HP 500-189

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 3%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 45%
Yacht
Workstation
Workstation 2%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing below expectations (32nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 68 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 average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 47.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics5.35% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
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.
Memory10GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 10GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 8 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.
Very high background CPU (38%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemHP 500-189  (all builds)
MotherboardMSI 2AE0
Memory5.5 GB free of 10 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 8
BIOS Date20131003
Uptime0 Days
Run DateSep 26 '17 at 02:48
Run Duration91 Seconds
Run User CAN-User
Background CPU 38%

 PC Performing below expectations (32nd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD A10-6800K APU (2013 D.Ri)-$467
P0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 4.1 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg)
Performing below expectations (24th percentile)
47.3% Average
Memory 72.4
1-Core 61.4
2-Core 76.9
47% 70.2 Pts
4-Core 130
8-Core 138
18% 134 Pts
64-Core 139
9% 139 Pts
Poor: 39%
This bench: 47.3%
Great: 61%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 8670D
HP(103C 2AE0) 768MB
Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 13.151.0.0
Performing as expected (50th percentile)
5.35% Terrible
Lighting 6.7
Reflection 7.23
Parallax 7
6% 6.98 fps
MRender 4.29
Gravity 6.43
Splatting 7.43
5% 6.05 fps
Poor: 3%
This bench: 5.35%
Great: 6%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$31
530GB free (System drive)
Firmware: MS2OA7C0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing below expectations (22nd percentile)
71% Very good
Read 133
Write 115
Mixed 106
88% 118 MB/s
4K Read 0.07
4K Write 1.32
4K Mixed 0.11
40% 0.5 MB/s
Poor: 47%
This bench: 71%
Great: 107%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Hynix HMT425U6AFR6A-PB Samsung M378B1G73QH0-CK0 10GB
1600, 1600 MHz
2048, 8192 MB
Performing below expectations (34th percentile)
21.7% Poor
MC Read 10
MC Write 4.5
MC Mixed 6.9
20% 7.13 GB/s
SC Read 5.5
SC Write 4
SC Mixed 6.1
15% 5.2 GB/s
Latency 96
42% 96 ns
Poor: 20%
This bench: 21.7%
Great: 30%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical 500-189 Builds (Compare 5 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 9%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 53%
Yacht
Workstation
Workstation 8%
Tree trunk

System: HP 500-189

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 33% - Below average Total price: $667
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