HP Z230 Tower Workstation

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (33rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 67 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.
Boot Drive	53.1% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

System	HP Z230 Tower Workstation (all builds)
Motherboard	Hewlett-Packard 1905
Memory	11 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171225
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Feb 05 '18 at 12:10
Run Duration	152 Seconds
Run User	JPN-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E3-1280 v3 251 User benchmarks, average bench 76% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	68.2% Good	Memory 67.8 1-Core 114 2-Core 210 72% 131 Pts	4-Core 369 8-Core 581 58% 475 Pts	64-Core 580 36% 580 Pts
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 68.2% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Quadro K2000 13,526 User benchmarks, average bench 7% HP(103C 094C) 2GB CLim: 954 MHz, MLim: 1000 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 386.1 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 7% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 520 Series 180GB-$140 14,258 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 33GB free (System drive) Firmware: 400i Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 -101739184402226 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1334 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 73 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 73 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 161666 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 70 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 161666 (F2) Unknown 100 100 380061 (F9) Unknown 100 100 5867	53.1% Above average	Read 432 Write 190 Mixed 266 65% 296 MB/s	4K Read 16.9 4K Write 44.4 4K Mixed 12.4 65% 24.6 MB/s	DQ Read 138 DQ Write 87.8 DQ Mixed 54.5 56% 93.4 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 53.1% Great: 88%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 218GB free Firmware: 18.01H18 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 143 141 3816 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2161 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 76 76 17903 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 965 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 55 487784477 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 75 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2090 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	58.3% Above average	Read 103 Write 100 Mixed 101 76% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.54 4K Mixed 0.36 86% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 58.3% Great: 69%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 193GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 181 164 5908 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4018 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 72 72 20583 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2790 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 394 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 188 188 37989 (C2) HDA temperature 127 108 23 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	64.7% Good	Read 116 Write 109 Mixed 93.7 80% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.76 4K Mixed 0.28 86% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 64.7% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT351U7BFR8C-H9 Samsung M391B5173QH0-YK0 HMT351U7BFR8C-H9 Samsung M391B5173QH0-YK0 16GB 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	43.2% Average	MC Read 14 MC Write 16.3 MC Mixed 13.3 42% 14.5 GB/s	SC Read 13.1 SC Write 18.7 SC Mixed 16 46% 15.9 GB/s	Latency 107 38% 107 ns

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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