HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook PC

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 0%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 21%
Surfboard
Workstation
Workstation 0%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 31.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics0.44% 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.
Memory3GB 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. 3GB is also enough for modest file and system caches which allow for a responsive system.
OS VersionAlthough 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.
Very high background CPU (33%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemHP Pavilion dv6 Notebook PC  (all builds)
MotherboardHewlett-Packard 3629
Memory1.8 GB free of 3 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 7
BIOS Date20110825
Uptime0.1 Days
Run DateJun 23 '17 at 22:02
Run Duration161 Seconds
Run User SWE-User
Background CPU 33%

 PC Performing as expected (47th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Pentium T4200-$99
CPU, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads
Base clock 2 GHz
Performing below expectations (35th percentile)
31.6% Below average
Memory 59.8
1-Core 22.9
2-Core 44.1
30% 42.3 Pts
4-Core 22.6
8-Core 28
3% 25.3 Pts
64-Core 40.4
2% 40.4 Pts
Poor: 18%
This bench: 31.6%
Great: 41%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GeForce 9200M GS
HP(103C 3629) 512MB
Driver: nvd3dum.dll Ver. 8.15.11.8644
Performing as expected (50th percentile)
0.44% Terrible
Lighting 0.4
Reflection 1.27
Parallax 0.06
0% 0.58 fps
MRender 1.76
Gravity 0.43
Splatting 0.48
1% 0.89 fps
Poor: 0%
This bench: 0.44%
Great: 1%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Seagate ST925032 0AS 250GB
178GB free (System drive)
Firmware: HP07 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s
Performing as expected (57th percentile)
28.5% Poor
Read 48
Write 51.3
Mixed 23.9
30% 41.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 0.77
4K Mixed 0.34
69% 0.5 MB/s
Poor: 9%
This bench: 28.5%
Great: 39%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown NT1GT64UH8D0FN-AD Samsung M4 70T5663QZ3-CF7 3GB
800, 800 MHz
1024, 2048 MB
Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples
12.4% Very poor
MC Read 4.7
MC Write 3.4
MC Mixed 3.9
11% 4 GB/s
SC Read 2.9
SC Write 1.1
SC Mixed 2.8
6% 2.27 GB/s
Latency 128
31% 128 ns

 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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