HP Z230 Tower Workstation

Performance Results


Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 67% Battle cruiser	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	3.91% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	105% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	HP Z230 Tower Workstation (all builds)
Motherboard	Hewlett-Packard 1905
Memory	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit väriä
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140123
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 10 '20 at 14:10
Run Duration	168 Seconds
Run User	FIN-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E3-1245 v3-$245 2,834 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	74.4% Very good	Memory 76.3 1-Core 107 2-Core 213 74% 132 Pts	4-Core 391 8-Core 559 60% 475 Pts	64-Core 573 36% 573 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 74.4% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Quadro K600 8,087 User benchmarks, average bench 3% HP(103C 094B) 1GB CLim: 875 MHz, MLim: 445 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 369.9 Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	3.91% Terrible	Lighting 4.4 Reflection 4.08 Parallax 4.34 4% 4.27 fps	MRender 5.05 Gravity 3.9 Splatting 7.04 4% 5.33 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.91% Great: 4%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MTFDDAK256MAY-1AH1ZABHA 256GB 909 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 191GB free (System drive) Firmware: M504 SusWrite @10s intervals: 399 386 396 396 399 395 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 427 Write 401 Mixed 310 SusWrite 395 86% 383 MB/s	4K Read 30.8 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 43.6 158% 60 MB/s	DQ Read 341 DQ Write 320 DQ Mixed 231 201% 297 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 105%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 163GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 408 303 302 300 301 299 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	120% Outstanding	Read 501 Write 455 Mixed 394 SusWrite 319 94% 417 MB/s	4K Read 47 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 61.8 207% 71.6 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 355 268% 359 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 124%
WD VelociRaptor 500GB-$62 8,133 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 294GB free Firmware: 04.06A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 159 161 161 160 161 162 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	94.6% Outstanding	Read 168 Write 157 Mixed 109 SusWrite 161 109% 149 MB/s	4K Read 1.6 4K Write 4.5 4K Mixed 1.7 339% 2.6 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 94.6% Great: 113%
Kingston DataTraveler 2.0 32GB 1,865 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 23GB free, PID 6544 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 5.2 6.4 5.7 5.1 5.4 5.6 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	5.01% Terrible	Read 20.6 Write 5.7 Mixed 13.6 SusWrite 5.5 13% 11.4 MB/s	4K Read 3.5 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 13% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 5.01% Great: 9%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT451U7AFR8C-PB HMT451U7AFR8C-PB HMT41GU7AFR8C-PB 16GB 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	33% Below average	MC Read 10.6 MC Write 11.8 MC Mixed 9.5 30% 10.6 GB/s	SC Read 10.1 SC Write 13.9 SC Mixed 11.2 34% 11.7 GB/s	Latency 87.8 46% 87.8 ns

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Gaming 8%

Tree trunk

Desktop 65%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 7%

Tree trunk

System: HP Z230 Tower Workstation

CPU
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	614x
Core i7-4770Intel $75Bench 70%, 176,321 samples	491x
Core i5-4590Intel $188Bench 63%, 151,366 samples	238x

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 $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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