HP Compaq Elite 8300 CMT

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU, SSD
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
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	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 Compaq Elite 8300 CMT (all builds)
Motherboard	Hewlett-Packard 3396
Memory	5.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1804 x 1014 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120507
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 29 '19 at 19:04
Run Duration	333 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing as expected (59^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-3470-$59 223,595 User benchmarks, average bench 63% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	75.4% Very good	Memory 89.7 1-Core 97.3 2-Core 195 74% 127 Pts	4-Core 353 8-Core 366 48% 359 Pts	64-Core 369 23% 369 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 75.4% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 440 14,286 User benchmarks, average bench 4% Gigabyte(1458 3518) 1GB CLim: 830 MHz, MLim: 450 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 391.35 Relative performance n/a - GPU benchmark error
Poor: 3% Great: 4%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD WD5000AAVS-00ZTB0 500GB 13,629 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 153GB free (System drive) Firmware: 05.04C05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 43 42 40 41 39 34 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	28.3% Poor	Read 58.8 Write 8.7 Mixed 19.1 SusWrite 39.7 23% 31.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.4 73% 0.43 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 28.3% Great: 44%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 750GB-$60 30,974 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 633GB free Firmware: 1AA01117 SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 96 98 95 93 96 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	58.2% Above average	Read 107 Write 59.9 Mixed 63.7 SusWrite 96 60% 81.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 146% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 58.2% Great: 60%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 861GB free Firmware: HP51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 204 206 204 210 209 208 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	117% Outstanding	Read 202 Write 152 Mixed 81 SusWrite 207 117% 161 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.9 165% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 112%
Seagate ST33000651AS 3TB-$99 5,029 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 125 123 126 123 126 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	73% Very good	Read 130 Write 125 Mixed 72 SusWrite 124 83% 113 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1 183% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 73% Great: 86%
Generic Flash Disk 537GB 90 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 500GB free, PID 7777 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 5.9 6.5 7.6 4.2 5.3 7.7 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 6 Write 2 SusWrite 6.2 6% 4.73 MB/s	4K Read 4.2 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 16% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 2% Great: 9%
ST316021 5ACE 160GB 30 User benchmarks, average bench 14% 32GB free, PID 2338 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 14 14 14 14 14 16 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	12.2% Very poor	Read 34.4 Write 20.4 Mixed 20.3 SusWrite 14.4 28% 22.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.2 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.6 65% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 12.2% Great: 18%
ST340014 AS 40GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 11% 16GB free, PID 2338 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 38 35 35 37 36 37 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	12.9% Very poor	Read 21.2 Write 40.5 Mixed 21.2 SusWrite 36.4 43% 29.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.7 46% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 12.9% Great: 14%
Seagate Desktop 80GB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 14% 74GB free, PID 3300 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 38 38 38 39 39 38 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	17.6% Very poor	Read 35.9 Write 37.7 Mixed 28.6 SusWrite 38.2 48% 35.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.8 73% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 17.6% Great: 19%
ST332031 0CS 320GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 12% 92GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 15 14 14 15 15 15 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	11.6% Very poor	Read 33.6 Write 23.2 Mixed 21.6 SusWrite 14.6 30% 23.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.7 63% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 11.6% Great: 14%
Mass Storage Device 160GB 951 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 2GB free, PID 6116 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 15 15 14 15 15 15 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	8.29% Terrible	Read 21.7 Write 22.5 Mixed 17.9 SusWrite 14.7 26% 19.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.4 36% 0.47 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 8.29% Great: 19%
ST325082 0A 250GB 16 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 1GB free, PID 0275 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 37.1 Write 19.1 Mixed 27.3 33% 27.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.5 52% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 13% Great: 18%
General 1TB 12 User benchmarks, average bench 11% 973GB free, PID 1234 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 1.1 1.8 1.5 1.9 1.3 1.3 MB/s Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Read 3.8 Write 2 Mixed 4 SusWrite 1.4 4% 2.8 MB/s	4K Read 0 4K Mixed 0 0% 0 MB/s
Poor: 5% Great: 18%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT451U6AFR8A-PB 2x4GB 2,689 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	33% Below average	MC Read 11.6 MC Write 11.2 MC Mixed 8.9 30% 10.6 GB/s	SC Read 9.9 SC Write 11.2 SC Mixed 9 29% 10 GB/s	Latency 67.6 59% 67.6 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 33% Great: 58%

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Desktop 62%

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Workstation 6%

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System: HP Compaq Elite 8300 CMT

CPU
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	1,041x
Core i5-3470Intel $59Bench 63%, 223,595 samples	965x
Core i5-3570IntelBench 65%, 104,858 samples	400x

GPU
HD 2500 (Desktop 1.05 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 146,665 samples	380x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	336x
HD 4000 (Desktop 1.15 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 52,547 samples	209x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	120x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	66x
MX500 500GBCrucial $46Bench 106%, 237,241 samples	42x

RAM
8JTF51264AZ-1G6E1 2x4GBMicronBench 52%, 17,707 samples	48x
HMT351U6CFR8C-PB 2x4GBHynixBench 53%, 17,809 samples	27x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	27x

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Value: 64% - Good

Total price: $325

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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