HP Pavilion dv7 Notebook PC

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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 49.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	2.08% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Memory	6GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 6GB 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.

High background CPU (24%). 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.

System	HP Pavilion dv7 Notebook PC (all builds)
Motherboard	Hewlett-Packard 363C
Memory	1.5 GB free of 6 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20101005
Uptime	1.8 Days
Run Date	Jan 23 '21 at 20:02
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	24%

PC Performing as expected (45^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, turbo 1.5 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	49.1% Average	Memory 77.4 1-Core 43.5 2-Core 89.6 46% 70.2 Pts	4-Core 117 8-Core 160 18% 139 Pts	64-Core 169 10% 169 Pts
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 49.1% Great: 60%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 230M 2,911 User benchmarks, average bench 2% HP(103C 363C) 1GB Ram: 1GB, Driver: 342.01 Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	2.08% Terrible	Lighting 2.5 Reflection 2 Parallax 0.7 2% 1.73 fps	MRender 4 Gravity 1.8 Splatting 2.3 2% 2.7 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 2.08% Great: 2%

Drives	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 240GB-$89 105,079 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 121GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C3G37R5 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	Read 228 Write 149 Mixed 125 37% 168 MB/s	4K Read 12.6 4K Write 19.3 4K Mixed 16.1 50% 16 MB/s	DQ Read 177 DQ Write 172 DQ Mixed 124 107% 157 MB/s
Poor: 49% Great: 88%
HGST Travelstar 7K750 2.5" 500GB-$59 9,994 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 333GB free Firmware: JF3OA0E0 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete	Read 80 Write 31.5 Mixed 40 38% 50.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.6 112% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 20% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471B5673EH1-CF8 Hynix HMT351S6AFR8C-G7 6GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 1067, 1067 MHz 2048, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	28.2% Poor	MC Read 10.4 MC Write 8.9 MC Mixed 8.5 26% 9.27 GB/s	SC Read 7.7 SC Write 7.7 SC Mixed 8.9 23% 8.1 GB/s	Latency 85.5 47% 85.5 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 28.2% Great: 32%

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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 i5-13600K $273	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 i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	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