HP 550-a114

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 1%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 16%
Surfboard
Workstation
Workstation 1%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing below expectations (24th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 76 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 18.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is terrible.
Graphics1.99% 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Very high background CPU (100%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemHP 550-a114  (all builds)
MotherboardHP 2B29
Memory9.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20150707
Uptime1 Days
Run DateJan 08 '18 at 00:44
Run Duration163 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 100%

 PC Performing below expectations (24th 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 2.05 GHz (avg)
Performing way below expectations (6th percentile)
18.1% Very poor
Memory 22.1
1-Core 17.7
2-Core 31.8
15% 23.9 Pts
4-Core 82
8-Core 83.6
11% 82.8 Pts
64-Core 85.4
5% 85.4 Pts
Poor: 18%
This bench: 18.1%
Great: 41%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD Radeon R5
HP(103C 2B29) 256MB
Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1301.0
Performing as expected (53rd percentile)
1.99% Terrible
Lighting 2.37
Reflection 3.69
Parallax 3.47
2% 3.18 fps
MRender 2.1
Gravity 2.47
Splatting 2.96
2% 2.51 fps
Poor: 1%
This bench: 1.99%
Great: 2%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$31
295GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 03.01A03 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing below expectations (22nd percentile)
69.5% Good
Read 132
Write 110
Mixed 111
88% 118 MB/s
4K Read 0.71
4K Write 2.05
4K Mixed 0.35
107% 1.04 MB/s
Poor: 52%
This bench: 69.5%
Great: 109%
WD My Book Essentials 1.5TB
42GB free, PID 1110
Operating at USB 2.0 Speed
Performing below expectations (29th percentile)
13.6% Very poor
Read 31.1
Write 28.7
Mixed 14.1
30% 24.6 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 0.89
4K Mixed 0.26
41% 0.55 MB/s
Poor: 11%
This bench: 13.6%
Great: 21%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston 99U5471-056.A00LF Samsung M378B1G73EB0-YK0 16GB
1600, 1600 MHz
8192, 8192 MB
Performing way below expectations (8th percentile)
11.8% Very poor
MC Read 5.2
MC Write 3.7
MC Mixed 4.4
13% 4.43 GB/s
SC Read 1.4
SC Write 1.7
SC Mixed 2
5% 1.7 GB/s
Latency 305
13% 305 ns
Poor: 12%
This bench: 11.8%
Great: 62%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical 550-a114 Builds (Compare 12 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-a114

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 15% - Very poor Total price: $25
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