HP Pavilion dv7 Notebook PC

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing CPU, SSD, RAM
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Graphics	1.17% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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	4GB 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 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 (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	HP Pavilion dv7 Notebook PC (all builds)
Motherboard	Hewlett-Packard 365C
Memory	1.7 GB free of 4 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20101005
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 08 '15 at 20:28
Run Duration	379 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	17%

PC Performing as expected (49^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5 M 430 14,318 User benchmarks, average bench 39% CPU, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.25 GHz Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		1-Core 60.3 2-Core 116 40% 87.9 Pts	4-Core 172 8-Core 180 23% 176 Pts	64-Core 177 11% 177 Pts
Poor: 28% Great: 45%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce G105M 2,411 User benchmarks, average bench 1% HP(103C 365C) 512MB Driver: nvd3dum.dll Ver. 9.18.13.3165 Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	1.17% Terrible	Lighting 1.2 Reflection 2.38 Parallax 0.44 1% 1.34 fps	MRender 3.29 Gravity 0.77 Splatting 1.78 2% 1.94 fps
Poor: 0% ↑ This bench: 1.17% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Toshiba MK5056GSY 500GB-$106 3,125 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 300GB free (System drive) Firmware: LH003C Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 2162 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 7659 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 5 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 79 79 8728 (0A) Spinup retry count 253 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 7603 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (B9) Unknown 100 100 65535 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 40 571932706 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 809 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 7012459 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 90 90 100761 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 5 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	45.3% Average	Read 88.3 Write 69.4 Mixed 47.8 51% 68.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 1.33 4K Mixed 0.27 71% 0.66 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 45.3% Great: 57%
USB DISK 2.0 1GB 36 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 1GB free, PID 3200 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	3.88% Terrible	Read 15.4 Write 3.57 Mixed 1.34 6% 6.76 MB/s	4K Read 3.31 4K Write 0.03 4K Mixed 0.03 14% 1.12 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 3.88% Great: 7%

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Gaming 2%

Tree trunk

Desktop 51%

Yacht

Workstation 2%

Tree trunk

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 $29Bench 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

HP Pavilion dv7 Notebook PC

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PC Performing as expected (49th percentile)

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PC Performing as expected (49^th percentile)