HP Pavilion dv7 Notebook PC

Performance Results


Gaming 4% Tree trunk	Desktop 42% Speed boat	Workstation 4% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (34th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 66 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 41.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	1.24% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	38.8% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (31%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	HP Pavilion dv7 Notebook PC (all builds)
Motherboard	Hewlett-Packard 163D
Memory	5.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20110112
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 23 '18 at 05:42
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	31%

PC Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5 M 460-$130 18,336 User benchmarks, average bench 40% CPU, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.55 GHz, turbo 2.7 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	41.6% Average	Memory 59 1-Core 60.3 2-Core 107 46% 75.5 Pts	4-Core 140 8-Core 152 19% 146 Pts	64-Core 156 10% 156 Pts
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 41.6% Great: 47%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD Graphics (Arrandale 0.667/0.766 GHz) FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? HP(103C 163D) 3.8GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 8.15.10.2900 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	1.24% Terrible	Lighting 1.53 Reflection 2.12 Parallax 1.91 1% 1.85 fps	MRender 1.9 Gravity 0.73 Splatting 1.74 1% 1.46 fps
Poor: 0% ↑ This bench: 1.24% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS1311 240GB-$78 26,547 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 99GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS131122 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1583 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1026 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 169 (AD) Unknown 100 100 327701 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 181 (C2) HDA temperature 98 98 128850984990 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 2146	38.8% Below average	Read 252 Write 175 Mixed 178 45% 202 MB/s	4K Read 18.1 4K Write 18.1 4K Mixed 9.26 49% 15.2 MB/s	DQ Read 108 DQ Write 56.7 DQ Mixed 39.2 41% 67.8 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 38.8% Great: 97%
SanDisk Ultra Fit 123GB 3,622 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 113GB free, PID 5583 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	8.93% Terrible	Read 27.5 Write 10.5 Mixed 11 18% 16.3 MB/s	4K Read 3.02 4K Write 0.63 4K Mixed 0.15 38% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 8.93% Great: 37%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471B5273DH0-CH9 8GB 380 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 1067, 1067 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	22.9% Poor	MC Read 7.5 MC Write 6.9 MC Mixed 9.5 23% 7.97 GB/s	SC Read 5.9 SC Write 5.3 SC Mixed 5.8 16% 5.67 GB/s	Latency 131 31% 131 ns
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 22.9% Great: 51%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 2%

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Desktop 51%

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Workstation 2%

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System: HP Pavilion dv7 Notebook PC

CPU
Core i7-2670QMIntel $200Bench 56%, 51,169 samples	232x
Core i7-2630QMIntel $199Bench 55%, 39,605 samples	184x
Core i7-3610QMIntel $300Bench 62%, 38,575 samples	138x

GPU
HD 3000 (Mobile V1 1.1/1.2 GHz)IntelBench 2%, 209,058 samples	485x
HD 4000 (Mobile 1.25 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 409,110 samples	143x
HD Graphics (Arrandale 0.667/0.766 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 99,513 samples	113x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	39x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	29x
A400 120GBKingston $28Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	20x

RAM
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples	108x
M471B5273DH0-CH9 2x4GBSamsungBench 43%, 15,815 samples	86x
HMT351S6CFR8C-PB 2x4GBHynixBench 50%, 25,458 samples	62x

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Value: 57% - Above average

Total price: $228

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16