HP Pavilion dv7 Notebook PC

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 4%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 34%
Sail boat
Workstation
Workstation 4%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing below expectations (35th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 65 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 relatively low single core score, this CPU can handle email, light web browsing and basic audio/video playback, but it will struggle to handle CPU intensive tasks. Finally, with a gaming score of 34.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics3.05% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive22% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
Memory16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
SystemHP Pavilion dv7 Notebook PC  (all builds)
MotherboardHewlett-Packard 180B
Memory12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20130125
Uptime0 Days
Run DateDec 15 '20 at 05:51
Run Duration134 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU8%

 PC Performing below expectations (35th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD A8-3520M APU-$60
Socket FS1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 1.6 GHz, turbo 2.3 GHz (avg)
Performing below expectations (33rd percentile)
34.7% Below average
Memory 46.2
1-Core 37.1
2-Core 74.1
32% 52.5 Pts
4-Core 137
8-Core 128
18% 132 Pts
64-Core 139
9% 139 Pts
Poor: 27%
This bench: 34.7%
Great: 44%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 6620G
HP(103C 3591) 512MB
Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.0
Performing as expected (60th percentile)
3.05% Terrible
Lighting 3.8
Reflection 3.9
Parallax 3.5
3% 3.73 fps
MRender 3.8
Gravity 3
Splatting 3.9
3% 3.57 fps
Poor: 2%
This bench: 3.05%
Great: 4%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 120GB-$42
14GB free (System drive)
Firmware: Z32080RL
SusWrite @10s intervals: 40 40 32 28 35 19 MB/s
Relative performance (0th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable
22% Poor
Read 187
Write 82.1
Mixed 66.5
SusWrite 32.4
20% 92.1 MB/s
4K Read 11.3
4K Write 12
4K Mixed 1.5
25% 8.27 MB/s
DQ Read 159
DQ Write 93.6
DQ Mixed 15.5
41% 89.3 MB/s
Poor: 35%
This bench: 22%
Great: 78%
Seagate ST750LM022 HN-M750MBB 750GB
360GB free
Firmware: 2AR10002
SusWrite @10s intervals: 61 64 65 67 66 66 MB/s
Performing as expected (43rd percentile)
37.5% Below average
Read 65.3
Write 47.5
Mixed 43.9
SusWrite 65
41% 55.4 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.7
124% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 13%
This bench: 37.5%
Great: 57%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Micron 16KTF1G64HZ-1G6E1 2x8GB
2 of 2 slots used
16GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz
Performing below potential (6th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
32% Below average
MC Read 13.8
MC Write 12.3
MC Mixed 10.4
35% 12.2 GB/s
SC Read 5.3
SC Write 5.2
SC Mixed 7.5
17% 6 GB/s
Latency 175
23% 175 ns
Poor: 29%
This bench: 32%
Great: 58%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Pavilion dv7 Notebook PC Builds (Compare 1,340 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 dv7 Notebook PC

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