HP Pavilion dv8 Notebook PC

Performance Results


Gaming 6% Tree trunk	Desktop 56% Gunboat	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is 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	42.4% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	HP Pavilion dv8 Notebook PC (all builds)
Motherboard	Hewlett-Packard 7001
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20100531
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 30 '17 at 01:15
Run Duration	264 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing as expected (48^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 1.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	60% Above average	Memory 89.2 1-Core 68.1 2-Core 117 58% 91.3 Pts	4-Core 175 8-Core 213 25% 194 Pts	64-Core 214 13% 214 Pts
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 60% 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 4.31 Parallax 1.12 2% 2.73 fps	MRender 5.33 Gravity 2 Splatting 3.17 3% 3.5 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 2.44% Great: 2%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY SSD2SC480G1CS1754D117-53 480GB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 274GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS11 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 864 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1237 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 88 (B1) Unknown 0 0 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 35 100 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 1413 (C4) Reallocation count 98 98 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 93 (E7) Temperature 100 100 35 (E9) Unknown 0 0 0 (EA) Unknown 0 0 25 (F1) Unknown 0 0 6239 (F2) Unknown 0 0 9312	42.4% Average	Read 258 Write 245 Mixed 254 56% 252 MB/s	4K Read 11.7 4K Write 12.9 4K Mixed 19.9 50% 14.9 MB/s	DQ Read 11.8 DQ Write 21.5 DQ Mixed 7.84 8% 13.7 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 42.4% Great: 87%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 500GB-$49 47,332 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 172GB free Firmware: 0003 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 210154833 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 83 83 17589 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 76 60 42616189 (09) Power-on hours count 79 79 18780 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 37 5705 (B7) Unknown 100 253 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 4295032833 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 51 471269404 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 2 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 22 22 156793 (C2) HDA temperature 28 49 42949672988 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 49 45 210154833 (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	45.7% Average	Read 79.4 Write 79.9 Mixed 80.7 60% 80 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 0.96 4K Mixed 0.36 83% 0.64 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 45.7% Great: 58%
Geek Squad 8GB 25 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 7GB free, PID 0030 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	5.67% Terrible	Read 22.9 Write 6.34 Mixed 9.92 14% 13.1 MB/s	4K Read 3.85 4K Write 0.02 4K Mixed 0.01 15% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 5.67% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 64D0JKHNK 2x8GB 287 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR3 1333 MHz Performing below potential (13^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	39.1% Below average	MC Read 15.3 MC Write 11.3 MC Mixed 12.8 38% 13.1 GB/s	SC Read 11.5 SC Write 9.9 SC Mixed 11 31% 10.8 GB/s	Latency 68.3 59% 68.3 ns
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 39.1% Great: 58%

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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 $122Bench 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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16