HP Compaq Elite 8300 SFF

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 2% Tree trunk	Desktop 64% Destroyer	Workstation 1% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	3.47% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	The 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.
Memory	4GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and although it's sufficient for most games, some will benefit from up to 8GB of RAM. 4GB is also enough for modest file and system caches which allow for a responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	HP Compaq Elite 8300 SFF (all builds)
Motherboard	Hewlett-Packard 3397
Memory	2.1 GB free of 4 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130716
Uptime	2.4 Days
Run Date	Feb 20 '18 at 06:37
Run Duration	179 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing as expected (46^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-3470-$59 223,595 User benchmarks, average bench 63% Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-3470 CPU @ 3.20GHz, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	75.5% Very good	Memory 89.6 1-Core 94.7 2-Core 185 72% 123 Pts	4-Core 356 8-Core 355 48% 356 Pts	64-Core 356 22% 356 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 75.5% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 430 22,369 User benchmarks, average bench 3% PNY(196E 0828) 1GB CLim: 700 MHz, MLim: 400 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	3.47% Terrible	Lighting 4.27 Reflection 5.12 Parallax 3.5 4% 4.29 fps	MRender 5.86 Gravity 4.3 Splatting 3.09 4% 4.41 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 3.47% Great: 4%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$24 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 442GB free Firmware: KC47 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 110 99 1800 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 208 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 125901442 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 9604 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 208 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 53 487391259 (C2) HDA temperature 27 47 55834574875 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 31 26 1800 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -99093485443715 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1950424695 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1379164313	64.6% Good	Read 123 Write 102 Mixed 102 82% 109 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 0.95 4K Mixed 0.55 109% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 64.6% Great: 88%
Seagate ST3160023AS 160GB-$24 4,798 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 50GB free (System drive) Firmware: 8.12 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 60 46 145341893 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5329 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 88 60 744103596 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 16856 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2927 (C2) HDA temperature 26 47 17179869210 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 60 46 145341893 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	21.6% Poor	Read 36.2 Write 39 Mixed 43.3 30% 39.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.36 4K Write 0.95 4K Mixed 0.26 61% 0.52 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 21.6% Great: 32%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 1TB 14,232 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 508GB free, PID a202 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	15.3% Very poor	Read 32.5 Write 26.2 Mixed 28.7 37% 29.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.35 4K Write 1.55 4K Mixed 0.2 61% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 15.3% Great: 49%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 8JTF25664AZ-1G6M1 Samsung M378B5773DH0-CK0 4GB 23 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 1600, 1600 MHz 2048, 2048 MB Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	32.2% Below average	MC Read 10.4 MC Write 10.9 MC Mixed 9.1 29% 10.1 GB/s	SC Read 10.3 SC Write 11 SC Mixed 9.8 30% 10.4 GB/s	Latency 67.8 59% 67.8 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 32.2% Great: 57%

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Gaming 6%

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Desktop 59%

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Workstation 6%

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System: HP Compaq Elite 8300 SFF

CPU
Core i5-3470Intel $59Bench 63%, 223,595 samples	2,466x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	1,466x
Core i5-3570IntelBench 65%, 104,858 samples	797x

GPU
HD 2500 (Desktop 1.05 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 146,665 samples	1,922x
HD 4000 (Desktop 1.15 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 52,547 samples	726x
GT 1030NvidiaBench 14%, 185,384 samples	489x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	266x
MX500 1TBCrucial $66Bench 106%, 202,785 samples	83x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	78x

RAM
8JTF51264AZ-1G6E1 2x4GBMicronBench 52%, 17,707 samples	64x
HMT351U6CFR8C-PB 2x4GBHynixBench 53%, 17,809 samples	57x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	52x

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Total price: $87

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16