HP ENVY 6 Notebook PC

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 1%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 19%
Surfboard
Workstation
Workstation 1%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing below expectations (37th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 63 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.
ProcessorWith an extremely low single core score, this CPU can barely handle email and light web browsing. Finally, with a gaming score of 18.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is terrible.
Graphics2.59% 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.
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 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 (72%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemHP ENVY 6 Notebook PC  (all builds)
MotherboardHewlett-Packard 1896
Memory4.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 7
BIOS Date20120306
Uptime0 Days
Run DateMay 04 '21 at 13:58
Run Duration120 Seconds
Run User EST-User
Background CPU 72%

 PC Performing below expectations (37th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-3317U-$225
U3E1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 1.7 GHz
Performing way below expectations (1st percentile)
18.6% Very poor
Memory 27.7
1-Core 26.1
2-Core 40.3
20% 31.4 Pts
4-Core 52.5
8-Core 72.7
8% 62.6 Pts
64-Core 75
5% 75 Pts
Poor: 29%
This bench: 18.6%
Great: 57%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Intel HD 4000 (Mobile 1.25 GHz)
HP(103C 1896) 2GB
Driver: igdumd64.dll Ver. 8.15.10.2653
Performing as expected (55th percentile)
2.59% Terrible
Lighting 3
Reflection 1.7
Parallax 2.5
2% 2.4 fps
MRender 4.2
Gravity 2.1
Splatting 4.1
3% 3.47 fps
Poor: 2%
This bench: 2.59%
Great: 4%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Data 500GB
313GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 70 88 85 94 96 89 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (86th percentile)
63.6% Good
Read 131
Write 78.2
Mixed 95.8
SusWrite 86.8
73% 98 MB/s
4K Read 5.8
4K Write 7.4
4K Mixed 7.9
1,256% 7.03 MB/s
Poor: 20%
This bench: 63.6%
Great: 74%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Micron 16KTF51264HZ-1G6M1 2x4GB
2 of 2 slots used
8GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing way below expectations (5th percentile)
26.8% Poor
MC Read 10.4
MC Write 8.9
MC Mixed 12
30% 10.4 GB/s
SC Read 4.9
SC Write 3.6
SC Mixed 5.3
13% 4.6 GB/s
Latency 268
15% 268 ns
Poor: 27%
This bench: 26.8%
Great: 58%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical ENVY 6 Notebook PC Builds (Compare 48 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 7%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 49%
Yacht
Workstation
Workstation 7%
Tree trunk

System: HP ENVY 6 Notebook PC

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