HP Pavilion dv7 Notebook PC

Performance Results


Gaming 4% Tree trunk	Desktop 45% Speed boat	Workstation 3% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 45.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	0.38% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	51.7% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

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System	HP Pavilion dv7 Notebook PC (all builds)
Motherboard	Hewlett-Packard 144B
Memory	4.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20111107
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 07 '21 at 22:21
Run Duration	136 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing as expected (54^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5 M 460-$130 18,336 User benchmarks, average bench 40% CPU, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.55 GHz, turbo 2.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	45.6% Average	Memory 63.6 1-Core 68.6 2-Core 121 50% 84.4 Pts	4-Core 162 8-Core 161 22% 162 Pts	64-Core 161 10% 161 Pts
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 45.6% Great: 47%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD Graphics (Arrandale 0.667/0.766 GHz) FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? HP(103C 144B) 3.8GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 8.15.10.2900 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	0.38% Terrible	Lighting 0.4 Reflection 1.3 Parallax 0.5 0% 0.73 fps	MRender 1.1 Gravity 0.3 Splatting 0.5 0% 0.63 fps
Poor: 0% ↑ This bench: 0.38% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 QVO 1TB-$98 201,200 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 198GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVQ02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 209 208 210 208 209 210 MB/s Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	51.7% Above average	Read 216 Write 206 Mixed 201 SusWrite 209 47% 208 MB/s	4K Read 16.6 4K Write 34.4 4K Mixed 22.9 73% 24.6 MB/s	DQ Read 178 DQ Write 158 DQ Mixed 168 126% 168 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 51.7% Great: 121%
SanDisk Ultra USB 3.0 123GB 2,481 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 12GB free, PID 5591 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 18 17 15 15 15 15 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	12.9% Very poor	Read 27.3 Write 16.7 Mixed 17.4 SusWrite 15.8 25% 19.3 MB/s	4K Read 3.8 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 2.3 143% 2.53 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 12.9% Great: 39%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
PKI/Kingston 9905428-005.A02LF 2x4GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 2 of 2 slots used 8GB SODIMM DDR3 1067 MHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	23.8% Poor	MC Read 7.8 MC Write 6.8 MC Mixed 9.9 23% 8.17 GB/s	SC Read 6.5 SC Write 5.3 SC Mixed 6.3 17% 6.03 GB/s	Latency 117 34% 117 ns
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 23.8% Great: 24%

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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 i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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