0
Memory8 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colors, 1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20140115
Uptime21.9 Days
Run DateJul 12 '18 at 10:51
Run Duration124 Seconds
Run User GBR-User
Background CPU 28%

 PC Performing way above expectations (90th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD A8-5500 APU-$135
P0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (93rd percentile)
55.5% Above average
Memory 79.5
1-Core 58.4
2-Core 105
52% 81 Pts
4-Core 184
8-Core 188
25% 186 Pts
64-Core 184
11% 184 Pts
Poor: 37% ↑
This bench: 55.5%
 Great: 56%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD Radeon R5 235
MSI(1462 B499) 1GB
Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008
Performing way above expectations (91st percentile)
4.28% Terrible
Lighting 5.17
Reflection 7.38
Parallax 4.66
4% 5.74 fps
MRender 4.24
Gravity 4.03
Splatting 7.17
4% 5.15 fps
Poor: 2% ↑
This bench: 4.28%
 Great: 4%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33
867GB free (System drive)
Firmware: HP34
SusWrite @10s intervals: 159 174 183 174 192 189 MB/s
Performing above expectations (78th percentile)
103% Outstanding
Read 182
Write 184
Mixed 81.5
SusWrite 179
114% 157 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 1.8
4K Mixed 0.8
160% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑
This bench: 103%
 Great: 112%
External USB3.0 320GB
288GB free
Firmware: 0204
SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 99 99 100 100 100 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
57% Above average
Read 99.1
Write 89.4
Mixed 52.3
SusWrite 99.4
62% 85.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 0.7
131% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑
This bench: 57%
 Great: 54%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Hynix HMT451U6AFR8C-PB HMT325U6EFR8C-PB Kingston 9905403-174.A00LF Kingston HP698650-154-KEB 12GB
1600, 1600, 1333, 1600 MHz
4096, 2048, 2048, 4096 MB
Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples
31.4% Below average
MC Read 15.1
MC Write 6.1
MC Mixed 10.5
30% 10.6 GB/s
SC Read 8
SC Write 6.9
SC Mixed 9.9
24% 8.27 GB/s
Latency 81.4
49% 81.4 ns
Poor: 17% ↑
This bench: 31.4%
 Great: 31%
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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming
Gaming 4%
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Desktop
Desktop 48%
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Workstation
Workstation 4%
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System: HP 500-242ea

CPU
A8-5500 APUAMD  $135Bench 48%, 10,478 samples19x
A8-6500 APUAMD  $135Bench 50%, 7,219 samples3x
A10-6800K APU (2013 D.Ri)AMD  $467Bench 51%, 11,295 samples1x
GPU
Radeon R5 235AMDBench 2%, 974 samples15x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples2x
Radeon HD 7560DAMDBench 4%, 10,029 samples1x
SSD
MX500 1TBCrucial  $66Bench 106%, 202,785 samples3x
BX500 480GBCrucial  $38Bench 63%, 83,298 samples2x
MX500 250GBCrucial  $40Bench 101%, 77,177 samples1x
RAM
HMT325U6EFR8C-PB Samsung M378B5173DB0-CK0 6GBHynixBench 32%, 148 samples3x
8JTF25664AZ-1G6K1 Kingston HP698650-154-HYAG 6GBMicronBench 29%, 9 samples3x
HMT325U6EFR8C-PB HMT351U6CFR8C-PB 6GBHynixBench 34%, 113 samples2x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 57% - Above average Total price: $201
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Intel Core i5-12600K $184Nvidia RTX 4070 $539Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52
HDDRAMUSB
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WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16
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