HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook PC

Performance Results


Gaming 4% Tree trunk	Desktop 46% Yacht	Workstation 4% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (39th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 61 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 46.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	0.64% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	48.5% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook PC (all builds)
Motherboard	Hewlett-Packard 3658
Memory	5.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20100517
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 11 '19 at 21:22
Run Duration	130 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing below expectations (39^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 M 540 8,329 User benchmarks, average bench 41% CPU, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.55 GHz, turbo 2.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	46.8% Average	Memory 64.4 1-Core 73.8 2-Core 128 53% 88.8 Pts	4-Core 170 8-Core 173 23% 172 Pts	64-Core 169 10% 169 Pts
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 46.8% Great: 48%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD Graphics (Arrandale 0.667/0.766 GHz) 99,513 User benchmarks, average bench 1% HP(103C 3658) 3.8GB Driver: igdumd64.dll Ver. 8.15.10.2900 Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	0.64% Terrible	Lighting 0.67 Reflection 0.92 Parallax 0.66 0% 0.75 fps	MRender 1.1 Gravity 0.5 Splatting 1.3 1% 0.97 fps
Poor: 0% ↑ This bench: 0.64% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM830 128GB 13,767 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 92GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXM05H1Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 201 201 200 202 201 202 MB/s Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	48.5% Average	Read 216 Write 201 Mixed 191 SusWrite 201 46% 202 MB/s	4K Read 16.3 4K Write 42.3 4K Mixed 18.8 71% 25.8 MB/s	DQ Read 176 DQ Write 80.5 DQ Mixed 115 89% 124 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 48.5% Great: 73%
WD My Passport 25E1 2TB 20,154 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 1.5TB free, PID 25e1 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 23 22 22 22 22 22 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	17.2% Very poor	Read 27.1 Write 19.8 Mixed 20.7 SusWrite 22.3 30% 22.5 MB/s	4K Read 1.7 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 129% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 17.2% Great: 61%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Elpida EBJ41UF8BDU5-GN-F 2x4GB 176 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 2 of 2 slots used 8GB SODIMM DDR3 1067 MHz Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	25% Poor	MC Read 7.9 MC Write 7 MC Mixed 10.8 24% 8.57 GB/s	SC Read 6.9 SC Write 5.4 SC Mixed 7.2 19% 6.5 GB/s	Latency 115 35% 115 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 25% Great: 58%

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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%

Tree trunk

Desktop 51%

Yacht

Workstation 2%

Tree trunk

System: HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook PC

CPU
Core i7-2670QMIntel $200Bench 56%, 51,169 samples	337x
Core i7-2630QMIntel $199Bench 55%, 39,605 samples	256x
Core i7-3610QMIntel $300Bench 62%, 38,575 samples	181x

GPU
HD 3000 (Mobile V1 1.1/1.2 GHz)IntelBench 2%, 209,058 samples	840x
HD Graphics (Arrandale 0.667/0.766 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 99,513 samples	384x
HD 4000 (Mobile 1.25 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 409,110 samples	183x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	91x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	43x
MX500 500GBCrucial $55Bench 106%, 237,241 samples	40x

RAM
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples	111x
M471B5273DH0-CH9 2x4GBSamsungBench 43%, 15,815 samples	82x
M471B5673EH1-CH9 2x2GBSamsungBench 27%, 1,322 samples	70x

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Value: 57% - Above average

Total price: $228

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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