HP 290 G4 Microtower PC

Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (33rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 67 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 brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	5.72% 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 Drive	188% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

System	HP 290 G4 Microtower PC (all builds)
Motherboard	HP 8948
Memory	1.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20210807
Uptime	4 Days
Run Date	Sep 25 '23 at 11:14
Run Duration	115 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-10700-$233 71,010 User benchmarks, average bench 93% U3E1, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	80.8% Excellent	Memory 72.7 1-Core 133 2-Core 252 83% 153 Pts	4-Core 477 8-Core 754 76% 616 Pts	64-Core 1,193 74% 1,193 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 80.8% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 630 39,219 User benchmarks, average bench 5% HP(103C 8948) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 31.0.101.1999 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	5.72% Terrible	Lighting 5.6 Reflection 9 Parallax 8.2 5% 7.6 fps	MRender 8.2 Gravity 6.6 Splatting 13 8% 9.27 fps
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 5.72% Great: 6%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Nvme INTEL SSDPEKNU512GZH 512GB 802 User benchmarks, average bench 206% 373GB free (System drive) Firmware: HPS1 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1360 1377 262 186 123 121 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	188% Outstanding	Read 1,395 Write 1,383 Mixed 1,013 SusWrite 571 244% 1,091 MB/s	4K Read 53.3 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 67.7 228% 78.7 MB/s	DQ Read 445 DQ Write 742 DQ Mixed 408 361% 531 MB/s
Poor: 110% ↑ This bench: 188% Great: 295%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378A1K43EB2-CWE 1x8GB 2,549 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 1 of 2 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 3200 MHz clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	28.4% Poor	MC Read 11.6 MC Write 10.5 MC Mixed 8 29% 10 GB/s	SC Read 8.6 SC Write 7.7 SC Mixed 8.1 23% 8.13 GB/s	Latency 158 25% 158 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 28.4% Great: 59%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0P 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	47	25	75	23.8"	1280 720	ACR079C QG241Y

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Gaming 9%

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Desktop 82%

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Workstation 9%

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System: HP 290 G4 Microtower PC

CPU
Core i7-10700Intel $233Bench 93%, 71,010 samples	153x
Core i5-10500Intel $140Bench 84%, 10,180 samples	131x
Core i3-10100Intel $94Bench 80%, 24,563 samples	61x

GPU
UHD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 37,718 samples	176x
UHD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 39,219 samples	123x
GeForce GT 730NvidiaBench 5%, 164,888 samples	21x

SSD
SSD 512GBTwinmosBench 138%, 780 samples	47x
KIOXIA 256GBKbg40znv256gBench 138%, 13,541 samples	26x
PC SN530 SDBPNPZ-256G-1006 256GBWDCBench 140%, 9,143 samples	18x

RAM
M378A1G44AB0-CWE 1x8GBSamsungBench 40%, 2,680 samples	29x
D12.2724CS.001 Samsung M378A1K43EB2-CWE 16GBUnknownBench 73%, 22 samples	22x
M378A5244CB0-CWE 1x4GBSamsungBench 40%, 198 samples	15x

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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $233

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $40	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