HP Pavilion dv6 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 (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 46.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
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	4GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and although it's sufficient for most games, some will benefit from up to 8GB of RAM. 4GB is also enough for modest file and system caches which allow for a responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (34%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook PC (all builds)
Motherboard	Hewlett-Packard 3388
Memory	1.2 GB free of 4 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors, 1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20110720
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 21 '20 at 19:55
Run Duration	433 Seconds
Run User	ARE-User
Background CPU	34%

PC Performing as expected (50^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-2430M-$53 41,461 User benchmarks, average bench 50% CPU1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.4 GHz, turbo 2.2 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	46.9% Average	Memory 76.5 1-Core 56.5 2-Core 82.6 48% 71.9 Pts	4-Core 101 8-Core 117 14% 109 Pts	64-Core 113 7% 113 Pts
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 46.9% Great: 59%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 3000 (Mobile V1 1.1/1.2 GHz) FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? HP(103C 3388) 1.8GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 9.17.10.4459 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 1% Great: 2%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HGST Travelstar 7K750 2.5" 500GB-$59 9,994 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 916GB free (System drive) Firmware: JF3OA0E0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 66 66 62 47 42 52 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	32.3% Below average	Read 56.4 Write 56.1 Mixed 36.6 SusWrite 55.9 38% 51.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.4 84% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 32.3% Great: 59%
WD My Passport 2627 4TB 4,475 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 3.5TB free, PID 2627 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 110 111 109 109 108 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	66.2% Good	Read 120 Write 97.9 Mixed 64.1 SusWrite 108 128% 97.6 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 8.1 4K Mixed 0.7 304% 3.33 MB/s	DQ Read 0.4 DQ Write 10.8 DQ Mixed 0.6 389% 3.93 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 66.2% Great: 64%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 16JSF51264HZ-1G4D1 1x4GB 2,440 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 1 of 2 slots used 4GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	25.3% Poor	MC Read 8.5 MC Write 8.7 MC Mixed 8 24% 8.4 GB/s	SC Read 7.5 SC Write 7.2 SC Mixed 4.1 18% 6.27 GB/s	Latency 87.2 46% 87.2 ns
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 25.3% Great: 29%

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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%

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Desktop 51%

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Workstation 2%

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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 $46Bench 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 $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