HP 500B Microtower

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 0%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 14%
Tree trunk
Workstation
Workstation 0%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing below expectations (29th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 71 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 29%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very poor.
Graphics0.48% 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.
Memory2GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows however a minimum of 4GB is recommended for gaming or any other RAM intensive tasks such as photo/video editing. This system will also be a little more responsive with 4GB of RAM.
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.
Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemHP 500B Microtower  (all builds)
MotherboardFOXCONN 2A8C
Memory0.3 GB free of 2 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 7
BIOS Date20110707
Uptime0 Days
Run DateOct 07 '17 at 22:38
Run Duration178 Seconds
Run User NGA-User
Background CPU 19%

 PC Performing below expectations (29th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Pentium E5800-$58
CPU 1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads
Base clock 3.2 GHz
Performing way below expectations (11th percentile)
29% Poor
Memory 46.2
1-Core 44.1
2-Core 84.6
35% 58.3 Pts
4-Core 69
8-Core 78.5
10% 73.8 Pts
64-Core 88.7
6% 88.7 Pts
Poor: 26%
This bench: 29%
Great: 44%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Intel G41 Express Chipset
HP(103C 2A8C) 831MB
Driver: igdumdx32.dll Ver. 8.15.10.2226
Performing as expected (50th percentile)
0.48% Terrible
Lighting 0.6
Reflection 0.46
Parallax 0.59
0% 0.55 fps
MRender 0.43
Gravity 0.47
Splatting 0.74
0% 0.54 fps
Poor: 0%
This bench: 0.48%
Great: 1%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$23
367GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 18.01H18 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing as expected (47th percentile)
53.2% Above average
Read 91.8
Write 94.2
Mixed 29.8
53% 71.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.08
4K Write 0.15
4K Mixed 0.05
12% 0.09 MB/s
Poor: 24%
This bench: 53.2%
Great: 69%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Micron 16JTF25664AZ-1G4G1 1x2GB
1 of 2 slots used
2GB DIMM DDR3 800 MHz
Performing way below expectations (8th percentile)
10.9% Very poor
MC Read 3.8
MC Write 3.4
MC Mixed 3.4
10% 3.53 GB/s
SC Read 3.7
SC Write 3.4
SC Mixed 0.4
7% 2.5 GB/s
Latency 176
23% 176 ns
Poor: 11%
This bench: 10.9%
Great: 30%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical 500B Microtower Builds (Compare 178 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 500B Microtower

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