HP Pavilion g4 Notebook PC

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU, SSD
Gaming
Gaming 0%
Incomplete
Desktop
Desktop 0%
Incomplete
Workstation
Workstation 0%
Incomplete
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing below expectations (25th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 75 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.
ProcessorWith an extremely low single core score, this CPU can barely handle email and light web browsing. Finally, with a gaming score of 23.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very poor.
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.
Memory4GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Very high background CPU (52%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU. CPU throttled at 57% by Windows. Ensure maximum processor state is set to 100% via Settings > System > Power & sleep > Additional power settings > Change plan settings > Change advanced power settings > Processor power management > Maximum processor state.
SystemHP Pavilion g4 Notebook PC  (all builds)
MotherboardHewlett-Packard 3564
Memory0.8 GB free of 4 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20121214
Uptime1.3 Days
Run DateJun 01 '20 at 16:53
Run Duration124 Seconds
Run User IND-User
Background CPU 52%
CPU Throttled 57%

 PC Performing below expectations (25th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD A4-3330MX APU-$52
Socket FS1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads
Base clock 2.2 GHz, turbo 1.2 GHz (avg)
Performing way below expectations (7th percentile)
23.2% Poor
Memory 41.8
1-Core 14
2-Core 25
20% 26.9 Pts
4-Core 29.1
8-Core 28.9
4% 29 Pts
64-Core 28
2% 28 Pts
Poor: 22%
This bench: 23.2%
Great: 41%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Hitachi HTS545032A7E380 320GB
61GB free (System drive)
Firmware: GGBOA7A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 56 50 52 48 55 54 MB/s
Performing as expected (49th percentile)
30.8% Below average
Read 54.5
Write 49.5
Mixed 22.3
SusWrite 52.6
33% 44.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 1.2
4K Mixed 0.5
94% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 11%
This bench: 30.8%
Great: 44%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Samsung M471B5673FH0-CF8 Micron 8KTF25664HZ-1G6M1 4GB
1066, 1066 MHz
2048, 2048 MB
Performing way below expectations (18th percentile)
16.6% Very poor
MC Read 6.6
MC Write 6.2
MC Mixed 5.3
17% 6.03 GB/s
SC Read 2.6
SC Write 3.1
SC Mixed 3.5
9% 3.07 GB/s
Latency 194
21% 194 ns
Poor: 17%
This bench: 16.6%
Great: 40%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Pavilion g4 Notebook PC Builds (Compare 652 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 2%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 35%
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Workstation
Workstation 2%
Tree trunk

System: HP Pavilion g4 Notebook PC

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