HP Z240 Tower Workstation

Performance Results


Gaming 15% Surfboard	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	9.98% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
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.

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

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	HP Z240 Tower Workstation (all builds)
Motherboard	HP 802F
Memory	9.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190902
Uptime	28.3 Days
Run Date	Oct 15 '20 at 15:06
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	ZAF-User
Background CPU	40%

PC Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700-$155 256,717 User benchmarks, average bench 76% CPU0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	79.3% Very good	Memory 88.3 1-Core 126 2-Core 225 84% 147 Pts	4-Core 378 8-Core 705 65% 542 Pts	64-Core 698 43% 698 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 79.3% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Quadro P400 5,817 User benchmarks, average bench 9% HP(103C 11BE) 2GB CLim: 1252 MHz, MLim: 1002 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 443.36 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	9.98% Terrible	Lighting 12.1 Reflection 10.5 Parallax 9.22 10% 10.6 fps	MRender 10.5 Gravity 10 Splatting 15.4 10% 12 fps
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 9.98% Great: 9%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$52 296,814 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 34GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 270 147 144 140 136 135 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 498 Write 456 Mixed 446 SusWrite 162 87% 390 MB/s	4K Read 42.6 4K Write 96.3 4K Mixed 56.6 188% 65.2 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 357 269% 360 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 128%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 285GB free Firmware: HPH3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 140 146 147 149 148 151 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	84.8% Excellent	Read 149 Write 121 Mixed 70.7 SusWrite 147 89% 122 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.8 155% 1 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 84.8% Great: 112%
WIBU - CodeMeter-StickM 8GB 14 User benchmarks, average bench 22% 7GB free, PID 03f3 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 21 22 22 22 22 22 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	25.5% Poor	Read 30.4 Write 21.4 Mixed 23 SusWrite 21.5 32% 24.1 MB/s	4K Read 6.9 4K Write 4.8 4K Mixed 5.6 379% 5.77 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 25.5% Great: 25%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378A5244CB0-CRC Hynix HMA451U6AFR8N-TF M378A5244CB0-CRC Hynix HMA451U6AFR8N-TF 16GB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	70.1% Very good	MC Read 24.9 MC Write 26.7 MC Mixed 21.9 70% 24.5 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 26.5 SC Mixed 23.2 63% 22.1 GB/s	Latency 69.2 58% 69.2 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 70.1% Great: 74%

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System: HP Z240 Tower Workstation

CPU
Core i7-6700Intel $170Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	1,131x
Core i7-7700Intel $155Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	357x
Core i5-6500Intel $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	299x

GPU
HD 530 (Desktop Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 188,220 samples	229x
Quadro K2200Nvidia $440Bench 16%, 13,860 samples	213x
Quadro K620Nvidia $170Bench 11%, 16,214 samples	182x

SSD
SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBSamsungBench 219%, 21,747 samples	142x
SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsungBench 238%, 21,542 samples	100x
MTFDDAK256TBN-1AR1ZABHA 256GBCrucialBench 77%, 2,468 samples	76x

RAM
M378A1K43CB2-CRC 2x8GBSamsungBench 74%, 24,860 samples	163x
HMA81GU6AFR8N-UH 2x8GBHynixBench 74%, 20,415 samples	107x
HMA41GU6AFR8N-TF 2x8GBHynixBench 73%, 22,760 samples	106x

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Value: 83% - Excellent

Total price: $170

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