HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook PC

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 3% Tree trunk	Desktop 41% Speed boat	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 47.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	2.28% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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 8 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook PC (all builds)
Motherboard	Hewlett-Packard 1656
Memory	4.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20110310
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 31 '16 at 06:33
Run Duration	147 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	16%

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 Core i7-2630QM-$199 39,605 User benchmarks, average bench 55% CPU1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2 GHz Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	47.2% Average	Memory 74.1 1-Core 36.6 2-Core 67.8 41% 59.5 Pts	4-Core 113 8-Core 162 17% 138 Pts	64-Core 172 11% 172 Pts
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 47.2% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 6490M 416 User benchmarks, average bench 2% HP(103C 1656) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 8.882.2.3000 Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	2.28% Terrible	Lighting 2.8 Reflection 3.08 Parallax 2.25 2% 2.71 fps	MRender 1.52 Gravity 1.77 Splatting 4.39 2% 2.56 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 2.28% Great: 2%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 54GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2636 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 495 (B1) Unknown 99 99 7 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 54 52 46 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 60 (F1) Unknown 99 99 2241402043
Poor: 63% Great: 108%
Hitachi HTS725050A9A364 500GB 7,947 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 461GB free Firmware: PC4O Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 147 100 107374182402 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 2297 (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 84 84 7015 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1705 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 4294901763 (BC) Unknown 100 99 3 (BE) vendor-specific 63 48 639631397 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 2 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 4653127 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 90 90 108284 (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 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	45.2% Average	Read 79.5 Write 78.1 Mixed 76.4 59% 78 MB/s	4K Read 0.37 4K Write 1.24 4K Mixed 0.34 76% 0.65 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 45.2% Great: 58%
Seagate BUP Slim SL 2TB 642 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 1.5TB free, PID ab24 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	43.7% Average	Read 105 Write 102 Mixed 95.6 129% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 1.98 4K Mixed 0.35 82% 0.99 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 43.7% Great: 53%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5469-046.A00LF Micron 16JSF51264HZ-1G4D1 8GB 25 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	42.2% Average	MC Read 16.3 MC Write 16.3 MC Mixed 14.2 45% 15.6 GB/s	SC Read 8.7 SC Write 7.3 SC Mixed 8.3 23% 8.1 GB/s	Latency 92.3 43% 92.3 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 42.2% Great: 48%

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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 $46Bench 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