HP ENVY dv7 Notebook PC

Performance Results


Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 43% Speed boat	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 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 45.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	3.67% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	75.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

CPU throttled at 49% by Windows. Ensure maximum processor state is set to 100% via Settings > System > Power & sleep > Additional power settings > Change plan settings > Change advanced power settings > Processor power management > Maximum processor state.

System	HP ENVY dv7 Notebook PC (all builds)
Motherboard	Hewlett-Packard 181D
Memory	14.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20140804
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Jun 17 '17 at 14:55
Run Duration	118 Seconds
Run User	CHE-User
Background CPU	1%
CPU Throttled	49%

PC Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3630QM-$420 65,927 User benchmarks, average bench 61% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.4 GHz, turbo 1.2 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	45.4% Average	Memory 67.2 1-Core 32.7 2-Core 66.6 37% 55.5 Pts	4-Core 133 8-Core 168 19% 151 Pts	64-Core 168 10% 168 Pts
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 45.4% Great: 69%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 630M 7,774 User benchmarks, average bench 3% HP(103C 181D) 2GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 21.21.13.7719 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	3.67% Terrible	Lighting 4.43 Reflection 5.35 Parallax 1.81 4% 3.86 fps	MRender 6.14 Gravity 4.77 Splatting 3.48 4% 4.8 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 3.67% Great: 4%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 60GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 806 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 413 (B1) Unknown 99 99 3 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 54 51 46 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 7 (F1) Unknown 99 99 911634381	75.4% Very good	Read 508 Write 409 Mixed 416 99% 444 MB/s	4K Read 30 4K Write 48.5 4K Mixed 18.6 95% 32.4 MB/s	DQ Read 33.3 DQ Write 59.1 DQ Mixed 17.8 22% 36.7 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 75.4% Great: 115%
Toshiba MK1059GSMP 1TB 2,256 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 915GB free Firmware: GU001C Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^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 3046 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 16088 (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 90 90 4103 (0A) Spinup retry count 253 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 16026 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (B9) Unknown 100 100 65535 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 95 91 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 53 538509344 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 15119 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 3014702 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 39175 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	47% Average	Read 79 Write 84.7 Mixed 78.7 61% 80.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.27 4K Mixed 0.14 58% 0.62 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 47% Great: 48%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Elpida EBJ81UG8BBU0-GN-F 2x8GB 682 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	46.7% Average	MC Read 19.1 MC Write 18.3 MC Mixed 16.5 51% 18 GB/s	SC Read 7.7 SC Write 6.6 SC Mixed 7.7 21% 7.33 GB/s	Latency 108 37% 108 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 46.7% Great: 56%

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Gaming 7%

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Desktop 57%

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Workstation 7%

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System: HP ENVY dv7 Notebook PC

CPU
Core i7-3630QMIntel $420Bench 61%, 65,927 samples	264x
Core i5-3210MIntel $52Bench 48%, 79,744 samples	29x
Core i7-3610QMIntel $300Bench 62%, 38,575 samples	20x

GPU
HD 4000 (Mobile 1.25 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 409,110 samples	274x
GeForce GT 630MNvidiaBench 3%, 7,774 samples	24x
GeForce GT 650MNvidiaBench 6%, 12,732 samples	24x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	16x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	14x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	7x

RAM
EBJ81UG8BBU0-GN-F 2x8GBElpidaBench 51%, 682 samples	29x
HMT351S6CFR8C-PB 2x4GBHynixBench 50%, 25,458 samples	20x
AM1U16BC4P2-B19H 2x4GBAdataBench 46%, 2,021 samples	14x

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Value: 52% - Above average

Total price: $448

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