HP Pavilion dv7 Notebook PC

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (18th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 82 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With 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 42%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Boot Drive	41.3% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 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 (79%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	HP Pavilion dv7 Notebook PC (all builds)
Motherboard	Hewlett-Packard 1443
Memory	2 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20110411
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 16 '21 at 22:32
Run Duration	131 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	79%

PC Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Phenom II N640 Dual-Core 176 User benchmarks, average bench 41% Socket S1G4, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 2.9 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	42% Average	Memory 72.7 1-Core 27.8 2-Core 52.4 36% 51 Pts	4-Core 69.5 8-Core 68.3 9% 68.9 Pts	64-Core 74.2 5% 74.2 Pts
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 42% Great: 46%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
BiCS 120GB 31 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 96GB free (System drive) Firmware: T0703A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 171 179 187 180 180 184 MB/s Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	41.3% Average	Read 216 Write 172 Mixed 178 SusWrite 180 42% 186 MB/s	4K Read 13.1 4K Write 39.7 4K Mixed 12.6 57% 21.8 MB/s	DQ Read 80.1 DQ Write 127 DQ Mixed 26.9 42% 78 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 41.3% Great: 70%
SanDisk Cruzer Glide 16GB 33,521 User benchmarks, average bench 11% 11GB free, PID 5575 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 7.1 8.1 7.7 7.7 8.9 8 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	6.42% Terrible	Read 23.9 Write 9.5 Mixed 9.8 SusWrite 7.9 15% 12.8 MB/s	4K Read 2.6 4K Write 0.2 4K Mixed 0.5 33% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 6.42% Great: 17%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Nanya NT4GC64B8HB0NS-CG 2x4GB 3,068 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 2 of 2 slots used 8GB SODIMM DDR3 1334 MHz Performing below potential (14^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	24.5% Poor	MC Read 10.5 MC Write 6.2 MC Mixed 8.1 24% 8.27 GB/s	SC Read 5.9 SC Write 4.1 SC Mixed 7.1 16% 5.7 GB/s	Latency 95.2 42% 95.2 ns
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 24.5% Great: 51%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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%

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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	137x

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	142x
HD Graphics (Arrandale 0.667/0.766 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 99,513 samples	113x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	39x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 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	61x

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Value: 57% - Above average

Total price: $228

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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) $37	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