HP Z240 SFF Workstation

Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 68% Battle cruiser	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (33rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 67 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.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	4.81% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	36.8% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	8GB 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 Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (40%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	HP Z240 SFF Workstation (all builds)
Motherboard	HP 802E
Memory	3.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170810
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 07 '18 at 20:37
Run Duration	136 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	40%

PC Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$180 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% CPU0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	74.6% Very good	Memory 81.1 1-Core 108 2-Core 199 74% 129 Pts	4-Core 368 8-Core 534 56% 451 Pts	64-Core 612 38% 612 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 74.6% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% HP(103C 802E) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 22.20.16.4811 Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	4.81% Terrible	Lighting 6.8 Reflection 9.19 Parallax 6.28 6% 7.42 fps	MRender 8.62 Gravity 5.77 Splatting 0 3% 4.8 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.81% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 168GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFKB1E1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 192 149 150 143 145 169 MB/s Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	36.8% Below average	Read 123 Write 91.4 Mixed 77.3 SusWrite 158 25% 112 MB/s	4K Read 10.8 4K Write 16 4K Mixed 15.5 45% 14.1 MB/s	DQ Read 207 DQ Write 152 DQ Mixed 112 102% 157 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 36.8% Great: 100%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 482GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 86 81 80 94 78 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	53.6% Above average	Read 102 Write 87 Mixed 76.1 SusWrite 84.6 65% 87.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.7 123% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 53.6% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMA851U6AFR6N-UH 2x4GB 5,828 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	55.1% Above average	MC Read 22 MC Write 19.9 MC Mixed 16.7 56% 19.5 GB/s	SC Read 12.1 SC Write 18.1 SC Mixed 15.5 44% 15.2 GB/s	Latency 78.5 51% 78.5 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 55.1% Great: 77%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Typical Z240 SFF Workstation Builds (Compare 917 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 12%

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Desktop 71%

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Workstation 11%

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System: HP Z240 SFF Workstation

CPU
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	359x
Core i5-6500Intel $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	109x
Xeon E3-1225 v5IntelBench 74%, 3,017 samples	103x

GPU
HD 530 (Desktop Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 188,220 samples	213x
Quadro K620Nvidia $170Bench 11%, 16,214 samples	101x
Quadro K1200NvidiaBench 13%, 4,005 samples	78x

SSD
SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBSamsungBench 219%, 21,747 samples	49x
320 Series 300GBIntel $289Bench 46%, 2,154 samples	35x
MTFDDAK256TBN-1AR1ZABHA 256GBCrucialBench 77%, 2,468 samples	20x

RAM
HMA82GU6MFR8N-TF 2x16GBHynixBench 72%, 553 samples	47x
M378A1K43CB2-CRC 2x8GBSamsungBench 74%, 24,860 samples	40x
M378A1G43DB0-CPB 2x8GBSamsungBench 72%, 8,407 samples	27x

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Value: 82% - Excellent

Total price: $180

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	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 $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16