HP Z230 Tower Workstation

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU, SSD
Gaming
Gaming 0%
Incomplete
Desktop
Desktop 0%
Incomplete
Workstation
Workstation 0%
Incomplete
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing way below expectations (10th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 90 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.
ProcessorWith 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 67.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Boot DriveThe boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory24GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Run History
2 years ago, 2 years ago.
SystemHP Z230 Tower Workstation  (all builds)
MotherboardHewlett-Packard 1905
Memory20.3 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20190610
Uptime0 Days
Run DateSep 18 '21 at 20:09
Run Duration117 Seconds
Run User MAR-User
Background CPU9%

 PC Performing way below expectations (10th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Xeon E3-1246 v3-$200
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg)
Performing way below expectations (18th percentile)
67.4% Good
Memory 69.5
1-Core 104
2-Core 202
70% 126 Pts
4-Core 352
8-Core 559
56% 455 Pts
64-Core 548
34% 548 Pts
Poor: 59%
This bench: 67.4%
Great: 82%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$20
123GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1H20
SusWrite @10s intervals: 33 38 28 30 33 34 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (1st percentile)
9.64% Terrible
Read 0.7
Write 57.8
Mixed 0.7
SusWrite 32.8
16% 23 MB/s
4K Read 0
4K Write 0.6
4K Mixed 0
11% 0.2 MB/s
Poor: 24%
This bench: 9.64%
Great: 69%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Hynix HMT41GU6AFR8A-PB Kingston HP698651-154-KEB Kingston HP698651-154-KEB 24GB
1600, 1600, 1600 MHz
8192, 8192, 8192 MB
Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples
46.9% Average
MC Read 14.9
MC Write 18.2
MC Mixed 15.1
46% 16.1 GB/s
SC Read 13.6
SC Write 18.6
SC Mixed 16.6
46% 16.3 GB/s
Latency 102
39% 102 ns
Poor: 31%
This bench: 46.9%
Great: 47%

 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 5 3 64 0" 1280 720
Typical Z230 Tower Workstation Builds (Compare 2,729 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 8%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 65%
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Workstation
Workstation 7%
Tree trunk

System: HP Z230 Tower Workstation

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 74% - Very good Total price: $178
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