HP Compaq dx2400 Microtower

Performance Results


Gaming 2% Tree trunk	Desktop 37% Jet ski	Workstation 2% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (34th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 66 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 below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 37.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	0.82% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	32.1% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	4GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and although it's sufficient for most games, some will benefit from up to 8GB of RAM. 4GB is also enough for modest file and system caches which allow for a responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Very high background CPU (60%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	HP Compaq dx2400 Microtower (all builds)
Motherboard	ASUSTeK 2A73h
Memory	1.5 GB free of 4 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20090223
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 26 '17 at 17:53
Run Duration	363 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	60%

PC Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core2 Duo E8500-$110 18,841 User benchmarks, average bench 42% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads Base clock 3.15 GHz Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	37.7% Below average	Memory 63.4 1-Core 36.3 2-Core 57.9 36% 52.5 Pts	4-Core 71.9 8-Core 76 10% 73.9 Pts	64-Core 84.9 5% 84.9 Pts
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 37.7% Great: 48%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Quadro FX 4500 309 User benchmarks, average bench 1% Nvidia(10DE 0322) 512MB Ram: 512MB, Driver: 309.8 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	0.82% Terrible	Lighting 1.53 Reflection 1.19 Parallax 0.34 1% 1.02 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 0.82% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Z400s 256GB-$221 10,770 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 79GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z2333000 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 174 100 942 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 293 (A6) Unknown 100 100 198 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 249 (A9) Unknown 100 100 274 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 258 (AE) Unknown 100 100 176 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 49 100 261993005107 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 2 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 2323 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 38324 (F1) Unknown 253 253 8231 (F2) Unknown 253 253 8676	32.1% Below average	Read 213 Write 211 Mixed 191 46% 205 MB/s	4K Read 9.3 4K Write 29.3 4K Mixed 1.96 32% 13.5 MB/s	DQ Read 23.2 DQ Write 58.1 DQ Mixed 4.38 14% 28.5 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 32.1% Great: 84%
Hitachi HDT725050VLA380 500GB 1,490 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 317GB free Firmware: V56OA73A Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 146 146 42969006466 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1704 (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 95 95 35783 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1670 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 3068 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 3068 (C2) HDA temperature 171 171 292058955811 (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 200 253 0	37.7% Below average	Read 67.8 Write 63.3 Mixed 27 39% 52.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.83 4K Mixed 0.34 91% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 37.7% Great: 40%
Seagate Momentus 5400.6 2.5" 500GB-$16 83,084 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 138GB free Firmware: 0002BSM1 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 104 90 107550300 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1993 (05) Reallocated sector count 98 98 60 (07) Seek error rate 76 60 45335522 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 12959 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 37 692 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 91 91 9 (BC) Unknown 100 97 32 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 58 471466011 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 98 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 81 81 38031 (C2) HDA temperature 27 42 30064771099 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 44 31 107550300 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	18.3% Very poor	Read 14.5 Write 49 Mixed 39.8 26% 34.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 0.68 4K Mixed 0.27 59% 0.44 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 18.3% Great: 43%
Hitachi HDS721010CLA332 1TB 800 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 68GB free, PID ce23 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	15.3% Very poor	Read 32.6 Write 28.7 Mixed 29.2 38% 30.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.35 4K Write 1.38 4K Mixed 0.22 56% 0.65 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 15.3% Great: 19%
Generic STORAGE DEVICE 32GB 1,498 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 26GB free, PID 0749 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	10.8% Very poor	Read 32.9 Write 10.6 Mixed 11.5 19% 18.4 MB/s	4K Read 3.71 4K Write 0.93 4K Mixed 0.93 77% 1.86 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 10.8% Great: 37%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x2GB 446,702 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 2 of 4 slots used 4GB DIMM DDR2 Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	18.2% Very poor	MC Read 6.7 MC Write 6 MC Mixed 5.8 18% 6.17 GB/s	SC Read 3.2 SC Write 3.6 SC Mixed 4.2 10% 3.67 GB/s	Latency 118 34% 118 ns
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 18.2% Great: 44%

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System: HP Compaq dx2400 Microtower

CPU
Core2 Duo E8400Intel $89Bench 40%, 68,540 samples	11x
Core2 Quad Q6600Intel $100Bench 42%, 59,658 samples	9x
Core2 Quad Q9400Intel $170Bench 46%, 24,176 samples	8x

GPU
GeForce 210NvidiaBench 1%, 98,254 samples	13x
GeForce GT 730NvidiaBench 5%, 164,888 samples	8x
GeForce GT 610NvidiaBench 2%, 62,458 samples	4x

SSD
A400 120GBKingston $29Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	7x
830 128GBSamsung $109Bench 63%, 37,250 samples	4x
SU630 240GBAdataBench 64%, 60,212 samples	3x

RAM
4x2GBUnknownBench 25%, 183,252 samples	38x
4x1GBUnknownBench 18%, 54,972 samples	10x
7GBUnknownBench 24%, 8,824 samples	8x

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Value: 44% - Average

Total price: $118

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16