HP Z230 SFF Workstation

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 5% Tree trunk	Desktop 65% Battle cruiser	Workstation 4% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	1.51% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	The 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.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	HP Z230 SFF Workstation (all builds)
Motherboard	Hewlett-Packard 1906
Memory	6.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20200422
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 10 '21 at 17:51
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	IRN-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing as expected (51^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4590-$188 151,366 User benchmarks, average bench 63% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	76.4% Very good	Memory 82.7 1-Core 109 2-Core 216 77% 136 Pts	4-Core 406 8-Core 397 54% 402 Pts	64-Core 404 25% 404 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 76.4% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% HP(103C 1906) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 10.18.14.5117 Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	1.51% Terrible	Lighting 0.2 Reflection 2.7 Parallax 6.7 0% 3.2 fps	MRender 8.1 Gravity 2.4 Splatting 4.9 4% 5.13 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 1.51% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 227GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 135 134 92 132 152 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	65.1% Good	Read 106 Write 96.1 Mixed 93.9 SusWrite 120 77% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1 188% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 65.1% Great: 109%
UFD 3.0 silicon-power 32GB 14 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 19GB free, PID 5500 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 83 83 89 82 89 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	38.2% Below average	Read 118 Write 62.5 Mixed 33.5 SusWrite 84.5 92% 74.6 MB/s	4K Read 6.1 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 1.1 74% 2.53 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 38.2% Great: 38%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 8KTF25664AZ-1G6M1 8KTF25664AZ-1G6M1 8KTF25664AZ-1G6M1 8JTF25664AZ-1G6M1 8GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 2048, 2048, 2048, 2048 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	60.2% Good	MC Read 21.5 MC Write 23 MC Mixed 18.6 60% 21 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 20.4 SC Mixed 19.8 53% 18.6 GB/s	Latency 75.7 53% 75.7 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 60.2% 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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Typical Z230 SFF Workstation Builds (Compare 786 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 8%

Tree trunk

Desktop 66%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 8%

Tree trunk

System: HP Z230 SFF Workstation

CPU
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	159x
Core i7-4770Intel $75Bench 70%, 176,321 samples	110x
Core i5-4590Intel $188Bench 63%, 151,366 samples	97x

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	156x
Quadro K620Nvidia $170Bench 11%, 16,214 samples	87x
GT 1030NvidiaBench 14%, 185,384 samples	73x

SSD
MX500 500GBCrucial $53Bench 106%, 237,241 samples	19x
MX500 250GBCrucial $39Bench 101%, 77,177 samples	13x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	12x

RAM
8JTF51264AZ-1G6E1 4x4GBMicronBench 56%, 6,584 samples	19x
8JTF51264AZ-1G6E1 2x4GBMicronBench 52%, 17,707 samples	17x
M378B5173QH0-CK0 4x4GBSamsungBench 55%, 3,356 samples	16x

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Value: 71% - Very good

Total price: $203

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $258	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $160	Nvidia RTX 4070 $515	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	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