HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook PC

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 3%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 34%
Sail boat
Workstation
Workstation 3%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing way below expectations (19th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 81 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.
ProcessorWith a relatively low single core score, this CPU can handle email, light web browsing and basic audio/video playback, but it will struggle to handle CPU intensive tasks. Finally, with a gaming score of 34.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics2.13% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive51.7% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory6GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 6GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS VersionWindows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.
Very high background CPU (90%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
Run History
18 months ago, 18 months ago.
SystemHP Pavilion dv6 Notebook PC  (all builds)
MotherboardHewlett-Packard 1805
Memory1.5 GB free of 6 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 11
BIOS Date20130125
Uptime0 Days
Run DateOct 27 '22 at 22:32
Run Duration121 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 90%

 PC Performing way below expectations (19th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD A8-3520M APU-$60
Socket FS1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 1.6 GHz, turbo 1.6 GHz (avg)
Performing below expectations (33rd percentile)
34.6% Below average
Memory 57.2
1-Core 28.2
2-Core 49.3
31% 44.9 Pts
4-Core 71.5
8-Core 74.8
10% 73.2 Pts
64-Core 77.1
5% 77.1 Pts
Poor: 27%
This bench: 34.6%
Great: 44%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 6620G
HP(103C 358B) 512MB
Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.0
Performing way below expectations (14th percentile)
2.13% Terrible
Lighting 2.5
Reflection 2.7
Parallax 3.4
2% 2.87 fps
MRender 2.1
Gravity 2.9
Splatting 3.2
2% 2.73 fps
Poor: 2%
This bench: 2.13%
Great: 4%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Airdisk 120GB SSD 120GB
75GB free (System drive)
Firmware: V4.15.0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 247 309 331 317 346 346 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (10th percentile)
51.7% Above average
Read 306
Write 63.8
Mixed 89.4
SusWrite 316
43% 194 MB/s
4K Read 9.7
4K Write 32.7
4K Mixed 12.8
48% 18.4 MB/s
DQ Read 124
DQ Write 116
DQ Mixed 29.7
47% 89.9 MB/s
Poor: 52%
This bench: 51.7%
Great: 142%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston HMT312S6BFR6C-H9 Samsung M471B5273DH0-CH9 6GB
1333, 1333 MHz
2048, 4096 MB
Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples
16.7% Very poor
MC Read 6.4
MC Write 5.1
MC Mixed 5.1
16% 5.53 GB/s
SC Read 4.7
SC Write 3.8
SC Mixed 4.6
12% 4.37 GB/s
Latency 136
29% 136 ns

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Pavilion dv6 Notebook PC Builds (Compare 2,433 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 2%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 51%
Yacht
Workstation
Workstation 2%
Tree trunk

System: HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook PC

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 57% - Above average Total price: $228
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