HP Pavilion dv7 Notebook PC

Performance Results


Gaming 2% Tree trunk	Desktop 39% Jet ski	Workstation 2% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 40.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	1.61% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	37% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait 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.

Very high background CPU (51%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	HP Pavilion dv7 Notebook PC (all builds)
Motherboard	Compal 30F4
Memory	1.4 GB free of 4 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20090824
Uptime	7.5 Days
Run Date	Mar 24 '17 at 14:11
Run Duration	217 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	51%

PC Performing as expected (50^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core2 Duo P8600-$42 8,502 User benchmarks, average bench 37% CPU, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads Base clock 2.4 GHz, turbo 2.4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	40.2% Average	Memory 70.2 1-Core 33 2-Core 60.4 38% 54.5 Pts	4-Core 63 8-Core 61.2 8% 62.1 Pts	64-Core 62.7 4% 62.7 Pts
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 40.2% Great: 42%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce 9600M-GT 3,959 User benchmarks, average bench 2% HP(103C 30F4) 512MB Ram: 512MB, Driver: 342.1 Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	1.61% Terrible	Lighting 1.87 Reflection 3.65 Parallax 0.62 2% 2.05 fps	MRender 2.95 Gravity 1.37 Splatting 2.22 2% 2.18 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 1.61% Great: 2%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Mushkin ECO3 480GB-$155 2,300 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 163GB free (System drive) Firmware: O1126A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (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 1 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 813 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 55 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 157 (A3) Unknown 100 100 14 (A4) Unknown 100 100 8153 (A5) Unknown 100 100 23 (A6) Unknown 100 100 2 (A7) Unknown 100 100 6 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 1 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 9 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 1 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 4 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 24 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 139858 (F2) Unknown 100 100 170181 (F5) Unknown 100 100 65224	37% Below average	Read 243 Write 136 Mixed 142 38% 174 MB/s	4K Read 17.4 4K Write 21 4K Mixed 13.5 55% 17.3 MB/s	DQ Read 69.6 DQ Write 36.4 DQ Mixed 19.1 23% 41.7 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 37% Great: 101%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 462GB free Firmware: JB0OA3B0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 177 177 94489280514 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 9020 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 43 43 25113 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 360 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 65538 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 93 93 74706 (C2) HDA temperature 166 166 240518955044 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	63.3% Good	Read 107 Write 113 Mixed 100 80% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 1.26 4K Mixed 0.22 79% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 63.3% Great: 75%
Seagate ST3500830AS 500GB-$145 6,517 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 441GB free Firmware: 3.AAD Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 94 220921835 (03) Spinup time 94 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2842 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 89 60 853870513 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 18142 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 583 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 55 37 773914669 (C2) HDA temperature 45 63 77309411373 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 60 54 83017417 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	42.2% Average	Read 75.5 Write 71.3 Mixed 73.3 55% 73.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 1.38 4K Mixed 0.41 99% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 42.2% Great: 44%
WD My Book 500GB 3,986 User benchmarks, average bench 19% 217GB free, PID 1100 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	15.8% Very poor	Read 29.6 Write 25 Mixed 13.3 27% 22.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.93 4K Mixed 0.33 79% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 15.8% Great: 22%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x2GB 446,702 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 2 of 2 slots used 4GB SODIMM DDR2 Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	17.3% Very poor	MC Read 6.1 MC Write 5 MC Mixed 4.7 15% 5.27 GB/s	SC Read 5.2 SC Write 5.2 SC Mixed 4.8 14% 5.07 GB/s	Latency 101 40% 101 ns
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 17.3% Great: 44%

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Desktop 51%

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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	136x

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	141x
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 $32Bench 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 $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