HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook PC

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 5% Tree trunk	Desktop 62% Destroyer	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 70.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	4.15% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook PC (all builds)
Motherboard	Hewlett-Packard 181E
Memory	3.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120619
Uptime	1.7 Days
Run Date	Mar 24 '20 at 14:01
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3820QM-$275 3,135 User benchmarks, average bench 66% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.7 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	70.7% Very good	Memory 87.5 1-Core 101 2-Core 159 70% 116 Pts	4-Core 292 8-Core 491 48% 391 Pts	64-Core 489 30% 489 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 70.7% Great: 75%

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 181B) 2GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 10.18.10.4358 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	4.15% Terrible	Lighting 4.5 Reflection 7.42 Parallax 3.09 4% 5.01 fps	MRender 6.52 Gravity 2.57 Splatting 8.65 5% 5.91 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 4.15% Great: 4%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Intel 320 Series 160GB-$149 13,029 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 43GB free (System drive) Firmware: 4PC10365 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 4,193 Write 35.2 Mixed 70.9 298% 1,433 MB/s	4K Read 487 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 4.9 745% 165 MB/s
Poor: 30% Great: 51%
Hitachi TOURO S 1TB 1,083 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 665GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 27 28 28 28 28 28 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	17.4% Very poor	Read 32.9 Write 24.6 Mixed 23.5 SusWrite 27.7 20% 27.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.2 46% 0.33 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 17.4% Great: 75%
WD 4000BEV External 400GB 175 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 192GB free, PID 0704 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 40 41 40 39 40 39 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	20% Very poor	Read 36.6 Write 38.7 Mixed 28.1 SusWrite 39.9 49% 35.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 90% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 20% Great: 20%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471B5273CH0-CK0 2x4GB 5,165 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 2 of 2 slots used 8GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	54.9% Above average	MC Read 21.6 MC Write 19.8 MC Mixed 17.3 56% 19.6 GB/s	SC Read 14 SC Write 12.8 SC Mixed 14.3 39% 13.7 GB/s	Latency 70 57% 70 ns
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 54.9% Great: 58%

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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 $54Bench 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 $295	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 $40	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