HP Pavilion dv8 Notebook PC

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 2% Tree trunk	Desktop 33% Sail boat	Workstation 1% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 39.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	1.56% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

CPU throttled at 58% by Windows. Ensure maximum processor state is set to 100% via Settings > System > Power & sleep > Additional power settings > Change plan settings > Change advanced power settings > Processor power management > Maximum processor state.

System	HP Pavilion dv8 Notebook PC (all builds)
Motherboard	Hewlett-Packard 7001
Memory	5.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20100531
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 20 '21 at 19:34
Run Duration	132 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	7%
CPU Throttled	58%

PC Performing as expected (42^nd 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, turbo 0.95 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	39.2% Below average	Memory 64.2 1-Core 23.4 2-Core 46.7 32% 44.8 Pts	4-Core 80.3 8-Core 114 12% 97.1 Pts	64-Core 115 7% 115 Pts
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 39.2% Great: 60%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 230M 2,911 User benchmarks, average bench 2% HP(103C 7001) 1GB Ram: 1GB, Driver: 342.01 Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	1.56% Terrible	Lighting 1.9 Reflection 1.7 Parallax 1 2% 1.53 fps	MRender 2.6 Gravity 1.5 Splatting 1.8 2% 1.97 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 1.56% Great: 2%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Hitachi HTS725050A9A364 500GB 7,947 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 427GB free (System drive) Firmware: PC4OC72E SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 58 60 79 83 85 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	49.6% Average	Read 98 Write 97.8 Mixed 52.3 SusWrite 74.9 59% 80.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.8 136% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 49.6% Great: 58%
Fujitsu MHW2120BH 120GB-$32 1,252 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 35GB free Firmware: 8918 SusWrite @10s intervals: 25 26 26 26 25 25 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	15.4% Very poor	Read 28 Write 25.9 Mixed 20.9 SusWrite 25.5 18% 25.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.5 89% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 15.4% Great: 33%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471B5273CH0-CH9 2x4GB 10,285 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 2 of 2 slots used 8GB SODIMM DDR3 1333 MHz Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	35.7% Below average	MC Read 15.2 MC Write 11.3 MC Mixed 13.8 38% 13.4 GB/s	SC Read 5.7 SC Write 5.2 SC Mixed 7.2 17% 6.03 GB/s	Latency 116 34% 116 ns
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 35.7% Great: 51%

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Desktop 48%

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Workstation 5%

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System: HP Pavilion dv8 Notebook PC

CPU
Core i7 Q 720Intel $220Bench 51%, 13,149 samples	50x
Core i5 M 520Intel $70Bench 40%, 23,644 samples	5x
Core i7 Q 820Intel $119Bench 52%, 2,269 samples	4x

GPU
GeForce GT 230MNvidiaBench 2%, 2,911 samples	65x

SSD
Burst Elite 240GBPatriotBench 68%, 2,182 samples	3x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	3x
850 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 110%, 154,399 samples	2x

RAM
M471B5273CH0-CH9 2x4GBSamsungBench 41%, 10,285 samples	4x
EBJ21UE8BDS0-DJ-F 2x2GBElpidaBench 28%, 1,570 samples	3x
M471B1G73QH0-YK0 1x8GBSamsungBench 28%, 40,451 samples	3x

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Value: 54% - Above average

Total price: $220

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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