HP Pavilion dv7 Notebook PC

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 3% Tree trunk	Desktop 50% Yacht	Workstation 2% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 56.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	2.53% 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	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
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, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	HP Pavilion dv7 Notebook PC (all builds)
Motherboard	Hewlett-Packard 363C
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20091203
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 30 '19 at 11:40
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (60^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 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	56.9% Above average	Memory 86.3 1-Core 59.7 2-Core 98.5 53% 81.5 Pts	4-Core 155 8-Core 201 23% 178 Pts	64-Core 202 12% 202 Pts
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 56.9% Great: 60%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 230M 2,911 User benchmarks, average bench 2% HP(103C 363C) 1GB Ram: 1GB, Driver: 342.1 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	2.53% Terrible	Lighting 2.87 Reflection 4.5 Parallax 1.16 2% 2.84 fps	MRender 5.67 Gravity 2.03 Splatting 3.26 3% 3.65 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 2.53% Great: 2%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate FireCuda 2.5" 2TB-$79 71,106 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 2TB free (System drive) Firmware: SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 115 109 116 116 109 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	58.1% Above average	Read 89.8 Write 98.7 Mixed 56.2 SusWrite 112 65% 89.3 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.2 99% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 58.1% Great: 68%
SanDisk Cruzer Glide 3.0 16GB 2,979 User benchmarks, average bench 19% 10GB free, PID 5597 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 9.2 11 11 10 10 11 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	9.86% Terrible	Read 28.4 Write 11 Mixed 4.7 SusWrite 10.3 15% 13.6 MB/s	4K Read 3.1 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 1.5 93% 1.83 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 9.86% Great: 28%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471B1G73AH0-CH9 2x8GB 122 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR3 1333 MHz Performing below potential (28^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	39.9% Below average	MC Read 16.1 MC Write 11.9 MC Mixed 13 39% 13.7 GB/s	SC Read 10 SC Write 10 SC Mixed 11.1 30% 10.4 GB/s	Latency 71.1 56% 71.1 ns
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 39.9% Great: 50%

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

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Gaming 2%

Tree trunk

Desktop 51%

Yacht

Workstation 2%

Tree trunk

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 $174	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