HP Pavilion dv7 Notebook PC

Performance Results


Gaming 4% Tree trunk	Desktop 47% Yacht	Workstation 4% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 46.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	1.4% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	37.1% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	8GB 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 Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

8 years ago, 8 years ago, 8 years ago.

System	HP Pavilion dv7 Notebook PC (all builds)
Motherboard	Hewlett-Packard 163D
Memory	6.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20111107
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 19 '16 at 20:00
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	19%

PC Performing above expectations (65^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 M 460-$130 18,336 User benchmarks, average bench 40% CPU, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.55 GHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	46.9% Average	Memory 65.4 1-Core 67.3 2-Core 137 53% 90 Pts	4-Core 167 8-Core 165 22% 166 Pts	64-Core 166 10% 166 Pts
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 46.9% Great: 47%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 6370 336 User benchmarks, average bench 1% HP(103C 163D) 512MB Driver: atiu9p64.dll Ver. 8.771.1.0 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	1.4% Terrible	Lighting 1.63 Reflection 2.65 Parallax 2.03 1% 2.11 fps	MRender 2.29 Gravity 0.97 Splatting 2.26 2% 1.84 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 1.4% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 960GB-$226 35,454 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 810GB free (System drive) Firmware: X411 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 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 24 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 13 (A5) Unknown 100 100 1441808 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 50 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1 (A9) Unknown 100 100 1602 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 63 270584250404 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 17179869188 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 212 (EA) Unknown 100 100 345 (F1) Unknown 253 253 323 (F2) Unknown 253 253 410 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	37.1% Below average	Read 214 Write 145 Mixed 126 36% 161 MB/s	4K Read 13.7 4K Write 14.5 4K Mixed 11.6 43% 13.3 MB/s	DQ Read 189 DQ Write 103 DQ Mixed 35.9 56% 109 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 37.1% Great: 107%
WD Blue 2.5" 640GB (2010)-$60 12,460 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 596GB free Firmware: 01.0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 194 194 1283 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4203 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 5897 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4196 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 95 10 (BC) Unknown 100 96 12885164116 (BE) vendor-specific 69 43 521797663 (BF) G-sense error rate 1 1 78000 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 26 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 65 65 405335 (C2) HDA temperature 116 90 31 (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	49.3% Average	Read 84.8 Write 87 Mixed 85.1 64% 85.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 1.55 4K Mixed 0.2 73% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 49.3% Great: 48%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471B5273DH0-CH9 2x4GB 15,815 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 2 of 2 slots used 8GB SODIMM DDR3 1067 MHz Performing below potential (15^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	24.7% Poor	MC Read 7.9 MC Write 7 MC Mixed 10.7 24% 8.53 GB/s	SC Read 6.4 SC Write 5.2 SC Mixed 6 17% 5.87 GB/s	Latency 113 36% 113 ns
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 24.7% Great: 51%

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Gaming 2%

Tree trunk

Desktop 51%

Yacht

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 $199Bench 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 $79Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	29x
A400 120GBKingston $28Bench 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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Value: 57% - Above average

Total price: $228

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 $163	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