HP Pavilion dv7 Notebook PC

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 4%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 32%
Sail boat
Workstation
Workstation 4%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing below expectations (31st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 69 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 33%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics2.39% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive23.8% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
Memory8GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Very high background CPU (52%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemHP Pavilion dv7 Notebook PC  (all builds)
MotherboardHewlett-Packard 3591
Memory4.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20110713
Uptime0 Days
Run DateSep 06 '18 at 11:47
Run Duration110 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 52%

 PC Performing below expectations (31st percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD A6-3400M APU
Socket FS1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 1.4 GHz, turbo 1.5 GHz (avg)
Performing below expectations (40th percentile)
33% Below average
Memory 56.2
1-Core 22.8
2-Core 36.4
28% 38.5 Pts
4-Core 57.4
8-Core 68.4
8% 62.9 Pts
64-Core 81.3
5% 81.3 Pts
Poor: 25%
This bench: 33%
Great: 41%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 6520G
HP(103C 3591) 512MB
Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.0
Performing as expected (46th percentile)
2.39% Terrible
Lighting 2.8
Reflection 3.77
Parallax 2.5
2% 3.02 fps
MRender 3.19
Gravity 2.1
Splatting 3.96
3% 3.08 fps
Poor: 2%
This bench: 2.39%
Great: 3%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Adata Premier SP550 240GB-$74
58GB free (System drive)
Firmware: O1203AB
SusWrite @10s intervals: 202 79 49 49 50 49 MB/s
Relative performance (0th percentile)
23.8% Poor
Read 311
Write 53.2
Mixed 183
SusWrite 79.8
34% 157 MB/s
4K Read 6
4K Write 6.7
4K Mixed 6.3
21% 6.33 MB/s
Poor: 56%
This bench: 23.8%
Great: 92%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston 99U5469-045.A00LF Hynix HMT351S6BFR8C-H9 8GB
1333, 1333 MHz
4096, 4096 MB
Performing below potential (7th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
26.1% Poor
MC Read 11.7
MC Write 9.1
MC Mixed 8.6
28% 9.8 GB/s
SC Read 3
SC Write 3.9
SC Mixed 4.9
11% 3.93 GB/s
Latency 139
29% 139 ns
Poor: 26%
This bench: 26.1%
Great: 48%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Pavilion dv7 Notebook PC Builds (Compare 1,340 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 2%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 51%
Yacht
Workstation
Workstation 2%
Tree trunk

System: HP Pavilion dv7 Notebook PC

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 57% - Above average Total price: $228
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