HP Z230 Tower Workstation

Performance Results


Gaming 30% Sail boat	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 26% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 76.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	35.1% 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	122% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	HP Z230 Tower Workstation (all builds)
Motherboard	Hewlett-Packard 1905
Memory	10.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131018
Uptime	1.4 Days
Run Date	Jan 15 '19 at 14:56
Run Duration	146 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E3-1245 v3-$245 2,834 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	76.1% Very good	Memory 80.8 1-Core 105 2-Core 214 75% 133 Pts	4-Core 384 8-Core 568 59% 476 Pts	64-Core 567 35% 567 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 76.1% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Gigabyte(1458 36BE) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 417.22 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	35.1% Below average	Lighting 45.2 Reflection 45.3 Parallax 40.2 37% 43.6 fps	MRender 39.4 Gravity 40.8 Splatting 36.4 32% 38.9 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 35.1% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$52 296,814 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 145GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 386 295 301 302 301 301 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	122% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 490 Mixed 468 SusWrite 314 100% 447 MB/s	4K Read 48 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 63 211% 73.1 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 360 271% 363 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 128%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$33 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 814GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 108 107 109 109 109 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	63% Good	Read 111 Write 115 Mixed 110 SusWrite 108 83% 111 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 213% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 63% Great: 76%
Generic USB SD Reader 32GB 94 User benchmarks, average bench 12% 12GB free, PID 0310 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 8.7 9.8 9.9 9.1 9.8 9.9 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	5.7% Terrible	Read 16.7 Write 8 Mixed 6.7 SusWrite 9.5 12% 10.2 MB/s	4K Read 5.1 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 19% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 5.7% Great: 19%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M391B5273CH0-CH9 M391B5273DH0-CK0 M391B5273CH0-CH9 M391B5273DH0-CK0 16GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	48.6% Average	MC Read 16.6 MC Write 17.6 MC Mixed 15 47% 16.4 GB/s	SC Read 13.2 SC Write 19.5 SC Mixed 16.8 47% 16.5 GB/s	Latency 79 51% 79 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 48.6% Great: 49%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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System: HP Z230 Tower Workstation

CPU
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	617x
Core i7-4770Intel $75Bench 70%, 176,321 samples	498x
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	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	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 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

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