HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook PC

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 1% Tree trunk	Desktop 52% Yacht	Workstation 1% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 59.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	2.55% 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	4GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and although it's sufficient for most games, some will benefit from up to 8GB of RAM. 4GB is also enough for modest file and system caches which allow for a responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 10 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

System	HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook PC (all builds)
Motherboard	Hewlett-Packard 363E
Memory	1 GB free of 4 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20101005
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Oct 22 '20 at 09:45
Run Duration	118 Seconds
Run User	PSE-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing above expectations (77^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 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	59.3% Above average	Memory 91 1-Core 62.4 2-Core 92.6 55% 82 Pts	4-Core 156 8-Core 198 23% 177 Pts	64-Core 200 12% 200 Pts
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 59.3% Great: 60%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 230M 2,911 User benchmarks, average bench 2% HP(103C 363E) 1GB Ram: 1GB, Driver: 342.01 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	2.55% Terrible	Lighting 2.9 Reflection 4.46 Parallax 1.16 2% 2.84 fps	MRender 5.57 Gravity 2.03 Splatting 3.3 3% 3.64 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 2.55% Great: 2%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 500GB-$49 47,332 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 393GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0006 SusWrite @10s intervals: 40 75 55 76 80 79 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	34.4% Below average	Read 52.5 Write 59 Mixed 45 SusWrite 67.4 41% 56 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.5 91% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 34.4% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471B5673EH1-CH9 2x2GB 1,322 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 2 of 2 slots used 4GB SODIMM DDR3 1333 MHz Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	39.3% Below average	MC Read 15.8 MC Write 11.5 MC Mixed 13.1 38% 13.5 GB/s	SC Read 9.2 SC Write 8.6 SC Mixed 10 26% 9.27 GB/s	Latency 65.8 61% 65.8 ns
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 39.3% Great: 41%

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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%

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	183x

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	385x
HD 4000 (Mobile 1.25 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 409,110 samples	186x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	92x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	43x
MX500 500GBCrucial $50Bench 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 i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16