HP Pavilion dv7 Notebook PC

Performance Results


Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 66% Battle cruiser	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 69.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	4.18% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	86% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	HP Pavilion dv7 Notebook PC (all builds)
Motherboard	Hewlett-Packard 181F
Memory	11.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160907
Uptime	3.3 Days
Run Date	Aug 22 '18 at 02:20
Run Duration	126 Seconds
Run User	LBN-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing as expected (48^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3820QM-$275 3,135 User benchmarks, average bench 66% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.7 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	69.6% Good	Memory 80.7 1-Core 101 2-Core 189 71% 124 Pts	4-Core 316 8-Core 489 50% 402 Pts	64-Core 493 30% 493 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 69.6% Great: 75%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4000 (Mobile 1.25 GHz) FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? HP(103C 181D) 2GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 10.18.10.4358 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	4.18% Terrible	Lighting 4.63 Reflection 7.42 Parallax 3.06 4% 5.04 fps	MRender 6.24 Gravity 2.57 Splatting 8.43 5% 5.75 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 4.18% Great: 4%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 52GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 394 302 293 291 260 190 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	86% Excellent	Read 446 Write 426 Mixed 361 SusWrite 288 85% 380 MB/s	4K Read 24.9 4K Write 54.2 4K Mixed 34.1 110% 37.7 MB/s	DQ Read 387 DQ Write 336 DQ Mixed 354 267% 359 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 86% Great: 124%
Seagate ST4000LM024-2AN17V 4TB 7,786 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 847GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 60 59 60 65 63 61 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	29% Poor	Read 38.8 Write 61.9 Mixed 57.9 SusWrite 61.3 41% 55 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 3.6 4K Mixed 0.6 158% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 29% Great: 63%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Transcend JM1333KSH-8G 2x8GB 109 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	47.3% Average	MC Read 16.8 MC Write 16 MC Mixed 15 46% 15.9 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 17.1 SC Mixed 16 46% 16 GB/s	Latency 79.2 50% 79.2 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 47.3% Great: 50%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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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 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	138x

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	143x
HD Graphics (Arrandale 0.667/0.766 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 99,513 samples	114x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	39x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $75Bench 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	62x

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Value: 57% - Above average

Total price: $228

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $36	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16