HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook PC

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 1%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 31%
Sail boat
Workstation
Workstation 1%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 37.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics0.6% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Very high background CPU (33%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemHP Pavilion dv6 Notebook PC  (all builds)
MotherboardHewlett-Packard 1649
Memory5.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20110913
Uptime0.1 Days
Run DateJun 23 '17 at 01:07
Run Duration114 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 33%

 PC Performing as expected (52nd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Phenom II P960
Socket S1G4, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 1.8 GHz, turbo 1.8 GHz (avg)
Performing as expected (57th percentile)
37.2% Below average
Memory 60.3
1-Core 26.3
2-Core 48.4
32% 45 Pts
4-Core 83.5
8-Core 89.4
11% 86.4 Pts
64-Core 99.3
6% 99.3 Pts
Poor: 27%
This bench: 37.2%
Great: 40%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4250
HP(103C 1649) 320MB
Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 8.970.100.9001
Performing as expected (58th percentile)
0.6% Terrible
Lighting 0.67
Reflection 1.54
Parallax 0.28
0% 0.83 fps
MRender 1
Gravity 0.13
Splatting 1.3
1% 0.81 fps
Poor: 0%
This bench: 0.6%
Great: 1%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Seagate ST9640320AS 640GB-$270
533GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 0002HPM1 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s
Performing above expectations (81st percentile)
44.1% Average
Read 81.9
Write 71.8
Mixed 72
57% 75.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.46
4K Write 0.91
4K Mixed 0.36
76% 0.58 MB/s
Poor: 13%
This bench: 44.1%
Great: 49%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Samsung M471B5273DH0-CH9 2x4GB
2 of 2 slots used
8GB DIMM DDR3 1066 MHz
Performing below potential (13th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
23.7% Poor
MC Read 10.6
MC Write 6
MC Mixed 8.4
24% 8.33 GB/s
SC Read 5.2
SC Write 4.6
SC Mixed 6.2
15% 5.33 GB/s
Latency 127
32% 127 ns
Poor: 22%
This bench: 23.7%
Great: 51%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Pavilion dv6 Notebook PC Builds (Compare 2,432 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 2%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 51%
Yacht
Workstation
Workstation 2%
Tree trunk

System: HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook PC

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 57% - Above average Total price: $228
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