Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 0% Tree trunk	Desktop 25% Surfboard	Workstation 0% 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 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 37.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	1.83% 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	3GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and although it's sufficient for most games, some will benefit from up to 8GB of RAM. 3GB is also enough for modest file and system caches which allow for a responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	HP Pavilion dv5 Notebook PC (all builds)
Motherboard	Quanta 3603
Memory	1 GB free of 3 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	Χρώματα 1280 x 800 - 32 Bit
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20080918
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	May 18 '19 at 20:50
Run Duration	119 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	13%

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 Core2 Duo P8600-$42 8,502 User benchmarks, average bench 37% CPU, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads Base clock 2.4 GHz, turbo 2.4 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	37.2% Below average	Memory 64.5 1-Core 32.6 2-Core 47.1 34% 48.1 Pts	4-Core 60.2 8-Core 60 8% 60.1 Pts	64-Core 58.3 4% 58.3 Pts
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 37.2% Great: 42%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce 9600M-GT 3,959 User benchmarks, average bench 2% HP(103C 3603) 512MB Ram: 512MB, Driver: 342.1 Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	1.83% Terrible	Lighting 2.07 Reflection 3.65 Parallax 0.38 2% 2.03 fps	MRender 3.76 Gravity 1.57 Splatting 2.57 2% 2.63 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 1.83% Great: 2%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Hitachi HTS542525K9A300 250GB 466 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 124GB free (System drive) Firmware: BBFOC3MP SusWrite @10s intervals: 5.8 7.3 8.8 8.5 13 18 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	6.1% Terrible	Read 11.1 Write 10 Mixed 6.8 SusWrite 10.1 7% 9.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.1 4K Write 0.3 4K Mixed 0.2 32% 0.2 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 6.1% Great: 32%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 3GB 81,553 User benchmarks, average bench 14% null MHz 2048, 1024 MB Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	15.8% Very poor	MC Read 5.7 MC Write 5.1 MC Mixed 4.7 15% 5.17 GB/s	SC Read 3.5 SC Write 4.5 SC Mixed 1.9 9% 3.3 GB/s	Latency 115 35% 115 ns
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 15.8% Great: 23%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 2%

Tree trunk

Desktop 37%

Jet ski

Workstation 2%

Tree trunk

CPU
Core2 Duo P8400Intel $20Bench 37%, 6,904 samples	20x
Core2 Duo P8600Intel $42Bench 37%, 8,502 samples	18x
Core i5 M 430IntelBench 39%, 14,318 samples	12x

GPU
GeForce 9600M-GTNvidiaBench 2%, 3,959 samples	70x
HD Graphics (Arrandale 0.667/0.766 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 99,513 samples	45x
Mobility Radeon HD 3400ATIBench 1%, 7,025 samples	14x

RAM
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples	56x
3GBUnknownBench 14%, 81,553 samples	34x
M471B5673FH0-CH9 2x2GBSamsungBench 29%, 5,297 samples	9x

Value: 44% - Average

Total price: $48

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