HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook PC

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 2% Tree trunk	Desktop 41% Speed boat	Workstation 2% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 49.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	2.34% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

CPU throttled at 91% by Windows. Ensure maximum processor state is set to 100% via Settings > System > Power & sleep > Additional power settings > Change plan settings > Change advanced power settings > Processor power management > Maximum processor state.

System	HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook PC (all builds)
Motherboard	Hewlett-Packard 3659
Memory	14.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20100517
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 10 '20 at 18:45
Run Duration	130 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%
CPU Throttled	91%

PC Performing above expectations (68^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 Q 720-$220 13,149 User benchmarks, average bench 51% CPU, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 1.6 GHz, turbo 1.45 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	49.6% Average	Memory 74.1 1-Core 36.7 2-Core 72.3 41% 61 Pts	4-Core 141 8-Core 184 21% 162 Pts	64-Core 186 12% 186 Pts
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 49.6% Great: 60%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 230M 2,911 User benchmarks, average bench 2% HP(103C 3659) 1GB Ram: 1GB, Driver: 341.74 Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	2.34% Terrible	Lighting 2.6 Reflection 4.31 Parallax 1.12 2% 2.68 fps	MRender 5.19 Gravity 2.03 Splatting 3.17 3% 3.47 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 2.34% Great: 2%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba MK2546GSX 250GB-$38 1,044 User benchmarks, average bench 22% 204GB free (System drive) Firmware: LB013M SusWrite @10s intervals: 42 35 38 38 31 37 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	25.8% Poor	Read 52.9 Write 45.8 Mixed 31 SusWrite 36.7 31% 41.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.5 96% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 25.8% Great: 29%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown Hynix HMT125S6BFR8C-H9 16GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 1333, 1333 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	37.5% Below average	MC Read 15.7 MC Write 11.3 MC Mixed 13.2 38% 13.4 GB/s	SC Read 8.3 SC Write 8 SC Mixed 9.6 25% 8.63 GB/s	Latency 92.3 43% 92.3 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 37.5% Great: 38%

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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	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