HP Pavilion dv8 Notebook PC

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 2% Tree trunk	Desktop 53% Yacht	Workstation 2% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 60.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	2.45% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

System	HP Pavilion dv8 Notebook PC (all builds)
Motherboard	Hewlett-Packard 7001
Memory	5.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20100427
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 25 '16 at 22:23
Run Duration	271 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (68^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 way above expectations (98^th percentile)	60.3% Good	Memory 91.5 1-Core 59 2-Core 110 56% 86.8 Pts	4-Core 165 8-Core 205 24% 185 Pts	64-Core 204 13% 204 Pts
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 60.3% Great: 60%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 230M 2,911 User benchmarks, average bench 2% HP(103C 7001) 1GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 9.18.13.4192 Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	2.45% Terrible	Lighting 2.8 Reflection 4.46 Parallax 1.12 2% 2.8 fps	MRender 5.29 Gravity 2 Splatting 3.13 3% 3.47 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 2.45% Great: 2%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
HGST Travelstar 5K1000 2.5" 1TB 129,581 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 690GB free (System drive) Firmware: JA0O Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 167 167 77309411329 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1314 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 70 70 13545 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1290 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 131128 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 90 90 105769 (C2) HDA temperature 176 176 210453987362 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	53% Above average	Read 89.5 Write 95.4 Mixed 21.6 50% 68.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.33 4K Mixed 0.18 63% 0.65 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 53% Great: 57%
WD My Book 1130 2TB 1,666 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 1TB free, PID 1130 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 14% Great: 48%
SAMSUNG HD103SI 1TB 405 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 629GB free, PID 0c31 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	13.3% Very poor	Read 27.5 Write 20.2 Mixed 23.6 30% 23.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 1.54 4K Mixed 0.34 66% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 13.3% Great: 19%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471B5273BH1-CF8 2x4GB 494 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 2 of 2 slots used 8GB SODIMM DDR3 1067 MHz Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	35.8% Below average	MC Read 13.6 MC Write 11.2 MC Mixed 10.6 34% 11.8 GB/s	SC Read 10 SC Write 8.7 SC Mixed 10.5 28% 9.73 GB/s	Latency 64.9 62% 64.9 ns
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 35.8% Great: 42%

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Gaming 5%

Tree trunk

Desktop 48%

Yacht

Workstation 5%

Tree trunk

System: HP Pavilion dv8 Notebook PC

CPU
Core i7 Q 720Intel $220Bench 51%, 13,149 samples	50x
Core i5 M 520Intel $70Bench 40%, 23,644 samples	5x
Core i7 Q 820Intel $119Bench 52%, 2,269 samples	4x

GPU
GeForce GT 230MNvidiaBench 2%, 2,911 samples	65x

SSD
Burst Elite 240GBPatriotBench 68%, 2,182 samples	3x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	3x
850 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 110%, 154,399 samples	2x

RAM
M471B5273CH0-CH9 2x4GBSamsungBench 41%, 10,285 samples	4x
EBJ21UE8BDS0-DJ-F 2x2GBElpidaBench 28%, 1,570 samples	3x
M471B1G73QH0-YK0 1x8GBSamsungBench 28%, 40,451 samples	3x

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Value: 54% - Above average

Total price: $220

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	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