HP Pavilion dv7 Notebook PC

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 12%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 68%
Battle cruiser
Workstation
Workstation 10%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics8.32% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive41.4% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory8GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
SystemHP Pavilion dv7 Notebook PC  (all builds)
MotherboardHewlett-Packard 181F
Memory6.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors,
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20160907
Uptime0 Days
Run DateNov 30 '17 at 00:56
Run Duration90 Seconds
Run User CAN-User
Background CPU1%

 PC Performing above expectations (75th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-3610QM-$300
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 2.3 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
73.8% Very good
Memory 85.9
1-Core 77.4
2-Core 177
66% 113 Pts
4-Core 344
8-Core 425
50% 385 Pts
64-Core 436
27% 436 Pts
Poor: 42%
This bench: 73.8%
Great: 71%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 650M
HP(103C 181D) 2GB
Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 23.21.13.8831
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
8.32% Terrible
Lighting 9.37
Reflection 8.62
Parallax 10.9
8% 9.63 fps
MRender 12
Gravity 11
Splatting 12.2
10% 11.7 fps
Poor: 5%
This bench: 8.32%
Great: 7%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Kingston A400 240GB-$28
169GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SBFK71E0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (14th percentile)
41.4% Average
Read 495
Write 89.6
Mixed 322
66% 302 MB/s
4K Read 19.9
4K Write 13.3
4K Mixed 3.25
41% 12.2 MB/s
DQ Read 21.2
DQ Write 193
DQ Mixed 5.42
34% 73.4 MB/s
Poor: 33%
This bench: 41.4%
Great: 100%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Micron 16KTF51264HZ-1G6M1 2x4GB
2 of 2 slots used
8GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing way above expectations (91st percentile)
56.6% Above average
MC Read 21.5
MC Write 19.5
MC Mixed 17.8
56% 19.6 GB/s
SC Read 17.7
SC Write 16
SC Mixed 18.1
49% 17.3 GB/s
Latency 71.3
56% 71.3 ns
Poor: 27%
This bench: 56.6%
Great: 58%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Pavilion dv7 Notebook PC Builds (Compare 1,340 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 2%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 51%
Yacht
Workstation
Workstation 2%
Tree trunk

System: HP Pavilion dv7 Notebook PC

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 57% - Above average Total price: $228
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