HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook PC

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU, SSD
Gaming
Gaming 0%
Incomplete
Desktop
Desktop 0%
Incomplete
Workstation
Workstation 0%
Incomplete
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 37.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
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.
Memory12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Very high background CPU (81%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemHP Pavilion dv6 Notebook PC  (all builds)
MotherboardHewlett-Packard 1805
Memory9.6 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20111026
Uptime0 Days
Run DateApr 01 '18 at 00:12
Run Duration68 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 81%

 PC Performing above expectations (78th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD A6-3420M APU
Socket FS1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 1.5 GHz, turbo 1.5 GHz (avg)
Performing as expected (58th percentile)
37.5% Below average
Memory 60.4
1-Core 23.2
2-Core 46.6
31% 43.4 Pts
4-Core 86.5
8-Core 91.7
12% 89.1 Pts
64-Core 90.1
6% 90.1 Pts
Poor: 25%
This bench: 37.5%
Great: 43%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung HM641JI 640GB-$50
578GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2AJ10003 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
50.7% Above average
Read 89.7
Write 87.3
Mixed 81.8
65% 86.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.29
4K Write 0.98
4K Mixed 0.23
56% 0.5 MB/s
Poor: 15%
This bench: 50.7%
Great: 50%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Micron 16KTF1G64HZ-1G4D1 16KTF51264HZ-1G6M1 12GB
1333, 1333 MHz
8192, 4096 MB
Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples
32.6% Below average
MC Read 14.6
MC Write 11.7
MC Mixed 10.9
35% 12.4 GB/s
SC Read 5
SC Write 4.1
SC Mixed 5.6
14% 4.9 GB/s
Latency 127
32% 127 ns

 System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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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