HP 550-a14

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 1%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 20%
Surfboard
Workstation
Workstation 1%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing way below expectations (18th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 82 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 23.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very poor.
Graphics2.04% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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 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 (76%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemHP 550-a14  (all builds)
MotherboardHewlett-Packard 2B29
Memory4.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20150209
Uptime13.8 Days
Run DateMar 16 '19 at 18:32
Run Duration118 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 76%

 PC Performing way below expectations (18th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD A8-6410 APU R5 Graphics
CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 2 GHz, turbo 2.15 GHz (avg)
Performing way below expectations (14th percentile)
23.1% Poor
Memory 27
1-Core 28.3
2-Core 60.2
22% 38.5 Pts
4-Core 110
8-Core 122
15% 116 Pts
64-Core 126
8% 126 Pts
Poor: 18%
This bench: 23.1%
Great: 41%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD Radeon R5
HP(103C 2B29) 256MB
Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.200.1055.0
Performing as expected (53rd percentile)
2.04% Terrible
Lighting 2.37
Reflection 4.38
Parallax 3.62
2% 3.46 fps
MRender 2.48
Gravity 2.53
Splatting 3.09
2% 2.7 fps
Poor: 1%
This bench: 2.04%
Great: 2%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37
845GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 03.01A03
SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 82 59 32 42 39 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (1st percentile)
23.6% Poor
Read 27.8
Write 75.3
Mixed 20.6
SusWrite 54.5
32% 44.6 MB/s
4K Read 0.1
4K Write 0.4
4K Mixed 0.6
78% 0.37 MB/s
Poor: 52%
This bench: 23.6%
Great: 109%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Micron 16KTF1G64AZ-1G6E1 1x8GB
1 of 2 slots used
8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing way below expectations (4th percentile)
17.3% Very poor
MC Read 7.8
MC Write 4.5
MC Mixed 6.6
18% 6.3 GB/s
SC Read 4
SC Write 3.5
SC Mixed 5.3
12% 4.27 GB/s
Latency 273
15% 273 ns
Poor: 19%
This bench: 17.3%
Great: 34%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical 550-a14 Builds (Compare 5 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 4%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 32%
Sail boat
Workstation
Workstation 4%
Tree trunk

System: HP 550-a14

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 22% - Poor Total price: $28
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