HP Pavilion dv7 Notebook PC

Performance Results


Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 65% Battle cruiser	Workstation 7% 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 good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 71.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	2.26% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	59% 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 8 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	HP Pavilion dv7 Notebook PC (all builds)
Motherboard	Hewlett-Packard 165A
Memory	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 8
BIOS Date	20111005
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 15 '18 at 23:39
Run Duration	123 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	5%

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 i7-2820QM-$230 4,929 User benchmarks, average bench 59% CPU1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.3 GHz, turbo 2.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	71.5% Very good	Memory 90.1 1-Core 86 2-Core 170 69% 115 Pts	4-Core 299 8-Core 355 42% 327 Pts	64-Core 349 22% 349 Pts
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 71.5% Great: 70%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 3000 (Mobile V2 1.3 GHz) FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? HP(103C 165A) 2GB Driver: igdumd64.dll Ver. 9.17.10.4229 Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	2.26% Terrible	Lighting 2.47 Reflection 3.77 Parallax 1.66 2% 2.63 fps	MRender 3.71 Gravity 1.33 Splatting 4.57 3% 3.2 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 2.26% Great: 2%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 89GB free Firmware: EXT0BB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 14438 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2575 (B1) Unknown 98 98 14 (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 50 49 50 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 8 (EB) Unknown 99 99 223 (F1) Unknown 99 99 11593930513	70.7% Very good	Read 492 Write 339 Mixed 353 88% 395 MB/s	4K Read 28 4K Write 25.6 4K Mixed 19.7 81% 24.4 MB/s	DQ Read 214 DQ Write 49.2 DQ Mixed 34.1 50% 99 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 70.7% Great: 118%
Corsair Neutron GTX 120GB-$79 2,261 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 50GB free (System drive) Firmware: M311 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 166 166 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 253 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 18534 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3087 (AB) Unknown 253 253 0 (AC) Unknown 253 253 0 (B5) Unknown 253 253 0 (B6) Unknown 253 253 0 (C2) HDA temperature 40 0 60133081128 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 88 88 13 (EA) Unknown 100 100 84076 (F1) Unknown 100 100 12846 (F2) Unknown 100 100 11053 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 55111	59% Above average	Read 484 Write 301 Mixed 334 82% 373 MB/s	4K Read 16.6 4K Write 29.4 4K Mixed 9.74 53% 18.6 MB/s	DQ Read 195 DQ Write 60.6 DQ Mixed 52.2 58% 103 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 59% Great: 95%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-1600C10-8GSQ Kingston KHX1600C9S3L/8G 16GB 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	57.7% Above average	MC Read 20.8 MC Write 21 MC Mixed 18.9 58% 20.2 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 16.6 SC Mixed 15.5 46% 16 GB/s	Latency 67.2 60% 67.2 ns

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Gaming 2%

Tree trunk

Desktop 51%

Yacht

Workstation 2%

Tree trunk

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