With a price tag of £300, you might expect the HP 530 to be fairly underwhelming, but in reality, it’s anything but. Although its specification is relatively low compared to other machines available on the market, it makes the most of what it’s got and managed to turn in some pretty impressive scores.
Its 1.6GHz Intel Celeron M 420 processor is a slow chip by any standards and with only 512MB of RAM available, we were only expecting a three figure PCMark05 score. However, the 530 managed to turn in a result of 1, 704, which is nothing short of remarkable for its specification.