HP Z230 Tower Workstation

Performance Results


Gaming 11% Tree trunk	Desktop 66% Battle cruiser	Workstation 10% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (26th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 74 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 67.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	11% 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	101% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	HP Z230 Tower Workstation (all builds)
Motherboard	Hewlett-Packard 1905
Memory	9.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colores, 1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200422
Uptime	1.5 Days
Run Date	Nov 23 '23 at 16:48
Run Duration	181 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E3-1245 v3-$245 2,834 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	67.2% Good	Memory 66.3 1-Core 97.4 2-Core 194 66% 119 Pts	4-Core 368 8-Core 521 56% 444 Pts	64-Core 529 33% 529 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 67.2% Great: 81%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia Quadro K620-$170 16,214 User benchmarks, average bench 11% Nvidia(10DE 1098) 2GB CLim: 1124 MHz, MLim: 450 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 536.25 Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	11% Very poor	Lighting 13.5 Reflection 15.6 Parallax 11 11% 13.4 fps	MRender 11.2 Gravity 13.5 Splatting 14.6 11% 13.1 fps
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 11% Great: 11%
Intel HD Graphics P4600 2,141 User benchmarks, average bench 3% HP(103C 1905) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.5144 Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	3.35% Terrible	Lighting 3.7 Reflection 2.6 Parallax 6.9 3% 4.4 fps	MRender 7.4 Gravity 2.5 Splatting 4.9 4% 4.93 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.35% Great: 4%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 1TB-$88 202,785 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 427GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR032 SusWrite @10s intervals: 331 399 439 433 426 389 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 458 Write 424 Mixed 374 SusWrite 403 93% 415 MB/s	4K Read 30.9 4K Write 70.3 4K Mixed 42 138% 47.7 MB/s	DQ Read 353 DQ Write 301 DQ Mixed 289 227% 314 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 125%
Seagate Expansion Desk 6TB 6,833 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 2TB free Firmware: 0915 SusWrite @10s intervals: 12 13 13 13 13 13 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	18.5% Very poor	Read 50.8 Write 25.7 Mixed 28 SusWrite 12.8 22% 29.3 MB/s	4K Read 2.5 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.6 182% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 18.5% Great: 89%
ST1000LM 035-1RK172 1TB 34 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 137GB free, PID 0c31 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 11 12 12 12 12 13 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	7.23% Terrible	Read 25 Write 26.3 Mixed 22.3 SusWrite 12 28% 21.4 MB/s	4K Read 1.6 4K Write 0.2 4K Mixed 0.4 26% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 7.23% Great: 24%
WDC WD10 EZEX-60ZF5A0 1TB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 137GB free, PID 2773 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 2.4 1.5 1.4 1.4 1.4 5.4 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	10.4% Very poor	Read 55.5 Write 26 Mixed 23.5 SusWrite 2.2 30% 26.8 MB/s	4K Read 4 4K Write 0.3 4K Mixed 1 59% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 10.4% Great: 68%
WDC WD10 EZEX-60M2NA0 1TB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 138GB free, PID 2773 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 9.8 11 11 11 11 6.9 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	12.1% Very poor	Read 53.7 Write 26.3 Mixed 22.7 SusWrite 10 33% 28.2 MB/s	4K Read 3.7 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 1.1 65% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 12.1% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905471-006.A00LF 99U5474-038.A00LF 99U5474-026.A00LF 99U5474-038.A00LF 16GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	37.4% Below average	MC Read 12.5 MC Write 13.7 MC Mixed 11.5 36% 12.6 GB/s	SC Read 11.4 SC Write 16.5 SC Mixed 12.7 39% 13.5 GB/s	Latency 112 36% 112 ns
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 37.4% Great: 41%

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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: 0P 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	71	60	60	23.8"	1280 720	SAM7115 S24A31x

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Gaming 8%

Tree trunk

Desktop 65%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 7%

Tree trunk

System: HP Z230 Tower Workstation

CPU
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	620x
Core i7-4770Intel $75Bench 70%, 176,321 samples	499x
Core i5-4590Intel $188Bench 63%, 151,366 samples	240x

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	235x
Quadro K2000NvidiaBench 7%, 13,526 samples	174x
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	47x

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 i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $288	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16