HP Pavilion dv8 Notebook PC

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing CPU, RAM
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (20th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 80 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.
Graphics	2.47% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	50.7% 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.

Very high background CPU (66%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

8 years ago, 8 years ago, 8 years ago, 8 years ago.

System	HP Pavilion dv8 Notebook PC (all builds)
Motherboard	Hewlett-Packard 7001
Memory	4.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20100531
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 30 '15 at 13:46
Run Duration	187 Seconds
Run User	IRL-User
Background CPU	66%

PC Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7 Q 720-$220 13,149 User benchmarks, average bench 51% CPU, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 1.6 GHz Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		1-Core 43.9 2-Core 79.9 28% 61.9 Pts	4-Core 130 8-Core 197 20% 164 Pts	64-Core 234 14% 234 Pts
Poor: 30% Great: 60%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 230M 2,911 User benchmarks, average bench 2% HP(103C 7001) 1GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 9.18.13.4174 Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	2.47% Terrible	Lighting 2.8 Reflection 4.35 Parallax 1.12 2% 2.76 fps	MRender 5.43 Gravity 2.03 Splatting 3.22 3% 3.56 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 2.47% Great: 2%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX100 512GB-$200 31,545 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 323GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU02 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 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1595 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 80 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 11 (AE) Unknown 100 100 36 (B4) Unknown 0 0 4403 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 59 48 223338496041 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 7431436129 (F7) Unknown 100 100 233704335 (F8) Unknown 100 100 177765910	50.7% Above average	Read 262 Write 235 Mixed 218 53% 238 MB/s	4K Read 16.2 4K Write 24.2 4K Mixed 20.2 63% 20.2 MB/s	DQ Read 142 DQ Write 126 DQ Mixed 39.8 56% 103 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 50.7% Great: 107%
Hitachi HTS725032A9A364 320GB-$55 6,982 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 138GB free Firmware: PC3O Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 150 100 115964116994 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 3591 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 48 48 23043 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 678 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 720896 (BC) Unknown 97 51 997 (BE) vendor-specific 61 49 722534439 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 2 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 589833 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 1331868 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	25.5% Poor	Read 44.6 Write 44.4 Mixed 25.3 28% 38.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.1 4K Write 0.89 4K Mixed 0.1 32% 0.37 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 25.5% Great: 57%
Seagate FreeAgent Pro 1TB 62 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 330GB free, PID 3110 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	9.37% Terrible	Read 29.1 Write 22.4 Mixed 12.7 25% 21.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.06 4K Write 0.08 4K Mixed 0.06 5% 0.07 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 9.37% Great: 20%

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System: HP Pavilion dv8 Notebook PC

CPU
Core i7 Q 720Intel $220Bench 51%, 13,149 samples	50x
Core i5 M 520Intel $70Bench 40%, 23,644 samples	5x
Core i7 Q 820Intel $119Bench 52%, 2,269 samples	4x

GPU
GeForce GT 230MNvidiaBench 2%, 2,911 samples	65x

SSD
Burst Elite 240GBPatriotBench 68%, 2,182 samples	3x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	3x
850 Evo 1TBSamsung $122Bench 110%, 154,399 samples	2x

RAM
M471B5273CH0-CH9 2x4GBSamsungBench 41%, 10,285 samples	4x
EBJ21UE8BDS0-DJ-F 2x2GBElpidaBench 28%, 1,570 samples	3x
M471B1G73QH0-YK0 1x8GBSamsungBench 28%, 40,451 samples	3x

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Value: 54% - Above average

Total price: $220

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16