HP Spectre x360 Convertible 13-ae0xx

Performance Results


Gaming 10% Tree trunk	Desktop 52% Yacht	Workstation 10% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With 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 50.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	6.19% 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	132% 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	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (33%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU. CPU throttled at 90% 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.

System	HP Spectre x360 Convertible 13-ae0xx (all builds)
Motherboard	HP 83B9
Memory	11.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180720
Uptime	2.8 Days
Run Date	Nov 08 '18 at 11:46
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	KEN-User
Background CPU	33%
CPU Throttled	90%

PC Performing as expected (54^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8550U 184,356 User benchmarks, average bench 53% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2 GHz, turbo 2.3 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	50.4% Above average	Memory 57.3 1-Core 61.6 2-Core 148 50% 89.1 Pts	4-Core 236 8-Core 358 37% 297 Pts	64-Core 360 22% 360 Pts
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 50.4% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 620 (Mobile Kaby Lake R) 420,154 User benchmarks, average bench 5% HP(103C 83B9) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 23.20.16.5044 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	6.19% Terrible	Lighting 6.3 Reflection 8.69 Parallax 6.31 5% 7.1 fps	MRender 9.67 Gravity 6.17 Splatting 13.2 8% 9.67 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.19% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB 44,403 User benchmarks, average bench 196% 251GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXY73H1Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 751 612 612 614 621 610 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	132% Outstanding	Read 1,032 Write 823 Mixed 537 SusWrite 637 169% 757 MB/s	4K Read 24.1 4K Write 59.7 4K Mixed 23.8 99% 35.9 MB/s	DQ Read 601 DQ Write 402 DQ Mixed 529 387% 510 MB/s
Poor: 126% ↑ This bench: 132% Great: 259%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 2TB 7,128 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 2TB free, PID 0900 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 128 128 128 130 128 129 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	50.3% Above average	Read 141 Write 90.7 Mixed 21.2 SusWrite 128 120% 95.4 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.4 35% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 50.3% Great: 52%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung K4EBE304EB-EGCG 2x8GB 14,699 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB Row of chips LPDDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (40^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	63.8% Good	MC Read 22.9 MC Write 26.3 MC Mixed 21.1 67% 23.4 GB/s	SC Read 10.2 SC Write 26.2 SC Mixed 19 53% 18.5 GB/s	Latency 136 29% 136 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 63.8% Great: 71%

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System: HP Spectre x360 Convertible 13-ae0xx

CPU
Core i7-8550UIntelBench 53%, 184,356 samples	481x
Core i5-8250UIntelBench 53%, 234,942 samples	103x

GPU
UHD Graphics 620 (Mobile Kaby Lake R)IntelBench 5%, 420,154 samples	570x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	3x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	2x

SSD
MZVLB512HAJQ-000H1 512GBSamsungBench 209%, 20,750 samples	127x
XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBToshiba $46Bench 145%, 33,719 samples	67x
THNSN5512GPUK NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBToshibaBench 122%, 19,561 samples	59x

RAM
H9CCNNNCLGALAR-NVD 2x8GBHynixBench 66%, 10,159 samples	186x
MT52L512M32D2PF-093 WT:B 2x4GBMicronBench 62%, 948 samples	127x
K4EBE304EB-EGCG 2x8GBSamsungBench 64%, 14,699 samples	95x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $46

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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