HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook PC

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 1%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 34%
Sail boat
Workstation
Workstation 1%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing way below expectations (12th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 88 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.
ProcessorWith a below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 40.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics1.34% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot DriveThe 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.
Memory8GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Very high background CPU (52%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemHP Pavilion dv6 Notebook PC  (all builds)
MotherboardHewlett-Packard 1448
Memory5.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20101021
Uptime0.3 Days
Run DateMay 10 '20 at 15:43
Run Duration122 Seconds
Run User IND-User
Background CPU 52%

 PC Performing way below expectations (12th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7 Q 720-$220
CPU, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 1.6 GHz, turbo 1.5 GHz (avg)
Performing way below expectations (15th percentile)
40.2% Average
Memory 68.6
1-Core 31.3
2-Core 39.7
34% 46.5 Pts
4-Core 67.6
8-Core 93.2
10% 80.4 Pts
64-Core 91.6
6% 91.6 Pts
Poor: 30%
This bench: 40.2%
Great: 60%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 6500M
HP(103C 1448) 1GB
Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008
Relative performance (0th percentile)
1.34% Terrible
Lighting 0.03
Reflection 5.92
Parallax 4.28
0% 3.41 fps
MRender 5.19
Gravity 3.63
Splatting 5.26
4% 4.69 fps
Poor: 2%
This bench: 1.34%
Great: 4%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Toshiba MQ01ABF032 320GB-$37
26GB free (System drive)
Firmware: AM001J
SusWrite @10s intervals: 47 49 55 44 49 55 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (6th percentile)
18.5% Very poor
Read 14.5
Write 27.8
Mixed 21.3
SusWrite 49.8
21% 28.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.3
4K Write 0.8
4K Mixed 0.4
72% 0.5 MB/s
Poor: 19%
This bench: 18.5%
Great: 57%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Samsung M471B5273CH0-CH9 Hynix HMT351S6CFR8C-PB 8GB
1333, 1333 MHz
4096, 4096 MB
Performing way below expectations (15th percentile)
34.4% Below average
MC Read 14.6
MC Write 10.9
MC Mixed 12.3
36% 12.6 GB/s
SC Read 5.6
SC Write 6.9
SC Mixed 7.4
19% 6.63 GB/s
Latency 105
38% 105 ns
Poor: 22%
This bench: 34.4%
Great: 51%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Typical Pavilion dv6 Notebook PC Builds (Compare 2,432 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 2%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 51%
Yacht
Workstation
Workstation 2%
Tree trunk

System: HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook PC

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 57% - Above average Total price: $228
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