HP Compaq Elite 8300 CMT

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 5%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 66%
Battle cruiser
Workstation
Workstation 4%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 74.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics6.54% 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.
Very high background CPU (31%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemHP Compaq Elite 8300 CMT  (all builds)
MotherboardHewlett-Packard 3396
Memory4.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20120507
Uptime2 Days
Run DateMay 26 '21 at 14:19
Run Duration108 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 31%

 PC Performing as expected (52nd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-3470-$59
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
74.3% Very good
Memory 89.3
1-Core 97.1
2-Core 190
73% 125 Pts
4-Core 338
8-Core 373
47% 356 Pts
64-Core 376
23% 376 Pts
Poor: 50%
This bench: 74.3%
Great: 71%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD FirePro V4900-$150
AMD(1002 2B06) 1GB
Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.2401.0
Performing as expected (57th percentile)
6.54% Terrible
Lighting 8.3
Reflection 9.4
Parallax 7.1
7% 8.27 fps
MRender 8.8
Gravity 6.6
Splatting 7.2
6% 7.53 fps
Poor: 6%
This bench: 6.54%
Great: 7%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24
295GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 18.01H18
SusWrite @10s intervals: 51 65 74 96 97 94 MB/s
Performing as expected (47th percentile)
52.7% Above average
Read 104
Write 93.1
Mixed 58.9
SusWrite 79.4
62% 83.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 0.9
149% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 24%
This bench: 52.7%
Great: 69%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Samsung M378B5273DH0-CK0 Hynix HMT351U6CFR8C-PB 8GB
1600, 1600 MHz
4096, 4096 MB
Performing below potential (7th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
32.1% Below average
MC Read 11.5
MC Write 11.2
MC Mixed 9.1
30% 10.6 GB/s
SC Read 7.2
SC Write 8.1
SC Mixed 8.9
23% 8.07 GB/s
Latency 68.2
59% 68.2 ns
Poor: 32%
This bench: 32.1%
Great: 61%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Compaq Elite 8300 CMT Builds (Compare 2,755 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 7%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 62%
Destroyer
Workstation
Workstation 6%
Tree trunk

System: HP Compaq Elite 8300 CMT

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 64% - Good Total price: $325
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