HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook PC

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 2%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 34%
Sail boat
Workstation
Workstation 1%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing below expectations (39th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 61 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.
ProcessorWith a relatively low single core score, this CPU can handle email, light web browsing and basic audio/video playback, but it will struggle to handle CPU intensive tasks. Finally, with a gaming score of 38.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics3.39% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot DriveThe 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.
Memory8GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.
SystemHP Pavilion dv6 Notebook PC  (all builds)
MotherboardHewlett-Packard 358B
Memory3.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 7
BIOS Date20110913
Uptime0.6 Days
Run DateApr 12 '17 at 01:53
Run Duration107 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU0%

 PC Performing below expectations (39th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD A8-3500M APU-$60
Socket FS1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 1.5 GHz
Performing above expectations (65th percentile)
38.8% Below average
Memory 62.2
1-Core 24.2
2-Core 47.8
32% 44.7 Pts
4-Core 93.1
8-Core 84.9
12% 89 Pts
64-Core 96.6
6% 96.6 Pts
Poor: 28%
This bench: 38.8%
Great: 44%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 6620G
HP(103C 358B) 512MB
Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 9.2.0.0
Performing as expected (60th percentile)
3.39% Terrible
Lighting 4.17
Reflection 4.77
Parallax 3.53
3% 4.16 fps
MRender 4.52
Gravity 2.97
Splatting 4.7
3% 4.06 fps
Poor: 2%
This bench: 3.39%
Great: 4%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Hitachi HTS547564A9E384 640GB
55GB free (System drive)
Firmware: JEDO Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (19th percentile)
26.9% Poor
Read 60.6
Write 33.2
Mixed 43
34% 45.6 MB/s
4K Read 0.34
4K Write 1.01
4K Mixed 0.17
52% 0.51 MB/s
Poor: 13%
This bench: 26.9%
Great: 51%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Elpida EBJ41UF8BCS0-DJ-F 2x4GB
2 of 2 slots used
8GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz
Performing below potential (11th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
32.7% Below average
MC Read 14.5
MC Write 11.3
MC Mixed 11
35% 12.3 GB/s
SC Read 5.4
SC Write 4.2
SC Mixed 6.8
16% 5.47 GB/s
Latency 121
33% 121 ns
Poor: 23%
This bench: 32.7%
Great: 51%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Pavilion dv6 Notebook PC Builds (Compare 2,432 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 2%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 51%
Yacht
Workstation
Workstation 2%
Tree trunk

System: HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook PC

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 57% - Above average Total price: $228
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