HP 280 G2 MT (Non-Legacy)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 10%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 71%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 9%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics6.82% 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 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.
Memory8GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Run History
SystemHP 280 G2 MT (Non-Legacy)  (all builds)
MotherboardHP 2B5E
Memory6.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20181121
Uptime0 Days
Run DateDec 10 '18 at 21:53
Run Duration112 Seconds
Run User GBR-User
Background CPU5%

 PC Performing above expectations (74th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-6500-$67
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
80.4% Excellent
Memory 86.8
1-Core 107
2-Core 213
77% 136 Pts
4-Core 428
8-Core 430
57% 429 Pts
64-Core 428
26% 428 Pts
Poor: 43%
This bench: 80.4%
Great: 73%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD R7 240
Device(1B0A 90DF) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 780 MHz, MLim: 900 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 18.12.1.1
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
6.82% Terrible
Lighting 8.5
Reflection 9.19
Parallax 10.6
7% 9.42 fps
MRender 7.81
Gravity 7.6
Splatting 8.57
7% 7.99 fps
Poor: 4%
This bench: 6.82%
Great: 6%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$32
410GB free (System drive)
Firmware: HP63
SusWrite @10s intervals: 42 75 76 79 107 76 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (5th percentile)
26.8% Poor
Read 17.5
Write 65
Mixed 27.2
SusWrite 75.7
34% 46.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.3
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 0.4
81% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 28%
This bench: 26.8%
Great: 70%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston 9905622-057.A00G 2x4GB
2 of 2 slots used
8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing way above expectations (93rd percentile)
75.4% Very good
MC Read 27.8
MC Write 30.3
MC Mixed 22.1
76% 26.7 GB/s
SC Read 16.6
SC Write 29.2
SC Mixed 23.2
66% 23 GB/s
Latency 70.6
57% 70.6 ns
Poor: 49%
This bench: 75.4%
Great: 76%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Typical 280 G2 MT (Non-Legacy) Builds (Compare 670 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 3%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 61%
Destroyer
Workstation
Workstation 3%
Tree trunk

System: HP 280 G2 MT (Non-Legacy)

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 73% - Very good Total price: $95
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