HP Pavilion dv7 Notebook PC

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (35th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 65 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.
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 51.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Boot Drive	34% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	6GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 6GB 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 9 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.

Very high background CPU (49%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	HP Pavilion dv7 Notebook PC (all builds)
Motherboard	Hewlett-Packard 1803
Memory	0.8 GB free of 6 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20130123
Uptime	5.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 24 '19 at 15:29
Run Duration	297 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	49%

PC Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-2430M-$53 41,461 User benchmarks, average bench 50% CPU1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.4 GHz Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	51.9% Above average	Memory 80.2 1-Core 50.1 2-Core 99.6 49% 76.6 Pts	4-Core 139 8-Core 143 19% 141 Pts	64-Core 153 10% 153 Pts
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 51.9% Great: 59%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 3000 (Mobile V1 1.1/1.2 GHz) 209,058 User benchmarks, average bench 2% HP(103C 3389) 2.8GB Driver: igdumd64.dll Ver. 8.882.2.3000 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 2.07 Reflection 0.54 2% 1.3 fps
Poor: 1% Great: 2%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Premier Pro SP920 128GB-$35 3,548 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 77GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.14 SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 70 MB/s Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	34% Below average	Read 299 Write 18 Mixed 131 SusWrite 87.4 29% 134 MB/s	4K Read 9.5 4K Write 18 4K Mixed 10.4 37% 12.6 MB/s	DQ Read 194 DQ Write 40.9 DQ Mixed 21.4 40% 85.4 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 34% Great: 85%
WD Blue 2.5" 750GB (2010)-$55 30,952 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 255GB free Firmware: 01.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 58 62 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	36.8% Below average	Read 70.3 Write 56.8 Mixed 27.3 SusWrite 58.1 39% 53.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.4 68% 0.4 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 36.8% Great: 54%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471B5273DH0-CH9 M471B5773DH0-CH9 6GB 2,099 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 2048 MB Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	36.5% Below average	MC Read 12.6 MC Write 12.9 MC Mixed 12 36% 12.5 GB/s	SC Read 9.2 SC Write 10.9 SC Mixed 9 28% 9.7 GB/s	Latency 80.2 50% 80.2 ns
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 36.5% Great: 48%

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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	137x

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	142x
HD Graphics (Arrandale 0.667/0.766 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 99,513 samples	113x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	39x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	29x
A400 120GBKingston $30Bench 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	61x

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Value: 57% - Above average

Total price: $228

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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