HP EliteDesk 800 G2, Core i5-6500, 16GB, 2TB HDD, Black
CPU Intel Core i5
RAM 16 GB
Storage 2 TB
GPU Intel HD Graphics 530
Form Factor sff
OS Windows 10 Pro
44 Overall Score
No current retailer price
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong storage (80th percentile) 80th
- Strong social proof (79th percentile) 79th
- Strong reliability (70th percentile) 70th
Cons
- Below average port selection (5th percentile)
- Below average cpu (15th percentile)
- Below average gpu (21st percentile)
- Below average ram (32nd percentile)
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Processor
| CPU | Intel Core i5 |
| Cores | 4 |
| Frequency | 3.2 GHz |
| L3 Cache | 6 MB |
Graphics
| GPU | Intel HD Graphics 530 |
| Type | Integrated |
Memory & Storage
| RAM | 16 GB |
| RAM Generation | DDR4 |
| Storage | 2 TB |
| Storage Type | HDD |
Build
| Form Factor | sff |
System
| OS | Windows 10 Pro |
vs Competition
| Spec | HP EliteDesk 800 G2 | Minisforum DeskMini UM880 Plus | Lenovo ThinkCentre M710Q | Dell Optiplex 3060 | ASUS NUC RNUC15CRSU50000U | Apple iMac 27" |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPU | Intel Core i5 | AMD Ryzen 7 255 | Intel Core i7 6700T | Intel Core i5-8500 | Intel Core Ultra 5 225H | Intel 8th Generation Core i5 |
| RAM (GB) | 16 | 32 | 16 | 32 | 96 | 8 |
| Storage (GB) | 2048 | 1024 | 756 | 2048 | - | 1056 |
| GPU | Intel HD Graphics 530 | AMD Radeon 780M | Intel HD Graphics | AMD Radeon RX 550 | Intel Arc 130T | AMD Radeon Pro 570X |
| Form Factor | sff | mini | mini | sff | mini | aio |
| Psu W | - | 120 | - | - | 120 | - |
| OS | Windows 10 Pro | Windows | Windows 11 Pro | Windows 11 Pro | No OS | macOS |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | CPU | GPU | RAM | Ports | Storage | Reliability | Social Proof |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HP EliteDesk 800 G2 | 14.7 | 20.9 | 31.6 | 5.3 | 79.7 | 70 | 78.8 |
| Minisforum DeskMini UM880 Plus Compare | 65.2 | 63.1 | 81.7 | 65.3 | 53.6 | 11.6 | 94.3 |
| Lenovo ThinkCentre M710Q Compare | 20.1 | 99.2 | 31.6 | 96.1 | 45.4 | 70 | 80.9 |
| Dell Optiplex 3060 Compare | 29.7 | 50.6 | 58.9 | 57.2 | 82.8 | 70 | 93.3 |
| ASUS NUC RNUC15CRSU50000U Compare | 64.4 | 64.2 | 99.2 | 76.5 | 1.8 | 37.3 | 74.9 |
| Apple iMac 27" Compare | 32.7 | 64.3 | 9.2 | 58.7 | 46.8 | 99.3 | 92 |
Price
Value & Pricing
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Usage Scores
- Overall43.6
- AI/LLM14
- Gaming8.7
- Portability41.1
- Creator16.8
- Business48.4
- Developer36.4
- Home Office49.6
- Workstation34.8
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Other Configurations14
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