HP Z230 Tower Workstation

Performance Results


Gaming 6% Tree trunk	Desktop 61% Destroyer	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 65.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	3.77% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	77.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	HP Z230 Tower Workstation (all builds)
Motherboard	Hewlett-Packard 1905
Memory	19.2 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180704
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Oct 08 '18 at 02:17
Run Duration	167 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing as expected (54^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	65.3% Good	Memory 62.3 1-Core 111 2-Core 219 71% 131 Pts	4-Core 367 8-Core 567 58% 467 Pts	64-Core 578 36% 578 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 65.3% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% HP(103C 1905) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4835 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	3.77% Terrible	Lighting 3.87 Reflection 6.46 Parallax 6.53 3% 5.62 fps	MRender 7.57 Gravity 2.47 Splatting 7.7 5% 5.91 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.77% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX500 480GB-$38 83,298 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 317GB free (System drive) Firmware: M6CR013 SusWrite @10s intervals: 2.6 328 308 4.1 3.8 274 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	77.3% Very good	Read 488 Write 429 Mixed 422 SusWrite 153 84% 373 MB/s	4K Read 30.1 4K Write 70.4 4K Mixed 28.8 120% 43.1 MB/s	DQ Read 224 DQ Write 323 DQ Mixed 0.3 77% 183 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 77.3% Great: 92%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 931GB free Firmware: 03.01A03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 181 184 184 184 184 184 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 210 Write 187 Mixed 95.7 SusWrite 184 124% 169 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 1.2 239% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 109%
Seagate Expansion Desk 5TB 11,776 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 4.5TB free Firmware: 9401 SusWrite @10s intervals: 177 145 154 144 156 170 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	89.1% Excellent	Read 152 Write 144 Mixed 29 SusWrite 158 87% 121 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 4.2 4K Mixed 0.9 224% 2.07 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 89.1% Great: 87%
Seagate Expansion Desk 8TB 11,959 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 7TB free Firmware: 0911 SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 41 41 41 41 41 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	23.5% Poor	Read 39 Write 40.5 Mixed 32.7 SusWrite 41.2 28% 38.3 MB/s	4K Read 5.2 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 1.1 361% 2.5 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 23.5% Great: 94%
WD My Passport 0820 2TB 18,744 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 771GB free, PID 0820 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 41 41 41 41 41 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	20.9% Poor	Read 41.5 Write 41 Mixed 31.5 SusWrite 40.8 52% 38.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 90% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 20.9% Great: 42%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1600 CL10 Series Samsung M378B5173QH0-CK0 1302 1600 CL10 Series Samsung M378B5173QH0-CK0 24GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 8192, 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	36.4% Below average	MC Read 11.9 MC Write 13.5 MC Mixed 11.8 35% 12.4 GB/s	SC Read 10.2 SC Write 14.3 SC Mixed 13 36% 12.5 GB/s	Latency 121 33% 121 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 36.4% Great: 49%

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

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System: HP Z230 Tower Workstation

CPU
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	615x
Core i7-4770Intel $75Bench 70%, 176,321 samples	493x
Core i5-4590Intel $188Bench 63%, 151,366 samples	239x

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	234x
Quadro K2000NvidiaBench 7%, 13,526 samples	173x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	161x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	121x
MTFDDAK256MBF-1AN1ZABHA 256GBCrucialBench 89%, 2,574 samples	56x
C400 RealSSD 256GBMicronBench 55%, 11,652 samples	46x

RAM
16JTF1G64AZ-1G6E1 2x8GBMicronBench 53%, 7,464 samples	57x
HMT41GU6BFR8C-PB 2x8GBHynixBench 54%, 3,233 samples	51x
8JTF51264AZ-1G6E1 4x4GBMicronBench 56%, 6,584 samples	45x

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Value: 74% - Very good

Total price: $178

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16