HP Z230 Tower Workstation

Performance Results


Gaming 16% Surfboard	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	15.8% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	80.6% 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	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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	HP Z230 Tower Workstation (all builds)
Motherboard	Hewlett-Packard 1905
Memory	3.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161018
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 26 '17 at 08:16
Run Duration	198 Seconds
Run User	SVK-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing as expected (45^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	78.1% Very good	Memory 75.1 1-Core 118 2-Core 231 78% 141 Pts	4-Core 442 8-Core 596 66% 519 Pts	64-Core 576 36% 576 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 78.1% Great: 80%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia Quadro K2200-$440 13,860 User benchmarks, average bench 16% HP(103C 1097) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1124 MHz, MLim: 1252 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 369.9 Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	15.8% Very poor	Lighting 20.3 Reflection 15.3 Parallax 17.8 17% 17.8 fps	MRender 22.3 Gravity 16.6 Splatting 15.1 14% 18 fps
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 15.8% Great: 17%
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% HP(103C 1905) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4624 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MTFDDAK256MAY-1AH1ZABHA 256GB 909 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 147GB free (System drive) Firmware: M504 Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	80.6% Excellent	Read 477 Write 410 Mixed 436 98% 441 MB/s	4K Read 24.2 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 16 116% 50.2 MB/s	DQ Read 25.8 DQ Write 118 DQ Mixed 16.3 29% 53.3 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 80.6% Great: 105%
Generic- USB CRW-SD 66GB 16GB free, PID 0321 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	6.55% Terrible	Read 22.5 Write 10.5 Mixed 13.6 18% 15.5 MB/s	4K Read 4.11 4K Write 0.009 4K Mixed 0.01 16% 1.38 MB/s

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT451U6BFR8C-PB 2x4GB 7,217 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (15^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	44.9% Average	MC Read 16.6 MC Write 16.3 MC Mixed 13.3 44% 15.4 GB/s	SC Read 12.6 SC Write 16.8 SC Mixed 13.9 41% 14.4 GB/s	Latency 90.2 44% 90.2 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 44.9% Great: 59%

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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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Workstation 7%

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System: HP Z230 Tower Workstation

CPU
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	616x
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	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 $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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 $539	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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16