Performance Results


Gaming 5% Tree trunk	Desktop 50% Yacht	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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 55.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	2.52% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	36.7% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

System	HP Pavilion dv7 Notebook PC (all builds)
Motherboard	Hewlett-Packard 365C
Memory	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20100206
Uptime	97.6 Days
Run Date	Dec 13 '18 at 10:31
Run Duration	129 Seconds
Run User	ZAF-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (47^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 Q 720-$220 13,149 User benchmarks, average bench 51% CPU, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 1.6 GHz, turbo 1.65 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	55.3% Above average	Memory 84.2 1-Core 42.6 2-Core 87.3 48% 71.4 Pts	4-Core 147 8-Core 202 22% 175 Pts	64-Core 202 12% 202 Pts
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 55.3% Great: 60%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 230M 2,911 User benchmarks, average bench 2% HP(103C 365C) 1GB Ram: 1GB, Driver: 342.1 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	2.52% Terrible	Lighting 2.87 Reflection 4.35 Parallax 1.12 2% 2.78 fps	MRender 5.57 Gravity 2.03 Splatting 3.22 3% 3.61 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 2.52% Great: 2%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force LX 128GB-$144 1,867 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 54GB free (System drive) Firmware: N053 SusWrite @10s intervals: 137 112 134 107 110 115 MB/s Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	36.7% Below average	Read 223 Write 138 Mixed 157 SusWrite 119 36% 159 MB/s	4K Read 11.9 4K Write 17 4K Mixed 13.5 44% 14.1 MB/s	DQ Read 164 DQ Write 138 DQ Mixed 121 99% 141 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 36.7% Great: 84%
WD Blue 2.5" 1TB (2004)-$47 218,164 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 393GB free Firmware: 01.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 80 79 79 79 81 80 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	47.8% Average	Read 86.5 Write 83.3 Mixed 47.8 SusWrite 79.9 55% 74.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.7 138% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 47.8% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT102464BF160B.M16 2x8GB 9,135 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR3 1333 MHz Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	38.2% Below average	MC Read 15.5 MC Write 11.5 MC Mixed 12.6 38% 13.2 GB/s	SC Read 10.2 SC Write 9.2 SC Mixed 8.2 26% 9.2 GB/s	Latency 73.1 55% 73.1 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 38.2% Great: 60%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 2%

Tree trunk

Desktop 51%

Yacht

Workstation 2%

Tree trunk

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	141x
HD Graphics (Arrandale 0.667/0.766 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 99,513 samples	113x

RAM
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples	108x
M471B5273DH0-CH9 2x4GBSamsungBench 43%, 15,815 samples	86x
HMT351S6CFR8C-PB 2x4GBHynixBench 50%, 25,458 samples	61x

Value: 57% - Above average

Total price: $228

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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