HP Pavilion dv7 Notebook PC

Performance Results


Gaming 5% Tree trunk	Desktop 42% Speed boat	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (30th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 70 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.
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 42.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	1.79% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	50.6% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 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 (62%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	HP Pavilion dv7 Notebook PC (all builds)
Motherboard	Hewlett-Packard 181C
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160907
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 30 '17 at 13:18
Run Duration	943 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	62%

PC Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-2450M-$225 51,836 User benchmarks, average bench 49% U3E1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 3 threads Base clock 2.5 GHz Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	42.3% Average	Memory 62 1-Core 50.1 2-Core 95.1 43% 69.1 Pts	4-Core 128 8-Core 156 18% 142 Pts	64-Core 157 10% 157 Pts
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 42.3% Great: 59%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 3000 (Mobile V2 1.3 GHz) 110,588 User benchmarks, average bench 2% HP(103C 181C) 2GB Driver: igdumd64.dll Ver. 8.15.10.2626 Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	1.79% Terrible	Lighting 1.97 Reflection 3.08 Parallax 1.5 2% 2.18 fps	MRender 2.62 Gravity 1.2 Splatting 3.65 2% 2.49 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 1.79% Great: 2%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 525GB-$150 105,037 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 408GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (0^th 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 13 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 63 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 3 (AE) Unknown 100 100 22 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 71 50 214749741085 (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 (F6) Unknown 100 100 1858364301 (F7) Unknown 100 100 58264801 (F8) Unknown 100 100 12094071 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1926 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	50.6% Above average	Read 256 Write 177 Mixed 181 45% 205 MB/s	4K Read 20.6 4K Write 37.2 4K Mixed 20.7 77% 26.2 MB/s	DQ Read 155 DQ Write 107 DQ Mixed 43.8 56% 102 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 50.6% Great: 99%
Generic Flash Disk 268GB 183 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 97GB free, PID 7777 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	4.09% Terrible	Read 16.4 Write 3.31 Mixed 3.7 7% 7.8 MB/s	4K Read 4.17 4K Write 0.002 4K Mixed 0.004 16% 1.39 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 4.09% Great: 10%
Patriot Memory 32GB 129 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 30GB free, PID 4200 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	8.31% Terrible	Read 24.7 Write 7.34 Mixed 10.5 15% 14.2 MB/s	4K Read 4.76 4K Write 0.65 4K Mixed 0.35 52% 1.92 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 8.31% Great: 10%
SanDisk Ultra USB 3.0 32GB-$8 33,725 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 18GB free, PID 5581 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	14.3% Very poor	Read 71.7 Write 7.16 Mixed 13.3 27% 30.7 MB/s	4K Read 9.05 4K Write 0.08 4K Mixed 0.09 39% 3.07 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 14.3% Great: 38%
SMI USB DISK 16GB 4,910 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 15GB free, PID null Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	4.49% Terrible	Read 19.4 Write 4.17 Mixed 4.95 9% 9.5 MB/s	4K Read 3.23 4K Write 0.003 4K Mixed 0.002 12% 1.08 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 4.49% Great: 35%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown V01L3S88GB52852813 2x8GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	42.1% Average	MC Read 15.4 MC Write 16.7 MC Mixed 14.9 45% 15.7 GB/s	SC Read 5.7 SC Write 10.5 SC Mixed 11 26% 9.07 GB/s	Latency 122 33% 122 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 42.1% Great: 52%

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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 $29Bench 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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Value: 57% - Above average

Total price: $228

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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