HP Pavilion 15 Notebook PC

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 5%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 52%
Yacht
Workstation
Workstation 4%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 55.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics5.99% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot DriveThe boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory8GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Very high background CPU (31%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemHP Pavilion 15 Notebook PC  (all builds)
MotherboardHewlett-Packard 2166
Memory3 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20150921
Uptime1.1 Days
Run DateAug 05 '17 at 10:55
Run Duration140 Seconds
Run User TUR-User
Background CPU 31%

 PC Performing as expected (59th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-4500U-$393
U3E1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 2.4 GHz, turbo 2.7 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (71st percentile)
55.4% Above average
Memory 79.8
1-Core 64.3
2-Core 104
53% 82.7 Pts
4-Core 186
8-Core 165
24% 175 Pts
64-Core 208
13% 208 Pts
Poor: 30%
This bench: 55.4%
Great: 62%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 740M
HP(103C 21DA) 2GB
Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 22.21.13.8494
Performing above expectations (74th percentile)
5.99% Terrible
Lighting 7.5
Reflection 7.96
Parallax 8.78
6% 8.08 fps
MRender 5
Gravity 6.53
Splatting 8.74
6% 6.76 fps
Poor: 5%
This bench: 5.99%
Great: 7%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 1TB
221GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2BA30001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (19th percentile)
30.8% Below average
Read 55.3
Write 52
Mixed 61.8
43% 56.4 MB/s
4K Read 0.29
4K Write 1.02
4K Mixed 0.18
51% 0.5 MB/s
Poor: 14%
This bench: 30.8%
Great: 59%
SanDisk Ultra Fit USB 3.0 32GB-$16
1GB free, PID 5583
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
39.5% Below average
Read 137
Write 54.9
Mixed 63.2
94% 85.2 MB/s
4K Read 7.13
4K Write 1.94
4K Mixed 0.97
125% 3.34 MB/s
Poor: 10%
This bench: 39.5%
Great: 38%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Hynix HMT451S6AFR8A-PB 2x4GB
2 of 2 slots used
8GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing below potential (33rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
48% Average
MC Read 15.9
MC Write 18.9
MC Mixed 15.6
48% 16.8 GB/s
SC Read 12.3
SC Write 14.5
SC Mixed 13.6
38% 13.5 GB/s
Latency 81
49% 81 ns
Poor: 24%
This bench: 48%
Great: 56%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Pavilion 15 Notebook PC Builds (Compare 4,229 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 4%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 43%
Speed boat
Workstation
Workstation 4%
Tree trunk

System: HP Pavilion 15 Notebook PC

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 41% - Average Total price: $309
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