HP Pavilion dv7 Notebook PC

Performance Results


Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 58% Gunboat	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 58.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	2.01% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	72.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	16GB 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 Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 10 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

System	HP Pavilion dv7 Notebook PC (all builds)
Motherboard	Hewlett-Packard 1802
Memory	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20111026
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Dec 27 '15 at 08:07
Run Duration	200 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (49^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-2430M-$53 41,461 User benchmarks, average bench 50% CPU1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.4 GHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	58.4% Above average	Memory 84.8 1-Core 77.8 2-Core 143 62% 102 Pts	4-Core 188 8-Core 186 25% 187 Pts	64-Core 188 12% 188 Pts
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 58.4% Great: 59%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 3000 (Mobile V1 1.1/1.2 GHz) 209,058 User benchmarks, average bench 2% HP(103C 165B) 3.2GB Driver: igdumd64.dll Ver. 8.15.10.2372 Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	2.01% Terrible	Lighting 2.2 Reflection 3.73 Parallax 1.5 2% 2.48 fps	MRender 3.05 Gravity 1.23 Splatting 4.17 2% 2.82 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 2.01% Great: 2%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 69GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 24 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 116 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 59 49 41 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 21 (F1) Unknown 99 99 187286707	72.5% Very good	Read 513 Write 413 Mixed 413 99% 447 MB/s	4K Read 29.1 4K Write 39.9 4K Mixed 15.7 85% 28.2 MB/s	DQ Read 31.1 DQ Write 41 DQ Mixed 16.3 18% 29.5 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 72.5% Great: 115%
WD Black 2.5" 500GB (2011)-$50 12,013 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 155GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 176 171 2158 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1357 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 6278 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 454 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 66 47 655884322 (BF) G-sense error rate 1 1 449 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 196 196 12926 (C2) HDA temperature 113 94 34 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	46.9% Average	Read 83.2 Write 79.9 Mixed 78.5 61% 80.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 2.05 4K Mixed 0.24 92% 0.99 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 46.9% Great: 65%
WDC WD10 EADS-65L5B1 1TB 13 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 370GB free, PID 070c Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	15.4% Very poor	Read 29.7 Write 28.7 Mixed 28.2 37% 28.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.35 4K Write 1.55 4K Mixed 0.22 62% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 15.4% Great: 21%
WDC WD20 EADS-65R6B1 2TB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 133GB free, PID 070c Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	14.4% Very poor	Read 29.9 Write 29.4 Mixed 28.6 38% 29.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 1.13 4K Mixed 0.33 52% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 14.4% Great: 19%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance SODIM DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 4,121 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (28^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	50.6% Above average	MC Read 18 MC Write 18.5 MC Mixed 16.4 50% 17.6 GB/s	SC Read 12 SC Write 14.8 SC Mixed 15.6 40% 14.1 GB/s	Latency 72.1 56% 72.1 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 50.6% Great: 60%

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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 $230Bench 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 $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	29x
A400 120GBKingston $26Bench 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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