HP Pavilion dm4 Notebook PC

Performance Results


Gaming 4% Tree trunk	Desktop 49% Yacht	Workstation 3% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 49.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	0.64% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	33.2% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	HP Pavilion dm4 Notebook PC (all builds)
Motherboard	Hewlett-Packard 146A
Memory	6.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20111221
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 24 '18 at 21:15
Run Duration	373 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing as expected (53^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 M 640 5,045 User benchmarks, average bench 43% CPU, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 2.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	49.2% Average	Memory 67.2 1-Core 81.9 2-Core 138 57% 95.6 Pts	4-Core 182 8-Core 183 24% 182 Pts	64-Core 182 11% 182 Pts
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 49.2% Great: 49%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD Graphics (Arrandale 0.667/0.766 GHz) 99,513 User benchmarks, average bench 1% HP(103C 146A) 3.8GB Driver: igdumd64.dll Ver. 8.15.10.2900 Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	0.64% Terrible	Lighting 0.67 Reflection 0.92 Parallax 0.66 0% 0.75 fps	MRender 1.1 Gravity 0.5 Splatting 1.3 1% 0.97 fps
Poor: 0% ↑ This bench: 0.64% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Patriot Pyro 120GB-$73 135 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 89GB free (System drive) Firmware: 604ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance (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 95 95 17326385 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 -134458246166945 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 829 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 45 (B1) Unknown 0 0 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 45 51 51542949933 (C2) HDA temperature 45 51 51542949933 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 17326385 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 17326385 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 17326385 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 97 97 21474836481 (E9) Unknown 0 0 6872 (EA) Unknown 0 0 2026 (F1) Unknown 0 0 2026 (F2) Unknown 0 0 1892	33.2% Below average	Read 218 Write 115 Mixed 140 35% 158 MB/s	4K Read 13.9 4K Write 30 4K Mixed 7.06 46% 17 MB/s	DQ Read 71.2 DQ Write 115 DQ Mixed 6.83 30% 64.4 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 33.2% Great: 76%
WD My Passport 083A 1TB 1,797 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 659GB free, PID 083a Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	13.5% Very poor	Read 26.2 Write 22 Mixed 23.4 30% 23.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.54 4K Mixed 0.24 62% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 13.5% Great: 45%
Multiple Card Reader 4GB 846 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 3GB free, PID 6366 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	4.88% Terrible	Read 15.9 Write 9.92 Mixed 0.9 9% 8.9 MB/s	4K Read 1.59 4K Write 0.01 4K Mixed 0.01 7% 0.54 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.88% Great: 14%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT51264BC1339.M16F 2x4GB 308 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 2 of 2 slots used 8GB SODIMM DDR3 1067 MHz Performing below potential (36^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	25.1% Poor	MC Read 7.9 MC Write 6.8 MC Mixed 10.9 24% 8.53 GB/s	SC Read 7.2 SC Write 5.9 SC Mixed 6.6 19% 6.57 GB/s	Latency 108 37% 108 ns
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 25.1% Great: 51%

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Gaming 2%

Tree trunk

Desktop 48%

Yacht

Workstation 2%

Tree trunk

System: HP Pavilion dm4 Notebook PC

CPU
Core i5-2450MIntel $225Bench 49%, 51,836 samples	58x
Core i5-2430MIntel $53Bench 50%, 41,461 samples	53x
Core i5-2410MIntel $160Bench 48%, 46,742 samples	41x

GPU
HD 3000 (Mobile V1 1.1/1.2 GHz)IntelBench 2%, 209,058 samples	118x
HD Graphics (Arrandale 0.667/0.766 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 99,513 samples	86x
HD 3000 (Mobile V2 1.3 GHz)IntelBench 2%, 110,588 samples	68x

SSD
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	9x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	8x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	6x

RAM
M471B5773CHS-CH9 2x2GBSamsungBench 29%, 8,570 samples	11x
M471B5273DH0-CH9 2x4GBSamsungBench 43%, 15,815 samples	10x
HMT351S6CFR8C-PB 2x4GBHynixBench 50%, 25,458 samples	10x

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Value: 49% - Average

Total price: $263

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