HP Pavilion dv7 Notebook PC

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 4% Tree trunk	Desktop 61% Destroyer	Workstation 4% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 71.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	4.14% 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	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	HP Pavilion dv7 Notebook PC (all builds)
Motherboard	Hewlett-Packard 181F
Memory	6.4 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140804
Uptime	7 Days
Run Date	Aug 25 '20 at 17:43
Run Duration	122 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3820QM-$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 (84^th percentile)	71.5% Very good	Memory 83.7 1-Core 97.6 2-Core 166 69% 116 Pts	4-Core 321 8-Core 490 50% 405 Pts	64-Core 482 30% 482 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 71.5% 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 181D) 2GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 10.18.10.4358 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	4.14% Terrible	Lighting 4.5 Reflection 4.81 Parallax 3.38 4% 4.23 fps	MRender 5.76 Gravity 2.53 Splatting 9.09 5% 5.79 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 4.14% Great: 4%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
HGST Travelstar 7K750 2.5" 750GB-$77 8,773 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 499GB free (System drive) Firmware: JF4OA0E0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 89 76 85 80 82 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	54.1% Above average	Read 105 Write 106 Mixed 54.5 SusWrite 83.3 64% 87.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.7 125% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 54.1% Great: 68%
OEM Ext Hard Disk 999GB 243 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 180GB free, PID 0070 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 25 26 26 25 25 24 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	13.9% Very poor	Read 27.6 Write 16.4 Mixed 21.5 SusWrite 25.3 30% 22.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.7 72% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 13.9% Great: 33%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 16KTF51264HZ-1G6M1 Samsung M471B1G73BH0-CK0 12GB 18 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 8192 MB Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	41.9% Average	MC Read 15.5 MC Write 13.5 MC Mixed 12.6 40% 13.9 GB/s	SC Read 12.6 SC Write 15.1 SC Mixed 14 40% 13.9 GB/s	Latency 74 54% 74 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 41.9% Great: 50%

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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 dv7 Notebook PC

CPU
Core i7-2670QMIntel $200Bench 56%, 51,169 samples	232x
Core i7-2630QMIntel $199Bench 55%, 39,605 samples	184x
Core i7-3610QMIntel $300Bench 62%, 38,575 samples	138x

GPU
HD 3000 (Mobile V1 1.1/1.2 GHz)IntelBench 2%, 209,058 samples	485x
HD 4000 (Mobile 1.25 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 409,110 samples	143x
HD Graphics (Arrandale 0.667/0.766 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 99,513 samples	114x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	39x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	29x
A400 120GBKingston $28Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	20x

RAM
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples	108x
M471B5273DH0-CH9 2x4GBSamsungBench 43%, 15,815 samples	86x
HMT351S6CFR8C-PB 2x4GBHynixBench 50%, 25,458 samples	62x

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Value: 57% - Above average

Total price: $228

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16