HP ENVY dv7 Notebook PC

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (8th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 92 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 a relatively low single core score, this CPU can handle email, light web browsing and basic audio/video playback, but it will struggle to handle CPU intensive tasks. Finally, with a gaming score of 35.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
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 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 (100%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	HP ENVY dv7 Notebook PC (all builds)
Motherboard	Hewlett-Packard 181D
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20120907
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 16 '19 at 23:37
Run Duration	171 Seconds
Run User	SRB-User
Background CPU	100%

PC Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3630QM-$420 65,927 User benchmarks, average bench 61% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.4 GHz Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	35.7% Below average	Memory 69.5 1-Core 3.3 2-Core 6.5 25% 26.4 Pts	4-Core 16.9 8-Core 7.3 2% 12.1 Pts	64-Core 19 1% 19 Pts
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 35.7% Great: 69%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Hitachi HTS541616J9SA00 160GB-$82 3,253 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 105GB free (System drive) Firmware: SB4I SusWrite @10s intervals: 10 7.1 9.9 7.8 8.7 26 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	5.29% Terrible	Read 6.6 Write 8.3 Mixed 6.8 SusWrite 11.6 6% 8.33 MB/s	4K Read 0.1 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.4 63% 0.43 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 5.29% Great: 25%
HGST Travelstar 5K1000 2.5" 1TB 129,581 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 929GB free Firmware: JA0O SusWrite @10s intervals: 21 11 15 10 12 57 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	32% Below average	Read 90.8 Write 78 Mixed 23.2 SusWrite 20.8 39% 53.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.1 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.2 39% 0.33 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 32% Great: 57%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Elpida EBJ81UG8BBU0-GN-F 2x8GB 682 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	40.9% Average	MC Read 18 MC Write 14.9 MC Mixed 14.6 45% 15.8 GB/s	SC Read 1.6 SC Write 5.8 SC Mixed 7 14% 4.8 GB/s	Latency 103 39% 103 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 40.9% Great: 56%

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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 7%

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Desktop 57%

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Workstation 7%

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System: HP ENVY dv7 Notebook PC

CPU
Core i7-3630QMIntel $420Bench 61%, 65,927 samples	264x
Core i5-3210MIntel $52Bench 48%, 79,744 samples	29x
Core i7-3610QMIntel $300Bench 62%, 38,575 samples	20x

GPU
HD 4000 (Mobile 1.25 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 409,110 samples	274x
GeForce GT 630MNvidiaBench 3%, 7,774 samples	24x
GeForce GT 650MNvidiaBench 6%, 12,732 samples	24x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	16x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	14x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	7x

RAM
EBJ81UG8BBU0-GN-F 2x8GBElpidaBench 51%, 682 samples	29x
HMT351S6CFR8C-PB 2x4GBHynixBench 50%, 25,458 samples	20x
AM1U16BC4P2-B19H 2x4GBAdataBench 46%, 2,021 samples	14x

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Value: 52% - Above average

Total price: $448

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