HP 500-208a

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 1% Tree trunk	Desktop 31% Sail boat	Workstation 1% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (37th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 63 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 relatively low single core score, this CPU can handle email, light web browsing and basic audio/video playback, but it will struggle to handle CPU intensive tasks. Finally, with a gaming score of 32.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	2.77% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	The 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.
Memory	22GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 22GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (77%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU. CPU throttled at 91% by Windows. Ensure maximum processor state is set to 100% via Settings > System > Power & sleep > Additional power settings > Change plan settings > Change advanced power settings > Processor power management > Maximum processor state.

System	HP 500-208a (all builds)
Motherboard	MSI 2AE0
Memory	16.1 GB free of 22 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors, ,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140415
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Oct 17 '17 at 03:00
Run Duration	452 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	77%
CPU Throttled	91%

PC Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD A8-6500 APU-$135 7,219 User benchmarks, average bench 50% P0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	32.2% Below average	Memory 45.5 1-Core 48.4 2-Core 72.4 34% 55.4 Pts	4-Core 112 8-Core 106 15% 109 Pts	64-Core 89 6% 89 Pts
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 32.2% Great: 58%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 8570D 8,328 User benchmarks, average bench 4% HP(103C 2AE0) 768MB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.200.1062.1004 Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	2.77% Terrible	Lighting 2.93 Reflection 4.35 Parallax 4.41 2% 3.9 fps	MRender 2.76 Gravity 4.03 Splatting 5.43 4% 4.08 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 2.77% Great: 5%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 1TB 266,123 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 293GB free Firmware: 2AR10002 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 4 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 89 89 3463 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3997 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4694 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 22 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 299 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 88 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 42 249109217316 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 1 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 65 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 22 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 79 79 217333	44.1% Average	Read 84.7 Write 69.4 Mixed 81.7 59% 78.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.37 4K Write 0.61 4K Mixed 0.3 60% 0.43 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 44.1% Great: 59%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$60 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 155GB free (System drive) Firmware: HP36 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 83769152 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 382 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 307386424 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 12022 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 377 (B4) Unknown 100 100 2128786193 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 91 91 9 (BE) vendor-specific 64 56 22097297444 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 76 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 89 89 23709 (C2) HDA temperature 36 44 -140737488355292 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	64.1% Good	Read 115 Write 108 Mixed 98.6 81% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.32 4K Write 0.82 4K Mixed 0.1 40% 0.42 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 64.1% Great: 113%
Hitachi HTS545050A7E680 500GB 66,048 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 74GB free Firmware: GG2OAH10 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 214 100 60129542145 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 5532 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 71 71 12989 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 735 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 15204352 (BC) Unknown 100 100 3 (BE) vendor-specific 71 56 404553757 (BF) G-sense error rate 95 95 1373 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 5963867 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 82 82 189388 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	49% Average	Read 91.2 Write 79.7 Mixed 77.6 62% 82.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 0.41 4K Mixed 0.16 46% 0.35 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 49% Great: 58%
Seagate ST2000LM003 HN-M201RAD 2TB 50,772 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 4GB free Firmware: 2BE10001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 88 87 3901 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2562 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2486 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 42 (BF) G-sense error rate 252 252 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 63 61 167504773157 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 1 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 3 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 44325	37.6% Below average	Read 69.9 Write 61.2 Mixed 82.6 54% 71.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.32 4K Write 0.53 4K Mixed 0.28 54% 0.38 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 37.6% Great: 70%
WD 413AS External 500GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 19% 85GB free, PID 1003 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	17.5% Very poor	Read 32.6 Write 34.5 Mixed 12.6 32% 26.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.31 4K Write 1.68 4K Mixed 0.28 68% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 17.5% Great: 21%
TOSHIBA USB DRV 4GB 265 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 2GB free, PID 1400, Toshiba 4gb usb 2 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	5.71% Terrible	Read 22.7 Write 4.87 Mixed 4.84 10% 10.8 MB/s	4K Read 5.7 4K Write 0.006 4K Mixed 0.009 22% 1.91 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.71% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 16JTF1G64AZ-1G6E1 16JTF1G64AZ-1G6E1 HU524303EP0200 Samsung M378B5173DB0-CK0 22GB 1600, 1600, 1333, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192, 2048, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	13.3% Very poor	MC Read 5 MC Write 3.2 MC Mixed 4.7 12% 4.3 GB/s	SC Read 4 SC Write 3.4 SC Mixed 5 12% 4.13 GB/s	Latency 178 22% 178 ns

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System: HP 500-208a

CPU
A8-6500 APUAMD $135Bench 50%, 7,219 samples	2x

GPU
R7 240AMDBench 5%, 58,337 samples	1x
Radeon HD 8570DAMDBench 4%, 8,328 samples	1x

RAM
16JTF1G64AZ-1G6E1 2x8GBMicronBench 53%, 7,464 samples	1x
HMT325U6CFR8C-H9 HMT325U6CFR8C-H9 Kingston K1N7HK-ELC Elpida EBJ21UE8BDF0-DJ-F 8GBHynixBench 24%, 1 sample	1x

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Total price: $135

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	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

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