HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook PC

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 1% Tree trunk	Desktop 52% Yacht	Workstation 1% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 58.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	2.53% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	4GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and although it's sufficient for most games, some will benefit from up to 8GB of RAM. 4GB is also enough for modest file and system caches which allow for a responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook PC (all builds)
Motherboard	Hewlett-Packard 3659
Memory	0.7 GB free of 4 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20100517
Uptime	2.9 Days
Run Date	Sep 18 '18 at 14:22
Run Duration	171 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7 Q 720-$220 13,149 User benchmarks, average bench 51% CPU, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 1.6 GHz, turbo 1.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	58.8% Above average	Memory 91.5 1-Core 60.3 2-Core 105 56% 85.6 Pts	4-Core 146 8-Core 203 22% 174 Pts	64-Core 201 12% 201 Pts
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 58.8% Great: 60%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 230M 2,911 User benchmarks, average bench 2% HP(103C 3659) 1GB Ram: 1GB, Driver: 342.1 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	2.53% Terrible	Lighting 2.87 Reflection 4.5 Parallax 1.16 2% 2.84 fps	MRender 5.71 Gravity 2.03 Splatting 3.17 3% 3.64 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 2.53% Great: 2%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Hitachi HTS725050A9A364 500GB 7,947 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 39GB free (System drive) Firmware: PC4OC72E SusWrite @10s intervals: 8.6 8.9 11 11 8.1 9.9 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	9.12% Terrible	Read 22.1 Write 15 Mixed 14.4 SusWrite 9.6 11% 15.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.1 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.1 24% 0.23 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 9.12% Great: 58%
Toshiba External USB HDD 500GB 253 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 151GB free, PID a001 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 17 17 17 17 17 17 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	13% Very poor	Read 28.9 Write 20.2 Mixed 20.3 SusWrite 17.1 28% 21.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.6 77% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 13% Great: 20%
Seagate Portable 500GB 3,247 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 155GB free, PID 2300 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 17 17 17 17 17 17 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	9.76% Terrible	Read 28.2 Write 20 Mixed 18 SusWrite 17.1 27% 20.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.6 42% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 9.76% Great: 19%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471B5673EH1-CH9 2x2GB 1,322 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 2 of 2 slots used 4GB SODIMM DDR3 1333 MHz Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	38.7% Below average	MC Read 16 MC Write 11.6 MC Mixed 11.3 37% 13 GB/s	SC Read 10.4 SC Write 9.4 SC Mixed 10.6 29% 10.1 GB/s	Latency 64.9 62% 64.9 ns
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 38.7% Great: 41%

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

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Gaming 2%

Tree trunk

Desktop 51%

Yacht

Workstation 2%

Tree trunk

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	181x

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	183x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	91x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	43x
MX500 500GBCrucial $48Bench 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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16