HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook PC

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU, SSD
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 58.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
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	6GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 6GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

System	HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook PC (all builds)
Motherboard	Hewlett-Packard 3388
Memory	4.9 GB free of 6 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1024 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20111005
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 21 '18 at 06:34
Run Duration	273 Seconds
Run User	ARG-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-2630QM-$199 39,605 User benchmarks, average bench 55% CPU1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2 GHz, turbo 2 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	58.4% Above average	Memory 82.6 1-Core 52.3 2-Core 104 51% 79.6 Pts	4-Core 187 8-Core 269 29% 228 Pts	64-Core 272 17% 272 Pts
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 58.4% Great: 65%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Toshiba MK7575GSX 750GB-$63 7,628 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 330GB free (System drive) Firmware: GT001C Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd 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 1984 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 5367 (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 78 78 8946 (0A) Spinup retry count 206 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 4980 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (B9) Unknown 100 100 65535 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 980 (BC) Unknown 100 94 177 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 57 49 740950059 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 1080 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 3407924 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 88 88 121287 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	53.6% Above average	Read 91.4 Write 95.5 Mixed 93.7 70% 93.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.28 4K Mixed 0.15 59% 0.62 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 53.6% Great: 55%
Generic Flash Disk 8GB 32,093 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 8GB free, PID 6387 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	5.23% Terrible	Read 21.9 Write 4.53 Mixed 4.85 10% 10.4 MB/s	4K Read 4.46 4K Write 0.005 4K Mixed 0.005 17% 1.49 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 5.23% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT325S6BFR8C-H9 Micron 16JSF51264HZ-1G4D1 6GB 167 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 1333, 1333 MHz 2048, 4096 MB Performing below potential (20^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	29.2% Poor	MC Read 9.9 MC Write 9 MC Mixed 8.7 26% 9.2 GB/s	SC Read 8.8 SC Write 9.9 SC Mixed 9.9 27% 9.53 GB/s	Latency 75.8 53% 75.8 ns
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 29.2% Great: 47%

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Gaming 2%

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Desktop 51%

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Workstation 2%

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System: HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook PC

CPU
Core i7-2670QMIntel $200Bench 56%, 51,169 samples	337x
Core i7-2630QMIntel $199Bench 55%, 39,605 samples	256x
Core i7-3610QMIntel $300Bench 62%, 38,575 samples	181x

GPU
HD 3000 (Mobile V1 1.1/1.2 GHz)IntelBench 2%, 209,058 samples	840x
HD Graphics (Arrandale 0.667/0.766 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 99,513 samples	384x
HD 4000 (Mobile 1.25 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 409,110 samples	183x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	91x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	43x
MX500 500GBCrucial $54Bench 106%, 237,241 samples	40x

RAM
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples	111x
M471B5273DH0-CH9 2x4GBSamsungBench 43%, 15,815 samples	82x
M471B5673EH1-CH9 2x2GBSamsungBench 27%, 1,322 samples	70x

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Value: 57% - Above average

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