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 way above expectations (87th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 13 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 75.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	120% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

System	HP Z230 Tower Workstation (all builds)
Motherboard	Hewlett-Packard 1905
Memory	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20180704
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 21 '18 at 01:57
Run Duration	213 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770-$75 176,321 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	75.6% Very good	Memory 77.3 1-Core 115 2-Core 223 77% 139 Pts	4-Core 398 8-Core 576 61% 487 Pts	64-Core 580 36% 580 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 75.6% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia NVS 310 4,920 User benchmarks, average bench 1% HP(103C 094E) 512MB CLim: 523 MHz, MLim: 437 MHz, Ram: 512MB, Driver: 385.69 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 1% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 EVO 250G 250GB 3,453 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 165GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 359 309 308 309 310 309 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	120% Outstanding	Read 506 Write 458 Mixed 438 SusWrite 318 97% 430 MB/s	4K Read 48 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 61.8 207% 71 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 61.8 129% 262 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 122%
HGST Travelstar 5K1000 2.5" 1TB 129,581 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 886GB free Firmware: JA0O SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 100 101 101 103 101 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	58.9% Above average	Read 104 Write 98.2 Mixed 38.4 SusWrite 101 62% 85.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.6 115% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 58.9% Great: 57%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 401GB free Firmware: CC34 SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 126 126 125 126 126 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	71.3% Very good	Read 123 Write 127 Mixed 67.8 SusWrite 126 81% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 1 172% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 71.3% Great: 70%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 187 189 190 188 189 188 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 191 Write 149 Mixed 84.7 SusWrite 188 112% 153 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 146% 1 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT351U6EFR8C-PB 4x4GB 2,366 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	55.8% Above average	MC Read 20.4 MC Write 20.6 MC Mixed 16.7 55% 19.2 GB/s	SC Read 13.9 SC Write 21.6 SC Mixed 21 54% 18.8 GB/s	Latency 85.7 47% 85.7 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 55.8% Great: 90%

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System: HP Z230 Tower Workstation

CPU
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	614x
Core i7-4770Intel $75Bench 70%, 176,321 samples	492x
Core i5-4590Intel $188Bench 63%, 151,366 samples	239x

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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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