HP Pavilion dv7 Notebook PC

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 3%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 29%
Raft
Workstation
Workstation 3%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing below expectations (27th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 73 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 29.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very poor.
Graphics0.53% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive29.8% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
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 (100%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemHP Pavilion dv7 Notebook PC  (all builds)
MotherboardCompal 30FC
Memory6.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20090817
Uptime0 Days
Run DateDec 16 '18 at 17:40
Run Duration146 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 100%

 PC Performing below expectations (27th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Turion X2 Dual-Core Mobile RM-70-$4
Socket M2/S1G1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads
Base clock 2 GHz, turbo 2 GHz (avg)
Performing as expected (41st percentile)
29.1% Poor
Memory 54.2
1-Core 23
2-Core 28
26% 35.1 Pts
4-Core 24.2
8-Core 49.9
4% 37.1 Pts
64-Core 58.2
4% 58.2 Pts
Poor: 20%
This bench: 29.1%
Great: 40%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
ATI Radeon HD 3200
HP(103C 30FC) 256MB
Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 8.970.100.9001
Performing as expected (59th percentile)
0.53% Terrible
Lighting 0.6
Reflection 1.19
Parallax 0.38
0% 0.72 fps
MRender 0.86
Gravity 0.13
Splatting 1.13
1% 0.71 fps
Poor: 0%
This bench: 0.53%
Great: 1%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 120GB-$35
87GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 0C3FD6SD
SusWrite @10s intervals: 70 83 185 103 53 11 MB/s
Performing below potential (1st percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable
29.8% Poor
Read 231
Write 193
Mixed 186
SusWrite 84.3
39% 173 MB/s
4K Read 12.1
4K Write 27.2
4K Mixed 9.9
45% 16.4 MB/s
DQ Read 68.4
DQ Write 12.7
DQ Mixed 1
11% 27.4 MB/s
Poor: 44%
This bench: 29.8%
Great: 82%
Patriot Memory 4GB
4GB free, PID 3100
Operating at USB 2.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 5.6 7.9 8.4 8.6 8.3 7.9 MB/s
Performing below expectations (22nd percentile)
5.89% Terrible
Read 22.9
Write 8.4
Mixed 9.2
SusWrite 7.8
14% 12.1 MB/s
4K Read 3.7
4K Write 0
4K Mixed 0.1
17% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 6%
This bench: 5.89%
Great: 10%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown 2x4GB
2 of 2 slots used
8GB SODIMM DDR2
Performing below potential (15th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
19.7% Very poor
MC Read 8.2
MC Write 4.9
MC Mixed 7.5
20% 6.87 GB/s
SC Read 4.3
SC Write 4.5
SC Mixed 5.2
13% 4.67 GB/s
Latency 146
27% 146 ns
Poor: 17%
This bench: 19.7%
Great: 65%

 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 1,337 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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