HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook PC

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 0% Tree trunk	Desktop 38% Jet ski	Workstation 0% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 41.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	0.58% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	4GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and although it's sufficient for most games, some will benefit from up to 8GB of RAM. 4GB is also enough for modest file and system caches which allow for a responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (26%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook PC (all builds)
Motherboard	Hewlett-Packard 144A
Memory	2.1 GB free of 4 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20111107
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 10 '16 at 04:00
Run Duration	432 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	26%

PC Performing as expected (41^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3 M 370-$167 23,407 User benchmarks, average bench 39% CPU, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.4 GHz, turbo 2.1 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	41.9% Average	Memory 63.6 1-Core 56.8 2-Core 96.7 45% 72.4 Pts	4-Core 119 8-Core 121 16% 120 Pts	64-Core 121 8% 121 Pts
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 41.9% Great: 45%

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 144A) 1.8GB Driver: igdumd64.dll Ver. 8.15.10.2900 Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	0.58% Terrible	Lighting 0.63 Reflection 0.85 Parallax 0.62 0% 0.7 fps	MRender 0.9 Gravity 0.5 Splatting 1.09 1% 0.83 fps
Poor: 0% ↑ This bench: 0.58% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Toshiba MK3261GSYN 320GB-$72 6,986 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 26GB free (System drive) Firmware: MH000C Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 1275 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 7916 (05) Reallocated sector count 99 99 29 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 61 61 15716 (0A) Spinup retry count 253 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 7790 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (B9) Unknown 100 100 65535 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 93 109 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 54 44 773259310 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 2966 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1441814 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 90 90 108007 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 25 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 4	41.2% Average	Read 69.3 Write 74 Mixed 72.4 54% 71.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 1.57 4K Mixed 0.28 77% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 41.2% Great: 64%
Maxtor OneTouch 500GB 752 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 47GB free, PID 7310 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	12.6% Very poor	Read 26.3 Write 21.5 Mixed 24.3 30% 24 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.28 4K Mixed 0.3 56% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 12.6% Great: 21%
SanDisk Cruzer Blade 4GB 7,184 User benchmarks, average bench 9% 2GB free, PID 5567 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	5.95% Terrible	Read 17.7 Write 3.14 Mixed 4.86 8% 8.57 MB/s	4K Read 3.35 4K Write 0.62 4K Mixed 0.48 50% 1.48 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 5.95% Great: 12%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Nanya NT4GC64B8HB0NS-CG 1x4GB 4,045 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 1 of 2 slots used 4GB SODIMM DDR3 1067 MHz Performing below potential (23^rd percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	18.2% Very poor	MC Read 5.8 MC Write 6.1 MC Mixed 5.8 17% 5.9 GB/s	SC Read 5.1 SC Write 4.4 SC Mixed 5.3 14% 4.93 GB/s	Latency 118 34% 118 ns
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 18.2% Great: 29%

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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 $54Bench 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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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