HP 250 G4 Notebook PC

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 2%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 14%
Tree trunk
Workstation
Workstation 2%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing way below expectations (19th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 81 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 14.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is terrible.
Graphics2.97% 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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.
Run History
6 years ago, 6 years ago.
SystemHP 250 G4 Notebook PC  (all builds)
MotherboardHP 8136
Memory5.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 8.1
BIOS Date20151225
Uptime34 Days
Run DateJan 03 '18 at 08:45
Run Duration126 Seconds
Run User DEU-User
Background CPU6%

 PC Performing way below expectations (19th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-6200U
U3E1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 2.3 GHz, turbo 1.4 GHz (avg)
Performing way below expectations (4th percentile)
14.6% Very poor
Memory 11.8
1-Core 22.1
2-Core 43.6
14% 25.8 Pts
4-Core 92.4
8-Core 194
17% 143 Pts
64-Core 184
11% 184 Pts
Poor: 17%
This bench: 14.6%
Great: 55%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Intel HD 520 (Mobile Skylake)
HP(103C 8136) 1GB
CLim: 1030 MHz, MLim: 1000 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.3.2
Performing way below expectations (19th percentile)
2.97% Terrible
Lighting 3
Reflection 4.35
Parallax 2.94
2% 3.43 fps
MRender 4.76
Gravity 2.7
Splatting 6.48
4% 4.65 fps
Poor: 3%
This bench: 2.97%
Great: 5%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Hitachi HTS545050A7E680 500GB
194GB free (System drive)
Firmware: GR2OA3J0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing as expected (42nd percentile)
38.9% Below average
Read 68.4
Write 67.4
Mixed 73.1
53% 69.6 MB/s
4K Read 0.33
4K Write 1.05
4K Mixed 0.18
53% 0.52 MB/s
Poor: 14%
This bench: 38.9%
Great: 58%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston 9905469-157.A01LF Samsung M471B5173EB0-YK0 8GB
1600, 1600 MHz
4096, 4096 MB
Performing way below expectations (10th percentile)
39.8% Below average
MC Read 13.1
MC Write 19.7
MC Mixed 17
47% 16.6 GB/s
SC Read 2.1
SC Write 4.1
SC Mixed 4.3
10% 3.5 GB/s
Latency 387
10% 387 ns
Poor: 40%
This bench: 39.8%
Great: 58%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical 250 G4 Notebook PC Builds (Compare 269 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 2%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 43%
Speed boat
Workstation
Workstation 2%
Tree trunk

System: HP 250 G4 Notebook PC

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