HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook PC

Performance Results


Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 55% Gunboat	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (24th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 76 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.
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 52.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	5.75% 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 Drive	92.6% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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.

Very high background CPU (36%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

18 months ago, 18 months ago, 18 months ago, 17 months ago, 17 months ago, 17 months ago, 16 months ago, 16 months ago, 16 months ago, 11 months ago, 11 months ago, 7 months ago, 7 months ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook PC (all builds)
Motherboard	Hewlett-Packard 181E
Memory	8.3 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160907
Uptime	5.7 Days
Run Date	May 27 '23 at 21:06
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	36%

PC Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3610QM-$300 38,575 User benchmarks, average bench 62% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.3 GHz, turbo 2.6 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	52.3% Above average	Memory 70.7 1-Core 77.7 2-Core 146 58% 98.3 Pts	4-Core 184 8-Core 291 29% 238 Pts	64-Core 289 18% 289 Pts
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 52.3% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 650M 12,732 User benchmarks, average bench 6% HP(103C 181B) 2GB Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 25.21.14.2531 Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	5.75% Terrible	Lighting 6.7 Reflection 9.9 Parallax 8.6 6% 8.4 fps	MRender 8.8 Gravity 7.5 Splatting 7.1 6% 7.8 fps
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 5.75% Great: 7%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 870 EVO 1TB-$104 129,044 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 833GB free (System drive) Firmware: SVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 420 420 408 430 411 417 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	92.6% Outstanding	Read 463 Write 441 Mixed 394 SusWrite 418 97% 429 MB/s	4K Read 29.8 4K Write 44.8 4K Mixed 35.3 114% 36.6 MB/s	DQ Read 341 DQ Write 240 DQ Mixed 254 200% 278 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 92.6% Great: 137%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT351S6CFR8C-PB HMT41GS6MFR8C-PB 12GB 131 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 8192 MB Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	33.2% Below average	MC Read 12.6 MC Write 11 MC Mixed 10.4 32% 11.3 GB/s	SC Read 9.8 SC Write 10.1 SC Mixed 9.6 28% 9.83 GB/s	Latency 99.8 40% 99.8 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 33.2% Great: 55%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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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 dv6 Notebook PC

CPU
Core i7-2670QMIntel $200Bench 56%, 51,169 samples	337x
Core i7-2630QMIntel $199Bench 55%, 39,605 samples	256x
Core i7-3610QMIntel $300Bench 62%, 38,575 samples	183x

GPU
HD 3000 (Mobile V1 1.1/1.2 GHz)IntelBench 2%, 209,058 samples	840x
HD Graphics (Arrandale 0.667/0.766 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 99,513 samples	384x
HD 4000 (Mobile 1.25 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 409,110 samples	185x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	92x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	43x
MX500 500GBCrucial $53Bench 106%, 237,241 samples	40x

RAM
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples	111x
M471B5273DH0-CH9 2x4GBSamsungBench 43%, 15,815 samples	82x
M471B5673EH1-CH9 2x2GBSamsungBench 27%, 1,322 samples	70x

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Value: 57% - Above average

Total price: $228

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16