HP Z230 Tower Workstation

Performance Results


Gaming 46% Yacht	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 41% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 70.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	61.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	92.6% 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	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

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	HP Z230 Tower Workstation (all builds)
Motherboard	Hewlett-Packard 1905
Memory	21.2 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1440 x 900 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150720
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 19 '20 at 09:02
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	70.3% Very good	Memory 67.6 1-Core 119 2-Core 238 77% 142 Pts	4-Core 392 8-Core 626 63% 509 Pts	64-Core 636 39% 636 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 70.3% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1650S (Super)-$295 180,577 User benchmarks, average bench 59% PNY(196E 1350) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 457.30 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	61.6% Good	Lighting 80.8 Reflection 76 Parallax 80.2 66% 79 fps	MRender 68.6 Gravity 74.4 Splatting 56.7 54% 66.6 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 61.6% Great: 62%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M500 240GB-$54 31,779 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 207GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 234 244 266 268 271 269 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	92.6% Outstanding	Read 446 Write 271 Mixed 316 SusWrite 259 72% 323 MB/s	4K Read 26.8 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 38.9 150% 59.7 MB/s	DQ Read 322 DQ Write 259 DQ Mixed 183 166% 255 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 92.6% Great: 91%
Corsair Force NVMe PCIe M.2 240GB 26,501 User benchmarks, average bench 162% 223GB free Firmware: ECFM12.3 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 782 578 300 299 298 298 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	172% Outstanding	Read 1,079 Write 887 Mixed 994 SusWrite 426 190% 847 MB/s	4K Read 49.2 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 61.6 219% 78.4 MB/s	DQ Read 693 DQ Write 887 DQ Mixed 710 558% 764 MB/s
Poor: 95% ↑ This bench: 172% Great: 223%
WD Blue 250GB (2010)-$37 50,270 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 233GB free Firmware: 1H18 SusWrite @10s intervals: 129 128 130 130 130 130 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	74% Very good	Read 129 Write 125 Mixed 79.9 SusWrite 129 85% 116 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1.1 194% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 74% Great: 70%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 931GB free Firmware: 1A03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 183 184 183 186 186 185 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 194 Write 175 Mixed 147 SusWrite 184 130% 175 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 3.1 4K Mixed 1.2 241% 1.83 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMY16GX3M2A2400C11 Hynix HMT451U6BFR8C-PB 0215 CMY16GX3M2A2400C11 Hynix HMT451U6BFR8C-PB 24GB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 8192, 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	42.9% Average	MC Read 13.7 MC Write 16.2 MC Mixed 13.7 42% 14.5 GB/s	SC Read 11.7 SC Write 19.3 SC Mixed 15.5 44% 15.5 GB/s	Latency 107 37% 107 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 42.9% Great: 43%

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Desktop 65%

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Workstation 7%

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System: HP Z230 Tower Workstation

CPU
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	612x
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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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