HP Z230 Tower Workstation

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU, SSD
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (20th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 80 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 67.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
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.

System	HP Z230 Tower Workstation (all builds)
Motherboard	Hewlett-Packard 1905
Memory	16.4 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190610
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 18 '21 at 19:58
Run Duration	200 Seconds
Run User	MAR-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E3-1246 v3-$200 2,511 User benchmarks, average bench 73% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	67.8% Good	Memory 68.8 1-Core 112 2-Core 197 71% 126 Pts	4-Core 360 8-Core 554 56% 457 Pts	64-Core 541 34% 541 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 67.8% Great: 82%

Drives	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$20 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 123GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1H20 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete	Read 83.4 Write 90.2 Mixed 62.2 59% 78.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.9 141% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 24% Great: 69%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$23 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 16GB free Firmware: HP73 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete	Read 0.2 Write 1.5 Mixed 2.5 1% 1.4 MB/s	4K Read 0 4K Mixed 0 0% 0 MB/s
Poor: 27% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT41GU6AFR8A-PB Kingston HP698651-154-KEB Kingston HP698651-154-KEB 24GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	30.9% Below average	MC Read 10.2 MC Write 11.2 MC Mixed 9 29% 10.1 GB/s	SC Read 11.1 SC Write 11.2 SC Mixed 10.3 31% 10.9 GB/s	Latency 104 38% 104 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 30.9% Great: 47%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	6	4	64	0"	1280 720

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Gaming 8%

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Desktop 65%

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Workstation 7%

Tree trunk

System: HP Z230 Tower Workstation

CPU
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	617x
Core i7-4770Intel $75Bench 70%, 176,321 samples	494x
Core i5-4590Intel $188Bench 63%, 151,366 samples	239x

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	235x
Quadro K2000NvidiaBench 7%, 13,526 samples	173x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	162x

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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16