HP Pavilion Gaming Laptop 15-cx0xxx

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 3%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 32%
Sail boat
Workstation
Workstation 3%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing below expectations (22nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 78 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 37%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics1.73% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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.
Very high background CPU (100%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
Run History
2 years ago, 2 years ago.
SystemHP Pavilion Gaming Laptop 15-cx0xxx  (all builds)
MotherboardHP 8478
Memory9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180813
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJun 12 '21 at 14:34
Run Duration134 Seconds
Run User IND-User
Background CPU 100%

 PC Performing below expectations (22nd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-8300H
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 2.3 GHz, turbo 1.25 GHz (avg)
Performing way below expectations (5th percentile)
37% Below average
Memory 56.2
1-Core 26.6
2-Core 53.4
31% 45.4 Pts
4-Core 97.9
8-Core 174
16% 136 Pts
64-Core 195
12% 195 Pts
Poor: 38%
This bench: 37%
Great: 80%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 630
HP(103C 8478) 1GB
Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 26.20.100.6911
Relative performance (0th percentile)
1.73% Terrible
Lighting 1.8
Reflection 12.8
Parallax 2.5
2% 5.7 fps
MRender 3.7
Gravity 1.8
Splatting 2.8
2% 2.77 fps
Poor: 4%
This bench: 1.73%
Great: 6%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
WDC WDS240G2G0B-00EPW0 240GB
12GB free (System drive)
Firmware: UJ500000
Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete
Read 407
Write 314
Mixed 308
76% 343 MB/s
4K Read 15.1
4K Write 25.5
4K Mixed 15.7
56% 18.8 MB/s
DQ Read 103
DQ Write 88.4
DQ Mixed 31.8
41% 74.5 MB/s
Poor: 32% Great: 55%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB
406GB free
Firmware: JB0OA3T0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 92 92 93 93 93 MB/s
Performing as expected (56th percentile)
63.2% Good
Read 129
Write 105
Mixed 29.2
SusWrite 91.5
64% 88.6 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.6
123% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 35%
This bench: 63.2%
Great: 75%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Hynix HMA81GS6CJR8N-VK 04CB DDR4 2666 2OZ 16GB
2667, 2667 MHz
8192, 8192 MB
Performing way below expectations (4th percentile)
53.5% Above average
MC Read 18.7
MC Write 23.4
MC Mixed 21.7
61% 21.3 GB/s
SC Read 5.4
SC Write 8.8
SC Mixed 7.6
21% 7.27 GB/s
Latency 139
29% 139 ns
Poor: 62%
This bench: 53.5%
Great: 85%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Pavilion Gaming Laptop 15-cx0xxx Builds (Compare 4,099 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 10%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 66%
Battle cruiser
Workstation
Workstation 10%
Tree trunk

System: HP Pavilion Gaming Laptop 15-cx0xxx

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