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Date: Fri, 7 Aug 2026 15:25:27 +0100
hp prodesk 600 review (first draft)
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+title = "HP Prodesk 600 G1 DM Review"
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+I bought this mini pc a while ago from eBay for about £40, and I've been using it as my main PC for the last month
+
+## Performance
+
+### Video Playback
+
+| Resolution | Format | Player | Performance | Notes |
+| :- | :- | :- | :- | :- |
+| 1080p 60fps | h264 | mpv | No dropped frames | Using vaapi |
+| 1080p 60fps (2x) | h264 | mpv | Some dropped frames | Using vaapi |
+| 1080p 60fps | vp9 | mpv | No dropped frames | No hwdec |
+| 1080p 60fps (2x) | vp9 | mpv | Lots of dropped frames | No hwdec |
+| 1440p 60fps | vp9 | mpv | Bad performance | No hwdec |
+| 1080p 60fps | vp9 | YouTube | No dropped frames | No hwdec |
+| 1080p 60fps (2x) | vp9 | YouTube | No dropped frames | No hwdec |
+| 1440p 60fps | vp9 | YouTube | Some dropped frames | No hwdec |
+| 1440p 60fps (2x) | vp9 | YouTube | Very laggy | No hwdec |
+
+### Web Browser
+
+I use Firefox, and have found the performance to be fine. There is lag when opening a lot of tabs, or browsing intensive pages (for example minecraft.net), and a small amount of lag when switching between heavy tabs. Minimal/lightweight websites like Wikipedia, the Factorio Wiki or Arch Wiki work totally fine.
+Amazon loads in about 1.5 seconds
+
+### Games
+
+I tested GBA games with 2 emulators, GPSP (via retroarch) and mGBA, with Castelvania Aria of Sorrow. In the intro, and beginning gameplay, both performed fine. The fast forwad options got 10x+ speed on both.
+
+Minecraft (26.2) ran okay, around 40 fps with all settings on low (fast graphics, fast clouds, no smooth lighting), 8 chunk render distance at 1080p. With Sodium and Lithium the fps increased to 50 fps, so it is playable.
+
+Terraria was unplayable (in my experience Terraria is unplayable unless you can hit a rock solid 60 fps). It ran at about 40 fps and no matter which frame skip option I used it was running slow. Tested on low graphics at 1080p.
+
+### Power Consumption
+
+| Doing What? | Power From Wall |
+| :- | :- |
+| Idle | 13W |
+| Idle (Firefox open) | 15W |
+| Playing music, video and Firefox open | 26W |
+| 100% Load (stress -c 4) | 33W |
+| Loading multiple tabs in Firefox | 40W |
+| Compiling Retroarch core | 38W |
+| GBA game | 22W |
+| Minecraft | 55W |
+| Terraira | 48W |
+| Unigine Heaven | 43W |
+
+### Photo Stuff
+
+Tested converting a 3280x2522 png image to 1920x1476, with ImageMagick 7.1.1, 10 times
+Command: `time for x in $(seq 1 10); do magick in.png -resize 1920x "out$x.png"; done`
+Took 18.16 seconds, with about 25% total CPU usage
+
+Using Darktable to apply presets to photos works fine. It's not instant, but it also isn't instant on my more powerful laptop and desktop.
+
+### CPU/RAM
+
+Geekbench 7: 898/1963: [results link](https://browser.geekbench.com/v7/cpu/96363)
+
+Passmark: 1916/3476 (Memory: 1975): [results link](https://www.passmark.com/baselines/V11/display.php?id=512390508324)
+
+### GPU
+
+glmark2: 619 (glmark2-es was the same)
+
+Unigine Heaven (no AA, 1080p fullscreen, no tessalation): 6 fps (windowed was the same)
+
+WebGL [Aquarium](https://webglsamples.org/aquarium/aquarium.html) (1080p, fullscreen, Firefox): 5,000 fish: 50-60 fps, 10,000 fish: 35-45 fps, 15,000 fish: 25-32 fps
+
+### SSD
+
+This is probably more of a benchmark of the Patriot P210 512GB, but I ran `kdiskmark` anyway after running `fstrim -v /`:
+
+| Test | MB/s | us |
+| :- | :- | :- |
+| Read: SEQ1M Q8T1 | 441 | 18,700 |
+| Read: SEQ1M Q1T1 | 385 | 2,670 |
+| Read: RND4K Q32T1 | 184 | 695 |
+| Read: RND4K Q8T1 | 26 | 154 |
+| Write: SEQ1M Q8T1 | 353 | 22,611 |
+| Write: SEQ1M Q1T1 | 259 | 3,795 |
+| Write: RND4K Q32T1 | 300 | 446 |
+| Write: RND4K Q8T1 | 53 | 111 |
+
+## Connectivity
+
+
+
+* Bluetooth abnd wifi issues
+
+
+## Other
+
+* Fan rattling
