HP Pavilion 17 Notebook PC

Performance Results


Gaming 5% Tree trunk	Desktop 47% Yacht	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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 48.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	3.96% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	53.9% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	HP Pavilion 17 Notebook PC (all builds)
Motherboard	Hewlett-Packard 1984
Memory	4.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140603
Uptime	4.9 Days
Run Date	Sep 21 '21 at 16:41
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing as expected (47^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD A8-5550M APU-$80 3,681 User benchmarks, average bench 42% Socket FT1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.1 GHz, turbo 2.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	48.9% Average	Memory 73.5 1-Core 40.8 2-Core 93 44% 69.1 Pts	4-Core 142 8-Core 149 19% 146 Pts	64-Core 150 9% 150 Pts
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 48.9% Great: 51%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 8550G 2,990 User benchmarks, average bench 3% HP(103C 1984) 768MB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.200.1065.0 Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	3.96% Terrible	Lighting 4.5 Reflection 7.6 Parallax 4.4 4% 5.5 fps	MRender 5.2 Gravity 3.9 Splatting 6.9 4% 5.33 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 3.96% Great: 5%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WDBNCE5000PNC 500GB 17,781 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 250GB free (System drive) Firmware: 415000RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 180 183 198 193 202 202 MB/s Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	53.9% Above average	Read 220 Write 193 Mixed 151 SusWrite 193 42% 189 MB/s	4K Read 22.5 4K Write 54.9 4K Mixed 18.8 87% 32.1 MB/s	DQ Read 173 DQ Write 154 DQ Mixed 147 115% 158 MB/s
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 53.9% Great: 115%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CT51264BF160BJ.C8F Micron 8KTF51264HZ-1G6E1 8GB 53 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (25^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	30.8% Below average	MC Read 15.5 MC Write 6 MC Mixed 10.1 30% 10.5 GB/s	SC Read 7.7 SC Write 6.4 SC Mixed 10 23% 8.03 GB/s	Latency 93.6 43% 93.6 ns
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 30.8% Great: 54%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	8	6	60	0"	1280 720

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Gaming 4%

Tree trunk

Desktop 42%

Speed boat

Workstation 4%

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System: HP Pavilion 17 Notebook PC

CPU
Core i5-4210UIntelBench 41%, 82,966 samples	155x
Core i7-4510UIntelBench 47%, 63,054 samples	123x
Core i5-5200UIntelBench 42%, 107,407 samples	101x

GPU
HD 4400 (Mobile 1.0/1.1 GHz)IntelBench 2%, 275,372 samples	275x
HD 4000 (Mobile 1.25 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 409,110 samples	159x
HD 5500 (Mobile 0.95 GHz)IntelBench 4%, 231,498 samples	145x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	37x
MX500 500GBCrucial $46Bench 106%, 237,241 samples	29x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	24x

RAM
M471B1G73DB0-YK0 1x8GBSamsungBench 28%, 44,908 samples	46x
M471B5173DB0-YK0 1x4GBSamsungBench 24%, 51,191 samples	44x
M471B1G73QH0-YK0 1x8GBSamsungBench 28%, 40,451 samples	34x

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Value: 21% - Poor

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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 $46

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