HP Pavilion dv6500 Notebook PC

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 0%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 27%
Raft
Workstation
Workstation 0%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 30.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics0.07% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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.
Memory4GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and although it's sufficient for most games, some will benefit from up to 8GB of RAM. 4GB is also enough for modest file and system caches which allow for a responsive system.
OS VersionAlthough 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 (37%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemHP Pavilion dv6500 Notebook PC  (all builds)
MotherboardQuanta 30CF
Memory2.4 GB free of 4 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display1280 x 800 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 7
BIOS Date20110322
Uptime0 Days
Run DateApr 24 '18 at 23:38
Run Duration359 Seconds
Run User NZL-User
Background CPU 37%

 PC Performing as expected (56th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core TK-53
Socket S1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads
Base clock 1.7 GHz
Performing above expectations (85th percentile)
30.6% Below average
Memory 53.3
1-Core 24.9
2-Core 46.8
29% 41.7 Pts
4-Core 48.4
8-Core 48.2
6% 48.3 Pts
64-Core 48.2
3% 48.2 Pts
Poor: 13%
This bench: 30.6%
Great: 34%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GeForce 7150M / nForce 630M
HP(103C 30CF) 128MB
Driver: nvd3dum Ver. 7.15.11.7967
Performing as expected (50th percentile)
0.07% Terrible
Lighting 0.13
Reflection 0.19
Parallax 0.25
0% 0.19 fps
Poor: 0%
This bench: 0.07%
Great: 0%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Hitachi HTS542516K9SA00 160GB-$298
86GB free (System drive)
Firmware: BBCOC32P Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s
Performing above expectations (71st percentile)
22.8% Poor
Read 40.3
Write 39.1
Mixed 6.48
21% 28.6 MB/s
4K Read 0.14
4K Write 0.57
4K Mixed 0.1
28% 0.27 MB/s
Poor: 6%
This bench: 22.8%
Great: 30%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown 2x2GB
2 of 2 slots used
4GB DIMM DDR2
Performing below potential (16th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
12.4% Very poor
MC Read 3.5
MC Write 3.9
MC Mixed 4.3
11% 3.9 GB/s
SC Read 3.2
SC Write 3.2
SC Mixed 3.4
9% 3.27 GB/s
Latency 149
27% 149 ns
Poor: 10%
This bench: 12.4%
Great: 44%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Pavilion dv6500 Notebook PC Builds (Compare 18 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 1%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 17%
Surfboard
Workstation
Workstation 1%
Tree trunk

System: HP Pavilion dv6500 Notebook PC

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