HP Pavilion dv7 Notebook PC

Performance Results


Gaming 4% Tree trunk	Desktop 48% Yacht	Workstation 3% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 49.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	0.96% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	22.5% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	HP Pavilion dv7 Notebook PC (all builds)
Motherboard	Hewlett-Packard 149C
Memory	6 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colori, 1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colori
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20111107
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 21 '18 at 13:21
Run Duration	103 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7 M 640 5,045 User benchmarks, average bench 43% CPU, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 3.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	49.1% Average	Memory 65.7 1-Core 83.1 2-Core 139 56% 96 Pts	4-Core 190 8-Core 187 25% 188 Pts	64-Core 186 12% 186 Pts
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 49.1% Great: 49%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD Graphics (Arrandale 0.667/0.766 GHz) FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? HP(103C 149C) 3.8GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 8.15.10.2900 Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	0.96% Terrible	Lighting 1 Reflection 1.31 Parallax 0.91 1% 1.07 fps	MRender 1.52 Gravity 0.77 Splatting 2.09 1% 1.46 fps
Poor: 0% ↑ This bench: 0.96% Great: 1%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 240GB-$89 105,079 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 101GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C3J 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 1290 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 810 (64) Unknown 100 100 5737184 (65) Unknown 100 100 2349696 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 24 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 96 96 1691 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 1218 (B7) Unknown 88 88 54 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 35 100 210454249507 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 88 88 12 (E9) Unknown 100 100 10336 (EA) Unknown 100 100 13247 (F1) Unknown 100 100 8105 (F2) Unknown 100 100 9827 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 0	22.5% Poor	Read 223 Write 115 Mixed 81.8 31% 140 MB/s	4K Read 8.41 4K Write 8.95 4K Mixed 3.2 22% 6.85 MB/s	DQ Read 6.71 DQ Write 10.3 DQ Mixed 1.87 3% 6.28 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 22.5% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
PKI/Kingston 99U5428-046.A00LF 2x4GB 17 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 2 of 2 slots used 8GB SODIMM DDR3 1067 MHz Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	24.4% Poor	MC Read 7.6 MC Write 6.8 MC Mixed 10.3 24% 8.23 GB/s	SC Read 7.5 SC Write 5.7 SC Mixed 6.7 19% 6.63 GB/s	Latency 112 36% 112 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 24.4% Great: 39%

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Gaming 2%

Tree trunk

Desktop 51%

Yacht

Workstation 2%

Tree trunk

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 $75Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	29x
A400 120GBKingston $29Bench 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 $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16