HP EliteDesk 800 G3 SFF, Core i5-6500, 16GB, 240GB SSD + 500GB HDD
CPU i5-6500
RAM 16 GB
Storage 740 GB
GPU Intel HD Graphics 530
Form Factor sff
OS Windows 10 Pro
44 Overall Score
No current retailer price
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong port selection (91st percentile) 91st
- Strong reliability (70th percentile) 70th
Cons
- Below average cpu (15th percentile)
- Below average ram (19th percentile)
- Below average gpu (21st percentile)
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Processor
| CPU | i5-6500 |
| Cores | 4 |
| Frequency | 3.2 GHz |
| L3 Cache | 6 MB |
Graphics
| GPU | Intel HD Graphics 530 |
Memory & Storage
| RAM | 16 GB |
| RAM Generation | DDR4 |
| Storage 1 | 240 GB |
| Storage 1 Type | SSD |
| Storage 2 | 500 GB |
| Storage 2 Type | HDD |
Build
| Form Factor | sff |
Connectivity
| USB-C Ports | 1 |
| USB Ports | 10 |
| HDMI | ✓ |
| DisplayPort | 2x DisplayPort |
| Ethernet | ✓ |
System
| OS | Windows 10 Pro |
vs Competition
| Spec | HP EliteDesk 800 G3 SFF | Dell ECT ECT1250 | Lenovo ThinkCentre M70q Gen 5 | Minisforum DeskMini UM880 Plus | ASUS NUC 14 Pro RNUC14RVHU7089CUI | MSI Cubi NUC AI 1UMG-015US |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPU | i5-6500 | Intel Core Ultra 7 265 | Intel Core i5 14400T | AMD Ryzen 7 255 | Intel Core Ultra 7 155H | Intel Core Ultra 5 125H |
| RAM (GB) | 16 | 16 | 16 | 32 | 32 | 16 |
| Storage (GB) | 740 | 1024 | 512 | 1024 | 3072 | 1024 |
| GPU | Intel HD Graphics 530 | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 | Intel UHD Graphics 730 | AMD Radeon 780M | Intel Arc Graphics | Intel Arc Graphics |
| Form Factor | sff | mid-tower | mini | mini | mini | mini |
| Psu W | - | 180 | 90 | 120 | 120 | 120 |
| OS | Windows 10 Pro | Windows 11 Pro | Windows 11 Pro | Windows | Windows 11 Pro | Windows 11 Home |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | CPU | GPU | RAM | Ports | Storage | Reliability | Social Proof |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HP EliteDesk 800 G3 SFF | 14.7 | 21 | 18.6 | 90.5 | 45.3 | 70 | 42.4 |
| Dell ECT ECT1250 Compare | 88.4 | 68.7 | 54.1 | 87.1 | 69 | 70 | 70.5 |
| Lenovo ThinkCentre M70q Gen 5 Compare | 52.7 | 35.6 | 49.8 | 84.2 | 40.9 | 70 | 95.6 |
| Minisforum DeskMini UM880 Plus Compare | 65.2 | 63.1 | 81.8 | 65.3 | 53.6 | 11.6 | 94.3 |
| ASUS NUC 14 Pro RNUC14RVHU7089CUI Compare | 58.4 | 58.7 | 81.8 | 77.6 | 95.6 | 37.3 | 83.9 |
| MSI Cubi NUC AI 1UMG-015US Compare | 51.6 | 58.7 | 51.4 | 89.5 | 69 | 37.3 | 75 |
Price
Value & Pricing
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Usage Scores
- Overall43.8
- AI/LLM13.3
- Gaming8.3
- Portability50.6
- Creator15
- Business44.6
- Developer36.1
- Home Office42.2
- Workstation30.6
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Other Configurations28
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