HP Slim Desktop 290-a0xxx

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 1% Tree trunk	Desktop 37% Jet ski	Workstation 0% 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 39.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	2.28% 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	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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (31%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	HP Slim Desktop 290-a0xxx (all builds)
Motherboard	HP 8459
Memory	1.4 GB free of 4 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190502
Uptime	30 Days
Run Date	Oct 23 '20 at 21:33
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	31%

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
AMD A4-9125 RADEON R3, 4 COMPUTE CORES 2C+2G 2,523 User benchmarks, average bench 29% P0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads Base clock 2.3 GHz, turbo 2.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	39.3% Below average	Memory 67.3 1-Core 41.6 2-Core 66.4 39% 58.4 Pts	4-Core 69.5 8-Core 69.3 9% 69.4 Pts	64-Core 67.9 4% 67.9 Pts
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 39.3% Great: 39%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon R3 Graphics 6,360 User benchmarks, average bench 2% HP(103C 8459) 80MB Ram: 80MB, Driver: 18.40.16.03 Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	2.28% Terrible	Lighting 2.5 Reflection 6.73 Parallax 3.22 2% 4.15 fps	MRender 3.48 Gravity 2.17 Splatting 4.13 3% 3.26 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 2.28% Great: 2%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 882GB free (System drive) Firmware: HPH4 SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 100 73 105 86 107 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	44.3% Average	Read 60.5 Write 48.6 Mixed 49.3 SusWrite 93.9 46% 63.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.4 84% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 44.3% Great: 112%
WDC WD16 00BEVS-60RST0 160GB 31 User benchmarks, average bench 14% 124GB free, PID 110c Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 13 13 13 13 13 13 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	5.58% Terrible	Read 12.7 Write 11.9 Mixed 12.3 SusWrite 12.8 17% 12.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.1 4K Write 0.3 4K Mixed 0.2 17% 0.2 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 5.58% Great: 19%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378A5244CB0-CTD 1x4GB 2,458 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 1 of 2 slots used 4GB DIMM DDR4 2666 MHz clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	21.8% Poor	MC Read 7.5 MC Write 6.8 MC Mixed 7.5 21% 7.27 GB/s	SC Read 5 SC Write 6.1 SC Mixed 5.8 16% 5.63 GB/s	Latency 108 37% 108 ns
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 21.8% Great: 43%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Typical Slim Desktop 290-a0xxx Builds (Compare 101 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 5%

Tree trunk

Desktop 38%

Jet ski

Workstation 5%

Tree trunk

System: HP Slim Desktop 290-a0xxx

CPU
Pentium Silver J5005IntelBench 40%, 2,202 samples	31x
A9-9425 APU (2016 M.SR)AMDBench 27%, 15,014 samples	30x
Celeron J4005IntelBench 28%, 1,572 samples	26x

GPU
UHD Graphics 605IntelBench 2%, 14,651 samples	31x
Radeon R5 GraphicsAMDBench 3%, 31,419 samples	30x
UHD Graphics 600IntelBench 1%, 35,976 samples	26x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	8x
860 Evo 250GBSamsung $52Bench 104%, 296,814 samples	2x
A400 120GBKingston $30Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	2x

RAM
M378A1K43CB2-CTD 1x8GBSamsungBench 43%, 19,029 samples	13x
M471A5244CB0-CTD 1x4GBSamsungBench 30%, 48,985 samples	10x
HMA851S6CJR6N-VK 1x4GBSK_HynixBench 20%, 117 samples	6x

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Value: 22% - Poor

Total price: $28

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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 $42	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