HP Pavilion dv3 Notebook PC

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 0%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 22%
Surfboard
Workstation
Workstation 0%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 32.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics0.68% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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.
Memory3GB 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. 3GB is also enough for modest file and system caches which allow for a responsive system.
OS VersionAlthough 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.
High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
Run History
6 years ago, 6 years ago.
SystemHP Pavilion dv3 Notebook PC  (all builds)
MotherboardCompal 306D
Memory1.5 GB free of 3 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 7
BIOS Date20090421
Uptime1.5 Days
Run DateNov 08 '17 at 04:16
Run Duration137 Seconds
Run User UZB-User
Background CPU 21%

 PC Performing as expected (43rd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core2 Duo T6500
CPU, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads
Base clock 2.1 GHz
Performing below expectations (37th percentile)
32.7% Below average
Memory 62.6
1-Core 12.9
2-Core 47.9
29% 41.1 Pts
4-Core 18.8
8-Core 33.5
3% 26.1 Pts
64-Core 48.2
3% 48.2 Pts
Poor: 23%
This bench: 32.7%
Great: 40%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GeForce G105M
HP(103C 306D) 512MB
Ram: 512MB, Driver: 342.1
Performing above expectations (69th percentile)
0.68% Terrible
Lighting 0.73
Reflection 1.46
Parallax 0.38
1% 0.86 fps
MRender 2
Gravity 0.27
Splatting 0.96
1% 1.07 fps
Poor: 0%
This bench: 0.68%
Great: 1%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
WD Blue 2.5" 320GB (2009)-$80
199GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 13.01A13 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (17th percentile)
21% Poor
Read 32.4
Write 40.6
Mixed 29.6
26% 34.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.22
4K Write 1.03
4K Mixed 0.25
56% 0.5 MB/s
Poor: 15%
This bench: 21%
Great: 41%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown 3GB
null MHz
1024, 2048 MB
Performing as expected (49th percentile)
11.9% Very poor
MC Read 4.4
MC Write 3.3
MC Mixed 3.5
11% 3.73 GB/s
SC Read 2.3
SC Write 1.9
SC Mixed 2.1
6% 2.1 GB/s
Latency 120
33% 120 ns
Poor: 8%
This bench: 11.9%
Great: 23%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Pavilion dv3 Notebook PC Builds (Compare 43 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 2%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 40%
Speed boat
Workstation
Workstation 2%
Tree trunk

System: HP Pavilion dv3 Notebook PC

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