HP Pavilion dv7 Notebook PC

Performance Results


Gaming 3% Tree trunk	Desktop 44% Speed boat	Workstation 3% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (33rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 67 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 44.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	2.5% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	33.4% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (54%). 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 363C
Memory	2.4 GB free of 6 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20101005
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Nov 15 '19 at 18:04
Run Duration	131 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	54%

PC Performing below expectations (33^rd 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 below expectations (22^nd percentile)	44.9% Average	Memory 67.9 1-Core 59 2-Core 85.4 46% 70.8 Pts	4-Core 121 8-Core 196 19% 158 Pts	64-Core 195 12% 195 Pts
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 44.9% 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 as expected (58^th percentile)	2.5% Terrible	Lighting 2.83 Reflection 4.31 Parallax 1.12 2% 2.76 fps	MRender 5.52 Gravity 2.03 Splatting 3.22 3% 3.59 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 2.5% Great: 2%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WDBNCE0010PNC 1TB 2,712 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 748GB free (System drive) Firmware: X611 SusWrite @10s intervals: 167 170 167 168 166 166 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	33.4% Below average	Read 151 Write 149 Mixed 155 SusWrite 167 35% 156 MB/s	4K Read 7.7 4K Write 11.2 4K Mixed 9.2 29% 9.37 MB/s	DQ Read 179 DQ Write 181 DQ Mixed 168 130% 176 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 33.4% Great: 114%
WD Elements 1TB 51,914 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 444GB free, PID 1078 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 21 25 6.8 6.2 6.1 5.6 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	7.75% Terrible	Read 26.4 Write 18 Mixed 17.6 SusWrite 11.9 24% 18.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.4 29% 0.4 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 7.75% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471B5673EH1-CH9 M471B5273BH1-CF8 6GB 38 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 1067, 1067 MHz 2048, 4096 MB Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	28.1% Poor	MC Read 11.2 MC Write 9 MC Mixed 8.3 27% 9.5 GB/s	SC Read 8.2 SC Write 8 SC Mixed 8.3 23% 8.17 GB/s	Latency 106 38% 106 ns
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 28.1% Great: 34%

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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 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 $29Bench 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 $274	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 $184	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