HP Z230 SFF Workstation

Performance Results


Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 64% Destroyer	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (27th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 73 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 68.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	3.44% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	38.8% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	HP Z230 SFF Workstation (all builds)
Motherboard	Hewlett-Packard 1906
Memory	10.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140815
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 08 '20 at 05:36
Run Duration	126 Seconds
Run User	IND-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770-$75 176,321 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	68.2% Good	Memory 71 1-Core 116 2-Core 225 76% 137 Pts	4-Core 352 8-Core 569 56% 461 Pts	64-Core 557 34% 557 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 68.2% Great: 78%

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: 452.06 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	3.44% Terrible	Lighting 3.9 Reflection 5.4 Parallax 4.6 3% 4.63 fps	MRender 5 Gravity 5 Splatting 4.6 4% 4.87 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.44% Great: 4%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Green 240GB (2018)-$42 156,194 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 56GB free (System drive) Firmware: UF500000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 177 2.7 9.8 23 24 156 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	38.8% Below average	Read 409 Write 318 Mixed 264 SusWrite 65.3 59% 264 MB/s	4K Read 10.7 4K Write 31.3 4K Mixed 11 47% 17.7 MB/s	DQ Read 119 DQ Write 76.4 DQ Mixed 44.4 47% 79.8 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 38.8% Great: 55%
WD WD5000AVVS-63H0B1 500GB 11,411 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 57GB free Firmware: 01.01B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 49 50 51 51 51 51 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	28.4% Poor	Read 48 Write 45.2 Mixed 32.2 SusWrite 50.4 32% 43.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.8 149% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 28.4% Great: 51%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT451U6BFR8C-PB 4x4GB 2,366 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	45.9% Average	MC Read 16.9 MC Write 16.7 MC Mixed 12.9 44% 15.5 GB/s	SC Read 14.2 SC Write 20 SC Mixed 15.5 47% 16.6 GB/s	Latency 99.2 40% 99.2 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 45.9% Great: 60%

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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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Workstation 8%

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System: HP Z230 SFF Workstation

CPU
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	158x
Core i7-4770Intel $75Bench 70%, 176,321 samples	109x
Core i5-4590Intel $188Bench 63%, 151,366 samples	96x

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	155x
Quadro K620Nvidia $170Bench 11%, 16,214 samples	87x
GT 1030NvidiaBench 14%, 185,384 samples	73x

SSD
MX500 500GBCrucial $46Bench 106%, 237,241 samples	19x
MX500 250GBCrucial $40Bench 101%, 77,177 samples	13x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	12x

RAM
8JTF51264AZ-1G6E1 4x4GBMicronBench 56%, 6,584 samples	18x
8JTF51264AZ-1G6E1 2x4GBMicronBench 52%, 17,707 samples	17x
M378B5173QH0-CK0 4x4GBSamsungBench 55%, 3,356 samples	16x

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Value: 74% - Very good

Total price: $196

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