HP Pavilion dv7 Notebook PC

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 0% Tree trunk	Desktop 12% Tree trunk	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 an extremely low single core score, this CPU can barely handle email and light web browsing. Finally, with a gaming score of 11.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is terrible.
Graphics	1.9% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 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.

High background CPU (23%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	HP Pavilion dv7 Notebook PC (all builds)
Motherboard	Compal 30F4
Memory	1.9 GB free of 4 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1440 x 900 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20090824
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jun 20 '17 at 23:15
Run Duration	347 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	23%

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 Core2 Duo P8400-$20 6,904 User benchmarks, average bench 37% CPU, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads Base clock 2.25 GHz Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	11.9% Very poor	Memory 20.5 1-Core 10.6 2-Core 19.8 12% 17 Pts	4-Core 19.4 8-Core 20.2 3% 19.8 Pts	64-Core 19.1 1% 19.1 Pts
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 11.9% Great: 42%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce 9600M-GT 3,959 User benchmarks, average bench 2% HP(103C 30F4) 512MB Ram: 512MB, Driver: 342.1 Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	1.9% Terrible	Lighting 2.27 Reflection 4.35 Parallax 0.78 2% 2.46 fps	MRender 3.38 Gravity 1.6 Splatting 2.39 2% 2.46 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 1.9% Great: 2%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD WD2500BEVS-22UST0 250GB 10,566 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 231GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 188 188 1558 (04) Start/Stop count 89 89 11870 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 11903 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 6224 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 61 50 39 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 650 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 184 184 49103 (C2) HDA temperature 108 97 39 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	31% Below average	Read 53.4 Write 54.3 Mixed 25.3 33% 44.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.89 4K Mixed 0.33 92% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 31% Great: 32%
WD WD2500BEVS-22UST0 250GB 10,566 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 80GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 5 (03) Spinup time 187 185 1650 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6036 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 67 67 24359 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 99 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5118 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 97 34 (BE) vendor-specific 59 54 41 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 135 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 637583 (C2) HDA temperature 106 101 41 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	26.9% Poor	Read 43.6 Write 49.7 Mixed 36.6 32% 43.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.39 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.3 77% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 26.9% Great: 32%
SanDisk Cruzer Blade 16GB 60,539 User benchmarks, average bench 11% 1GB free, PID 5567 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	6.16% Terrible	Read 18.1 Write 4.16 Mixed 7.88 10% 10 MB/s	4K Read 2.9 4K Write 0.63 4K Mixed 0.98 66% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 6.16% Great: 17%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x2GB 446,702 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 2 of 2 slots used 4GB SODIMM DDR2 Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	6% Terrible	MC Read 2 MC Write 1.7 MC Mixed 1.8 5% 1.83 GB/s	SC Read 1.7 SC Write 2.1 SC Mixed 2 6% 1.93 GB/s	Latency 317 13% 317 ns
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 6% Great: 44%

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Desktop 51%

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Workstation 2%

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System: HP Pavilion dv7 Notebook PC

CPU
Core i7-2670QMIntel $200Bench 56%, 51,169 samples	232x
Core i7-2630QMIntel $199Bench 55%, 39,605 samples	184x
Core i7-3610QMIntel $300Bench 62%, 38,575 samples	137x

GPU
HD 3000 (Mobile V1 1.1/1.2 GHz)IntelBench 2%, 209,058 samples	485x
HD 4000 (Mobile 1.25 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 409,110 samples	142x
HD Graphics (Arrandale 0.667/0.766 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 99,513 samples	113x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	39x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	29x
A400 120GBKingston $30Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	20x

RAM
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples	108x
M471B5273DH0-CH9 2x4GBSamsungBench 43%, 15,815 samples	86x
HMT351S6CFR8C-PB 2x4GBHynixBench 50%, 25,458 samples	61x

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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