HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook PC

Performance Results


Gaming 3% Tree trunk	Desktop 46% Yacht	Workstation 3% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (38th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 62 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 46.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	0.29% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	39.5% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait 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.

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	5.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20100517
Uptime	21 Days
Run Date	Nov 06 '19 at 06:29
Run Duration	114 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing below expectations (38^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 2.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	46.5% Average	Memory 63.2 1-Core 75.6 2-Core 130 53% 89.6 Pts	4-Core 174 8-Core 174 23% 174 Pts	64-Core 173 11% 173 Pts
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 46.5% 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 as expected (50^th percentile)	0.29% Terrible	Lighting 0.03 Reflection 0.88 Parallax 0.66 0% 0.52 fps	MRender 1.05 Gravity 0.5 Splatting 1.3 1% 0.95 fps
Poor: 0% ↑ This bench: 0.29% Great: 1%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM830 128GB 13,767 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 89GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXM05H1Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 190 159 151 159 156 149 MB/s Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	39.5% Below average	Read 216 Write 199 Mixed 181 SusWrite 161 43% 189 MB/s	4K Read 12.7 4K Write 23.3 4K Mixed 14.7 50% 16.9 MB/s	DQ Read 164 DQ Write 77.6 DQ Mixed 111 85% 117 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 39.5% Great: 73%

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 (8^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	24.1% Poor	MC Read 7.6 MC Write 6.9 MC Mixed 10.2 24% 8.23 GB/s	SC Read 6.7 SC Write 5.8 SC Mixed 6.3 18% 6.27 GB/s	Latency 119 34% 119 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 24.1% 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	184x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	92x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	43x
MX500 500GBCrucial $45Bench 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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $64	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16