HP Pavilion dv7 Notebook PC

Performance Results


Gaming 3% Tree trunk	Desktop 40% Speed boat	Workstation 3% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (39th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 61 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 43.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	0.54% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	41.8% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Very high background CPU (59%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

8 years ago, 8 years ago, 8 years ago.

System	HP Pavilion dv7 Notebook PC (all builds)
Motherboard	Hewlett-Packard 163D
Memory	3 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20111107
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 19 '16 at 19:21
Run Duration	167 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	59%

PC Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5 M 460-$130 18,336 User benchmarks, average bench 40% CPU, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.55 GHz Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	43.2% Average	Memory 62 1-Core 46.9 2-Core 87.3 41% 65.4 Pts	4-Core 145 8-Core 137 19% 141 Pts	64-Core 161 10% 161 Pts
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 43.2% Great: 47%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 6370 336 User benchmarks, average bench 1% HP(103C 163D) 512MB Driver: atiu9p64.dll Ver. 8.771.1.0 Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	0.54% Terrible	Lighting 0.63 Reflection 1.31 Parallax 0.81 0% 0.92 fps	MRender 0.9 Gravity 0.37 Splatting 0.87 1% 0.71 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 0.54% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 960GB-$226 35,454 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 812GB free (System drive) Firmware: X411 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 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 23 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 13 (A5) Unknown 100 100 1376271 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 50 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1 (A9) Unknown 100 100 1602 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 69 63 270584250399 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 17179869188 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 200 (EA) Unknown 100 100 320 (F1) Unknown 253 253 299 (F2) Unknown 253 253 395 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	41.8% Average	Read 241 Write 153 Mixed 138 39% 178 MB/s	4K Read 18.6 4K Write 22.1 4K Mixed 12.3 56% 17.7 MB/s	DQ Read 180 DQ Write 98.6 DQ Mixed 36.4 55% 105 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 41.8% Great: 107%
WD Blue 2.5" 640GB (2010)-$60 12,460 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 596GB free Firmware: 01.0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 194 194 1283 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4203 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 5897 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4196 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 95 10 (BC) Unknown 100 96 12885164116 (BE) vendor-specific 73 43 454688795 (BF) G-sense error rate 1 1 77998 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 26 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 65 65 405228 (C2) HDA temperature 120 90 27 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	49.2% Average	Read 83.3 Write 88.2 Mixed 83.3 64% 84.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 1.62 4K Mixed 0.2 75% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 49.2% Great: 48%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471B5273DH0-CH9 2x4GB 15,815 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 2 of 2 slots used 8GB SODIMM DDR3 1067 MHz Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	23% Poor	MC Read 7.4 MC Write 6.8 MC Mixed 10 23% 8.07 GB/s	SC Read 5.2 SC Write 4.5 SC Mixed 5.2 14% 4.97 GB/s	Latency 122 33% 122 ns
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 23% Great: 51%

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Gaming 2%

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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	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 $30Bench 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 $295	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