HP 500-217c

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU, SSD
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With 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 54.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
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	14GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 14GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	HP 500-217c (all builds)
Motherboard	MSI 2AE0
Memory	9.2 GB free of 14 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140611
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 03 '18 at 19:30
Run Duration	134 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	21%

PC Performing as expected (54^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD A8-6500 APU-$135 7,219 User benchmarks, average bench 50% P0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.85 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	54.3% Above average	Memory 73.9 1-Core 63.7 2-Core 112 52% 83.2 Pts	4-Core 203 8-Core 202 27% 202 Pts	64-Core 198 12% 198 Pts
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 54.3% Great: 58%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 810GB free (System drive) Firmware: HP36 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 142732168 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1785 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 80 60 111193649 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 6026 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1784 (B4) Unknown 100 100 40938364 (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 74 66 437518362 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 19 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 86 86 28481 (C2) HDA temperature 26 40 47244640282 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	92.4% Outstanding	Read 163 Write 159 Mixed 152 119% 158 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 1.62 4K Mixed 0.24 82% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 92.4% Great: 112%
SDXC Card 64GB 12,175 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 56GB free, PID null Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	11.5% Very poor	Read 20.8 Write 14.8 Mixed 16.8 22% 17.5 MB/s	4K Read 2.6 4K Write 1.52 4K Mixed 1.14 100% 1.76 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 11.5% Great: 41%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905471-001.A00LF 9905471-006.A01LF Hynix HMT41GU6AFR8A-PB 14GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 1333, 1333, 1600 MHz 2048, 4096, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	19.4% Very poor	MC Read 8.4 MC Write 3.7 MC Mixed 5.6 17% 5.9 GB/s	SC Read 6.7 SC Write 4.9 SC Mixed 6.2 17% 5.93 GB/s	Latency 92.7 43% 92.7 ns
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 19.4% Great: 21%

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System: HP 500-217c

CPU
A8-6500 APUAMD $135Bench 50%, 7,219 samples	4x

GPU
Radeon HD 8570DAMDBench 4%, 8,328 samples	3x
HD 7770AMDBench 12%, 38,053 samples	1x

RAM
HMT41GU6AFR8A-PB 1x8GBHynixBench 27%, 1,957 samples	2x
CML16GX3M2A1600C11 CML16GX3M2A1600C11 Samsung M378B1G73DB0-CK0 24GBUnknownBench 23%, 1 sample	1x
16JTF1G64AZ-1G6E1 1x8GBMicronBench 29%, 6,196 samples	1x

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Value: 61% - Good

Total price: $135

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

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PC Performing as expected (54th percentile)

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PC Performing as expected (54^th percentile)