HP Pavilion dv7 Notebook PC

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU, SSD
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (32nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 68 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 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 35.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Boot Drive	The 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.
Memory	3GB 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 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	HP Pavilion dv7 Notebook PC (all builds)
Motherboard	Hewlett-Packard 1443
Memory	0.8 GB free of 3 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20130225
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 13 '19 at 16:31
Run Duration	225 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	18%

PC Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Phenom II P820 Triple-Core 243 User benchmarks, average bench 35% Socket S1G4, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 3 threads Base clock 1.8 GHz Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	35.4% Below average	Memory 57.7 1-Core 22.1 2-Core 50.3 30% 43.4 Pts	4-Core 78.3 8-Core 76.5 10% 77.4 Pts	64-Core 76.2 5% 76.2 Pts
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 35.4% Great: 38%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5470 14,621 User benchmarks, average bench 1% HP(103C 1443) 512MB Driver: atiu9p64.dll Ver. 8.770.2.1000 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 1% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Black 2.5" 320GB (2010)-$45 23,554 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 19GB free (System drive) Firmware: 12.01A12 SusWrite @10s intervals: 51 61 63 65 66 66 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	39.7% Below average	Read 76.5 Write 66.8 Mixed 37.3 SusWrite 62 44% 60.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.5 91% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 39.7% Great: 60%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 500GB 1,694 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 65GB free, PID a202 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 28 28 28 28 28 28 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	15.4% Very poor	Read 29.8 Write 27 Mixed 20 SusWrite 28 35% 26.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.6 76% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 15.4% Great: 44%
WD My Passport 0740 320GB 363 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 142GB free, PID 0740 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 13 12 12 12 13 15 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	11.3% Very poor	Read 28.5 Write 25.2 Mixed 22 SusWrite 12.7 29% 22.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.6 70% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 11.3% Great: 36%
BUFFALO HD-PZU3 500GB 130 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 231GB free, PID 01f9 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 9.8 9.1 8.8 9.1 8.6 8.6 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	13.4% Very poor	Read 27 Write 23 Mixed 23.8 SusWrite 9 27% 20.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.9 114% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 13.4% Great: 41%
Seagate External Drive 250GB 45 User benchmarks, average bench 14% 24GB free, PID 0503 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 14 13 13 13 13 13 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	10.3% Very poor	Read 27.5 Write 25 Mixed 21.5 SusWrite 13 28% 21.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.6 60% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 10.3% Great: 18%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471B5673FH0-CH9 Micron 8JSF12864HZ-1G4F1 3GB 20 User benchmarks, average bench 21% 1066, 1066 MHz 2048, 1024 MB Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	22.3% Poor	MC Read 9.6 MC Write 6 MC Mixed 8.1 22% 7.9 GB/s	SC Read 4.9 SC Write 4.3 SC Mixed 4.9 13% 4.7 GB/s	Latency 135 30% 135 ns
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 22.3% Great: 23%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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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	138x

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	143x
HD Graphics (Arrandale 0.667/0.766 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 99,513 samples	114x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	39x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	29x
A400 120GBKingston $28Bench 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	62x

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Value: 57% - Above average

Total price: $228

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16