HP Pavilion dv8 Notebook PC

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 3% Tree trunk	Desktop 55% Yacht	Workstation 2% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 60.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	2.44% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	HP Pavilion dv8 Notebook PC (all builds)
Motherboard	Hewlett-Packard 7001
Memory	5.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20100210
Uptime	6.1 Days
Run Date	Jun 08 '17 at 01:09
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing above expectations (64^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 820-$119 2,269 User benchmarks, average bench 52% CPU, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 1.75 GHz, turbo 1.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	60.3% Good	Memory 91.6 1-Core 74 2-Core 119 61% 94.9 Pts	4-Core 161 8-Core 224 24% 193 Pts	64-Core 221 14% 221 Pts
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 60.3% Great: 62%

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: 342.1 Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	2.44% Terrible	Lighting 2.77 Reflection 4.38 Parallax 1.12 2% 2.76 fps	MRender 5.33 Gravity 2.03 Splatting 3.13 3% 3.5 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 2.44% Great: 2%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Laptop SSHD 2.5" 1TB-$41 64,201 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 823GB free (System drive) Firmware: SM15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 99 240827312 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 343 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 77 60 52733693 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 8524 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 344 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 6 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 53 37 8157101097007 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 17 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 82 82 37087 (C2) HDA temperature 47 63 90194313263 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	55.3% Above average	Read 80.1 Write 111 Mixed 83.2 69% 91.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 5.38 4K Mixed 0.58 191% 2.2 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 55.3% Great: 65%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 500GB-$49 47,332 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 32GB free Firmware: 0006HPM1 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 156734610 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7260 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 73155167450 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 18320 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 37 3561 (B7) Unknown 100 253 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 1 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 61 47 723320871 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 120 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 28 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 44 44 112295 (C2) HDA temperature 39 53 81604378663 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 46 40 156734610 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	30.5% Below average	Read 50.6 Write 55.4 Mixed 48.2 39% 51.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.39 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.37 78% 0.62 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 30.5% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471B5273BH1-CF8 2x4GB 494 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 2 of 2 slots used 8GB SODIMM DDR3 1067 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	37.8% Below average	MC Read 14.3 MC Write 11.5 MC Mixed 11 35% 12.3 GB/s	SC Read 12.6 SC Write 11 SC Mixed 11 33% 11.5 GB/s	Latency 64.8 62% 64.8 ns
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 37.8% Great: 42%

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Gaming 5%

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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 $182	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) $30	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