HP Pavilion dm3 Notebook PC

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 0%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 16%
Surfboard
Workstation
Workstation 0%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing way below expectations (20th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 80 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 18.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is terrible.
Graphics0.34% 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.
Memory4GB 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. 4GB is also enough for modest file and system caches which allow for a responsive system.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Very high background CPU (67%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemHP Pavilion dm3 Notebook PC  (all builds)
MotherboardFlextronics 3656
Memory2 GB free of 4 GB @ 0.3 GHz
Display1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20100517
Uptime0.4 Days
Run DateJun 19 '16 at 23:30
Run Duration139 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 67%

 PC Performing way below expectations (20th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Athlon Neo X2 Dual Core L335
Socket AM2/S1G2, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads
Base clock 1.6 GHz, turbo 1.6 GHz (avg)
Performing way below expectations (8th percentile)
18.1% Very poor
Memory 30.7
1-Core 15.1
2-Core 25.8
17% 23.9 Pts
4-Core 32.6
8-Core 35.7
4% 34.2 Pts
64-Core 36
2% 36 Pts
Poor: 14%
This bench: 18.1%
Great: 35%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
ATI Radeon HD 3200
HP(103C 3656) 384MB
Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 8.970.100.9001
Performing way below expectations (10th percentile)
0.34% Terrible
Lighting 0.37
Reflection 0.73
Parallax 0.31
0% 0.47 fps
MRender 0.57
Gravity 0.07
Splatting 0.83
0% 0.49 fps
Poor: 0%
This bench: 0.34%
Great: 1%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
WD Black 2.5" 320GB (2010)-$45
204GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 12.0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s
Performing as expected (53rd percentile)
41.4% Average
Read 68.6
Write 75.4
Mixed 75.3
55% 73.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.53
4K Write 1.57
4K Mixed 0.29
84% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 21%
This bench: 41.4%
Great: 60%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston 2x2GB
2 of 2 slots used
4GB DIMM DDR2 333 MHz
Performing way below expectations (8th percentile)
11% Very poor
MC Read 4.1
MC Write 3.6
MC Mixed 3.8
11% 3.83 GB/s
SC Read 2.2
SC Write 2.7
SC Mixed 2.6
7% 2.5 GB/s
Latency 250
16% 250 ns
Poor: 11%
This bench: 11%
Great: 51%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Pavilion dm3 Notebook PC Builds (Compare 60 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 3%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 54%
Yacht
Workstation
Workstation 2%
Tree trunk

System: HP Pavilion dm3 Notebook PC

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 58% - Above average Total price: $237
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