HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook PC

Performance Results


Gaming 4% Tree trunk	Desktop 26% Raft	Workstation 4% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (29th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 71 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 an extremely low single core score, this CPU can barely handle email and light web browsing. Finally, with a gaming score of 25.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very poor.
Graphics	1.7% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	43% 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.

System	HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook PC (all builds)
Motherboard	Hewlett-Packard 358B
Memory	5.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20110913
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 13 '21 at 20:44
Run Duration	245 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD A6-3400M APU 3,654 User benchmarks, average bench 35% Socket FS1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 1.4 GHz, turbo 1.4 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	25.8% Poor	Memory 37.1 1-Core 21.6 2-Core 43.4 22% 34 Pts	4-Core 85.7 8-Core 84.6 11% 85.1 Pts	64-Core 87 5% 87 Pts
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 25.8% Great: 41%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 6520G 8,067 User benchmarks, average bench 2% HP(103C 358B) 512MB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.0 Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	1.7% Terrible	Lighting 1.9 Reflection 2.4 Parallax 1.8 2% 2.03 fps	MRender 2.5 Gravity 1.9 Splatting 2.8 2% 2.4 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 1.7% Great: 3%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SSD PLUS 480GB 5,109 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 401GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z31000RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 234 231 267 276 256 269 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	43% Average	Read 292 Write 284 Mixed 224 SusWrite 256 59% 264 MB/s	4K Read 6.4 4K Write 14.1 4K Mixed 8.4 28% 9.63 MB/s	DQ Read 161 DQ Write 155 DQ Mixed 149 114% 155 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 43% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CM3X4GSD1066 2x4GB 616 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 2 of 2 slots used 8GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1066 MHz Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	23.8% Poor	MC Read 11 MC Write 7.9 MC Mixed 7.8 25% 8.9 GB/s	SC Read 5.2 SC Write 4.6 SC Mixed 5.3 14% 5.03 GB/s	Latency 216 18% 216 ns
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 23.8% Great: 42%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	8	6	60	15.5"	1280 720	AUO22EC

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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 $48Bench 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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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