HP ENVY dv7 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 (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 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 72.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	3.93% 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	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.

System	HP ENVY dv7 Notebook PC (all builds)
Motherboard	Hewlett-Packard 181F
Memory	5.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20140804
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Mar 02 '17 at 15:12
Run Duration	197 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	1%

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 i7-3630QM-$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)	72.1% Very good	Memory 84.1 1-Core 93.5 2-Core 183 70% 120 Pts	4-Core 328 8-Core 450 49% 389 Pts	64-Core 450 28% 450 Pts
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 72.1% 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. 10.18.10.4425 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	3.93% Terrible	Lighting 7.3 Reflection 7 Parallax 8.38 6% 7.56 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 3.93% Great: 4%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Lacie Rugged Mini USB3 4TB 765 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 1TB free Firmware: 153E Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	16% Very poor	Read 31.4 Write 22.9 Mixed 26.8 20% 27 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 4.08 4K Mixed 0.5 157% 1.74 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 16% Great: 69%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 1TB 266,123 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 595GB free Firmware: 2BA30001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 5 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 92 92 2544 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 160 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4277 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 110 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 3 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 6 (C2) HDA temperature 64 50 214749282338 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 369 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 66 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 89 89 113111	58.9% Above average	Read 103 Write 103 Mixed 96.1 76% 100 MB/s	4K Read 0.35 4K Write 1.79 4K Mixed 0.25 76% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 58.9% Great: 59%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 1TB 266,123 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 149GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2AR10002 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 2472 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 89 89 3456 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1417 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 14254 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 450 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1405 (B5) Unknown 100 100 5887780 (B7) Unknown 252 252 0 (B8) Unknown 252 252 0 (BA) Unknown 252 252 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 1050 (BC) Unknown 100 100 23 (BE) vendor-specific 53 36 274878300207 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 333 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 92 92 84555 (C2) HDA temperature 53 36 274878300207 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 2 (C8) Write error rate 1 1 74394	35.6% Below average	Read 59.8 Write 64.2 Mixed 62.8 47% 62.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.31 4K Write 1.17 4K Mixed 0.25 63% 0.58 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 35.6% Great: 59%
TOSHIBA MQ01ABD100 1TB 1,122 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 621GB free, PID 0237 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	31.1% Below average	Read 74 Write 72.7 Mixed 70.4 93% 72.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.32 4K Write 1.44 4K Mixed 0.18 56% 0.65 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 31.1% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT351S6CFR8C-H9 2x4GB 6,386 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 2 of 2 slots used 8GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	51% Above average	MC Read 18.6 MC Write 17.5 MC Mixed 16.1 50% 17.4 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 16 SC Mixed 17.1 46% 16.2 GB/s	Latency 73.4 54% 73.4 ns
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 51% Great: 51%

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Gaming 7%

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Desktop 57%

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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	264x
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	274x
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

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 $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