HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook PC

Performance Results


Gaming 4% Tree trunk	Desktop 43% Speed boat	Workstation 4% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (21st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 79 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 46.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	1.42% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	44.3% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook PC (all builds)
Motherboard	Hewlett-Packard 3388
Memory	5.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors, 1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20111005
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 10 '19 at 12:54
Run Duration	131 Seconds
Run User	KWT-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-2630QM-$199 39,605 User benchmarks, average bench 55% CPU1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2 GHz, turbo 1.25 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	46.1% Average	Memory 72.9 1-Core 38.8 2-Core 77.9 42% 63.2 Pts	4-Core 111 8-Core 136 16% 124 Pts	64-Core 141 9% 141 Pts
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 46.1% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 3000 (Mobile V1 1.1/1.2 GHz) FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? HP(103C 3388) 2GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 9.17.10.4459 Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	1.42% Terrible	Lighting 1.6 Reflection 2.38 Parallax 1.06 1% 1.68 fps	MRender 2.38 Gravity 0.8 Splatting 2.65 2% 1.94 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 1.42% Great: 2%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 29GB free (System drive) Firmware: 521ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 123 98 107 104 88 88 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	44.3% Average	Read 102 Write 154 Mixed 145 SusWrite 102 28% 126 MB/s	4K Read 20.2 4K Write 55.1 4K Mixed 23 89% 32.8 MB/s	DQ Read 151 DQ Write 154 DQ Mixed 130 104% 145 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 44.3% Great: 85%
Seagate BUP Slim SL 2TB 8,475 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0108 SusWrite @10s intervals: 22 25 26 26 25 25 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	14.6% Very poor	Read 25 Write 25.5 Mixed 14.7 SusWrite 25 16% 22.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.3 101% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 14.6% Great: 65%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5428-052.A00LF 1x8GB 81 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 1 of 2 slots used 8GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	26.2% Poor	MC Read 9.2 MC Write 8.5 MC Mixed 8 24% 8.57 GB/s	SC Read 8.1 SC Write 7.6 SC Mixed 7.6 22% 7.77 GB/s	Latency 94.9 42% 94.9 ns
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 26.2% Great: 29%

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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 dv6 Notebook PC

CPU
Core i7-2670QMIntel $200Bench 56%, 51,169 samples	337x
Core i7-2630QMIntel $199Bench 55%, 39,605 samples	256x
Core i7-3610QMIntel $300Bench 62%, 38,575 samples	181x

GPU
HD 3000 (Mobile V1 1.1/1.2 GHz)IntelBench 2%, 209,058 samples	840x
HD Graphics (Arrandale 0.667/0.766 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 99,513 samples	384x
HD 4000 (Mobile 1.25 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 409,110 samples	183x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	91x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	43x
MX500 500GBCrucial $46Bench 106%, 237,241 samples	40x

RAM
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples	111x
M471B5273DH0-CH9 2x4GBSamsungBench 43%, 15,815 samples	82x
M471B5673EH1-CH9 2x2GBSamsungBench 27%, 1,322 samples	70x

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Value: 57% - Above average

Total price: $228

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	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