HP 246 G5 Notebook PC

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 9%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 53%
Yacht
Workstation
Workstation 8%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 53.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics5% 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 Drive38% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait 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 (67%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemHP 246 G5 Notebook PC  (all builds)
MotherboardHP 81DB
Memory3.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1366 x 768 - 32 Bit cores
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180627
Uptime5 Days
Run DateNov 12 '18 at 11:18
Run Duration114 Seconds
Run User BRA-User
Background CPU 67%

 PC Performing as expected (53rd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i3-6006U
U3E1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 2 GHz, turbo 2 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
53.4% Above average
Memory 79.8
1-Core 53.8
2-Core 96.8
50% 76.8 Pts
4-Core 160
8-Core 155
21% 158 Pts
64-Core 160
10% 160 Pts
Poor: 15%
This bench: 53.4%
Great: 49%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Intel HD 520 (Mobile Skylake)
HP(103C 81DB) 1GB
Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 21.20.16.4550
Performing way above expectations (86th percentile)
5% Terrible
Lighting 5.27
Reflection 7.65
Parallax 5.5
4% 6.14 fps
MRender 6.76
Gravity 4.17
Splatting 11.1
6% 7.34 fps
Poor: 3%
This bench: 5%
Great: 5%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
WD Green 240GB (2018)-$34
110GB free (System drive)
Firmware: UF450000
SusWrite @10s intervals: 140 3.5 4.1 23 186 65 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (16th percentile)
38% Below average
Read 389
Write 283
Mixed 191
SusWrite 70.2
52% 234 MB/s
4K Read 13.4
4K Write 17.1
4K Mixed 15
49% 15.2 MB/s
DQ Read 95
DQ Write 34.5
DQ Mixed 40
36% 56.5 MB/s
Poor: 34%
This bench: 38%
Great: 55%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 2133 C13 2x4GB
2 of 2 slots used
8GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing below potential (9th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
63.2% Good
MC Read 21.7
MC Write 25.4
MC Mixed 21.3
65% 22.8 GB/s
SC Read 12.1
SC Write 21.3
SC Mixed 17.8
49% 17.1 GB/s
Latency 80.8
50% 80.8 ns
Poor: 62%
This bench: 63.2%
Great: 97%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical 246 G5 Notebook PC Builds (Compare 3 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 3%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 38%
Jet ski
Workstation
Workstation 2%
Tree trunk

System: HP 246 G5 Notebook PC

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