HP G42 Notebook PC

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 0%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 31%
Sail boat
Workstation
Workstation 0%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing way below expectations (15th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 85 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 a relatively low single core score, this CPU can handle email, light web browsing and basic audio/video playback, but it will struggle to handle CPU intensive tasks. Finally, with a gaming score of 36%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics0.26% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 11 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.
SystemHP G42 Notebook PC  (all builds)
MotherboardHewlett-Packard 1444
Memory4.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colores
OSWindows 7
BIOS Date20110216
Uptime0 Days
Run DateApr 07 '21 at 14:25
Run Duration452 Seconds
Run User CHL-User
Background CPU8%

 PC Performing way below expectations (15th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Athlon II P340-$50
Socket S1G4, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads
Base clock 2.2 GHz
Performing as expected (55th percentile)
36% Below average
Memory 62.2
1-Core 29.6
2-Core 51.9
33% 47.9 Pts
4-Core 58.4
8-Core 65.3
8% 61.9 Pts
64-Core 63.2
4% 63.2 Pts
Poor: 22%
This bench: 36%
Great: 46%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4250
HP(103C 1444) 256MB
Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 8.970.100.1100
Performing way below expectations (8th percentile)
0.26% Terrible
Lighting 0.1
Reflection 1
Parallax 0.4
0% 0.5 fps
MRender 0.8
Gravity 0.2
Splatting 1.1
1% 0.7 fps
Poor: 0%
This bench: 0.26%
Great: 1%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Toshiba MK5056GSY 500GB-$106
86GB free (System drive)
Firmware: LH003C
SusWrite @10s intervals: 29 28 36 36 32 43 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (2nd percentile)
11.7% Very poor
Read 6.7
Write 56
Mixed 4.7
SusWrite 34.1
18% 25.4 MB/s
4K Read 0.2
4K Write 0.6
4K Mixed 0.2
42% 0.33 MB/s
Poor: 20%
This bench: 11.7%
Great: 57%
WD Elements 25A2 1TB
359GB free, PID 25a2
Operating at USB 2.1 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 22 20 19 15 21 22 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (1st percentile)
8.03% Terrible
Read 8.5
Write 9.2
Mixed 8.3
SusWrite 19.8
16% 11.4 MB/s
4K Read 0.1
4K Write 0.8
4K Mixed 1.2
68% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 14%
This bench: 8.03%
Great: 63%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Samsung M471B5173BH0-CK0 Nanya NT4GC64B8HG0NS-DI 8GB
1066, 1066 MHz
4096, 4096 MB
Performing below potential (11th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
20.5% Poor
MC Read 7.4
MC Write 5.5
MC Mixed 7.9
20% 6.93 GB/s
SC Read 4.5
SC Write 4.9
SC Mixed 5.8
14% 5.07 GB/s
Latency 121
33% 121 ns
Poor: 21%
This bench: 20.5%
Great: 55%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical G42 Notebook PC Builds (Compare 174 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 1%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 19%
Surfboard
Workstation
Workstation 1%
Tree trunk

System: HP G42 Notebook PC

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