HP xw8600 Workstation

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 6%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 49%
Yacht
Workstation
Workstation 5%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing way above expectations (86th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 14 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
ProcessorWith an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 50.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics12.1% 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 more than sufficient for nearly all games. 8GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
SystemHP xw8600 Workstation  (all builds)
MotherboardHewlett-Packard 0A98h
Memory6.1 GB free of 8.00098 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20120920
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJun 09 '18 at 08:08
Run Duration121 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU8%

 PC Performing way above expectations (86th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
1st CPU: Intel Xeon X5260
XU1 PROCESSOR, 2 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.35 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (93rd percentile)
50.2% Above average
Memory 68.5
1-Core 47.2
2-Core 92.9
44% 69.5 Pts
4-Core 186
8-Core 188
25% 187 Pts
64-Core 186
12% 186 Pts
Poor: 42%
This bench: 50.2%
Great: 51%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD HD 5770
AMD(1002 2543) 1GB
Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.200.1062.1004
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
12.1% Very poor
Lighting 16.1
Reflection 11.8
Parallax 13.8
13% 13.9 fps
MRender 11.1
Gravity 12.1
Splatting 13.5
10% 12.2 fps
Poor: 10%
This bench: 12.1%
Great: 11%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Hitachi Travelstar 5K750 750GB-$52
500GB free
Firmware: JE4OA50A Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s
Performing above expectations (76th percentile)
45.7% Average
Read 78.1
Write 81.3
Mixed 83.5
61% 80.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.46
4K Write 1.1
4K Mixed 0.16
57% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 13%
This bench: 45.7%
Great: 53%
WD Blue 250GB (2010)-$37
182GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 19.01H19 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing above expectations (78th percentile)
62.1% Good
Read 110
Write 107
Mixed 64
69% 93.4 MB/s
4K Read 0.56
4K Write 1.62
4K Mixed 0.31
88% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 21%
This bench: 62.1%
Great: 70%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown 41GB
null MHz
2048, 2048, 2048, 2048, 33792 MB
Performing above expectations (85th percentile)
19.5% Very poor
MC Read 5.9
MC Write 5.9
MC Mixed 7.3
18% 6.37 GB/s
SC Read 3.1
SC Write 6.7
SC Mixed 4.4
14% 4.73 GB/s
Latency 105
38% 105 ns
Poor: 10%
This bench: 19.5%
Great: 23%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical xw8600 Workstation Builds (Compare 164 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 6%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 45%
Yacht
Workstation
Workstation 5%
Tree trunk

System: HP xw8600 Workstation

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