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 as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 71.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
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	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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 6 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	HP ENVY dv7 Notebook PC (all builds)
Motherboard	Hewlett-Packard 181F
Memory	5.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20131003
Uptime	10.5 Days
Run Date	Dec 26 '16 at 06:16
Run Duration	222 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing as expected (58^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, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	71.1% Very good	Memory 82.4 1-Core 93.2 2-Core 174 68% 116 Pts	4-Core 328 8-Core 445 49% 386 Pts	64-Core 447 28% 447 Pts
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 71.1% Great: 69%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4000 (Mobile 1.25 GHz) FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? HP(103C 181D) 2GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 10.18.10.4276 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 2% Great: 4%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Hitachi HTS5410 1TB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 455GB free (System drive) Firmware: 4A0D Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	46.5% Average	Read 97 Write 65 Mixed 75.3 60% 79.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.33 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.14 58% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 46.5% Great: 46%
HGST Travelstar 5K1000 2.5" 1TB 129,581 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 416GB free Firmware: JA0OA4D0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 85 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 172 100 73014444033 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 4722 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 33 33 29438 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 820 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 7 (BE) vendor-specific 69 58 421789727 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 262148 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 19787 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	31.1% Below average	Read 58.3 Write 49.8 Mixed 57.9 42% 55.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.35 4K Write 1.25 4K Mixed 0.17 57% 0.59 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 31.1% Great: 57%
DOLPHIN 16GB 16GB 25 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 11GB free, PID 1000 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	9.18% Terrible	Read 38.6 Write 9.33 Mixed 12.8 20% 20.2 MB/s	4K Read 6.51 4K Write 0.006 4K Mixed 0.007 25% 2.18 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 9.18% Great: 9%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Elpida EBJ81UG8BBU0-GN-F 1x8GB 587 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 1 of 2 slots used 8GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (28^th percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	28.4% Poor	MC Read 9.6 MC Write 8.7 MC Mixed 8 25% 8.77 GB/s	SC Read 9.9 SC Write 11 SC Mixed 8.8 28% 9.9 GB/s	Latency 76.2 52% 76.2 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 28.4% Great: 33%

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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	268x
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	278x
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

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