HP Pavilion dv7 Notebook PC

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 2% Tree trunk	Desktop 36% Jet ski	Workstation 2% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 40.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	3.33% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	The 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.
Memory	8GB 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 Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 10 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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	HP Pavilion dv7 Notebook PC (all builds)
Motherboard	Hewlett-Packard 180B
Memory	6.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20120313
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 02 '19 at 00:35
Run Duration	110 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (51^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD A8-3520M APU-$60 1,349 User benchmarks, average bench 38% Socket FS1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 1.6 GHz Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	40.5% Average	Memory 62 1-Core 36.6 2-Core 64 36% 54.2 Pts	4-Core 112 8-Core 112 15% 112 Pts	64-Core 112 7% 112 Pts
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 40.5% Great: 44%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 6620G 3,311 User benchmarks, average bench 3% HP(103C 3591) 512MB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.200.1062.1004 Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	3.33% Terrible	Lighting 4.1 Reflection 4.73 Parallax 3.5 3% 4.11 fps	MRender 4.48 Gravity 2.93 Splatting 4.52 3% 3.98 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 3.33% Great: 4%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Hitachi Travelstar 5K750 750GB-$52 41,501 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 650GB free (System drive) Firmware: JE4OA50A SusWrite @10s intervals: 75 72 73 75 80 83 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	40% Average	Read 63.2 Write 80.2 Mixed 39.3 SusWrite 76.3 47% 64.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.4 82% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 40% Great: 53%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471B5273DH0-CH9 2x4GB 15,815 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 2 of 2 slots used 8GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (25^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	35.5% Below average	MC Read 15.8 MC Write 12.7 MC Mixed 11.3 38% 13.3 GB/s	SC Read 6.1 SC Write 5.9 SC Mixed 7.7 19% 6.57 GB/s	Latency 122 33% 122 ns
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 35.5% Great: 51%

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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 $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	29x
A400 120GBKingston $26Bench 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 i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16