HP Pavilion g6 Notebook PC

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 5%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 43%
Speed boat
Workstation
Workstation 4%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith a below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 45.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics3.94% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive32.5% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory12GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.
Very high background CPU (35%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemHP Pavilion g6 Notebook PC  (all builds)
MotherboardHewlett-Packard 184A
Memory10.1 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors, 1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 8.1
BIOS Date20120723
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJul 07 '18 at 14:42
Run Duration137 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 35%

 PC Performing as expected (51st percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD A8-4500M APU
Socket FT1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 1.9 GHz, turbo 2.3 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (82nd percentile)
45.3% Average
Memory 70.2
1-Core 39.6
2-Core 65.9
40% 58.6 Pts
4-Core 121
8-Core 122
16% 121 Pts
64-Core 115
7% 115 Pts
Poor: 24%
This bench: 45.3%
Great: 48%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 7640G
HP(103C 184A) 512MB
Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 8.982.10.1600
Performing above expectations (79th percentile)
3.94% Terrible
Lighting 4.6
Reflection 6.81
Parallax 4
4% 5.14 fps
MRender 4.48
Gravity 3.47
Splatting 7.09
4% 5.01 fps
Poor: 2%
This bench: 3.94%
Great: 5%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Sandisk PLUS 120 GB 120GB
89GB free (System drive)
Firmware: UE3000RL
SusWrite @10s intervals: 53 68 83 93 87 70 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (15th percentile)
32.5% Below average
Read 340
Write 114
Mixed 130
SusWrite 75.7
36% 165 MB/s
4K Read 9.2
4K Write 15.1
4K Mixed 9.6
34% 11.3 MB/s
DQ Read 115
DQ Write 55.7
DQ Mixed 11.2
28% 60.5 MB/s
Poor: 28%
This bench: 32.5%
Great: 55%
WD Blue 2.5" 1TB (2011)-$75
490GB free
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 4.9 5 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.3 MB/s
Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 26% Great: 63%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Hynix HMT351S6CFR8C-PB Transcend JM1333KSH-8G 12GB
1333, 1333 MHz
4096, 8192 MB
Performing below potential (30th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
25.6% Poor
MC Read 12.6
MC Write 5.2
MC Mixed 8.1
25% 8.63 GB/s
SC Read 6.9
SC Write 5.2
SC Mixed 7.8
19% 6.63 GB/s
Latency 101
40% 101 ns
Poor: 22%
This bench: 25.6%
Great: 42%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Pavilion g6 Notebook PC Builds (Compare 3,242 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 6%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 49%
Yacht
Workstation
Workstation 6%
Tree trunk

System: HP Pavilion g6 Notebook PC

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 57% - Above average Total price: $80
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