HP Pavilion 17 Notebook PC

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 4%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 36%
Jet ski
Workstation
Workstation 4%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith a relatively low single core score, this CPU can handle email, light web browsing and basic audio/video playback, but it will struggle to handle CPU intensive tasks. Finally, with a gaming score of 37.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics1.78% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive57% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemHP Pavilion 17 Notebook PC  (all builds)
MotherboardHewlett-Packard 226B
Memory11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20160920
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJan 21 '18 at 23:23
Run Duration99 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 11%

 PC Performing as expected (44th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD A8-6410 APU R5 Graphics
P0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 2 GHz, turbo 1.85 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (80th percentile)
37.4% Below average
Memory 56.1
1-Core 34.4
2-Core 63.2
34% 51.2 Pts
4-Core 111
8-Core 109
15% 110 Pts
64-Core 109
7% 109 Pts
Poor: 18%
This bench: 37.4%
Great: 41%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD Radeon R5
HP(103C 226B) 1GB
Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1101.0
Performing as expected (53rd percentile)
1.78% Terrible
Lighting 1.9
Reflection 4.08
Parallax 2.91
2% 2.96 fps
MRender 2.67
Gravity 2.13
Splatting 3.22
2% 2.67 fps
Poor: 1%
This bench: 1.78%
Great: 2%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Plextor PX-512S2C 512GB
312GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.03 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (4th percentile)
57% Above average
Read 424
Write 393
Mixed 430
93% 416 MB/s
4K Read 13.2
4K Write 32.7
4K Mixed 8.77
49% 18.2 MB/s
DQ Read 13.6
DQ Write 68.5
DQ Mixed 8.41
16% 30.2 MB/s
Poor: 61%
This bench: 57%
Great: 108%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown 992134 (997134) 2x8GB
2 of 2 slots used
16GB SODIMM DDR3 1866 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz
Performing below potential (40th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
18.7% Very poor
MC Read 7.5
MC Write 4.6
MC Mixed 6.3
18% 6.13 GB/s
SC Read 5.3
SC Write 5
SC Mixed 7
16% 5.77 GB/s
Latency 140
29% 140 ns
Poor: 18%
This bench: 18.7%
Great: 56%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Pavilion 17 Notebook PC Builds (Compare 1,222 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 4%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 42%
Speed boat
Workstation
Workstation 4%
Tree trunk

System: HP Pavilion 17 Notebook PC

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 21% - Poor Total price: $28
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