HP Z240 Tower Workstation

Performance Results


Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	13.6% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	232% 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

19 months ago, 19 months ago, 19 months ago.

System	HP Z240 Tower Workstation (all builds)
Motherboard	HP 802F
Memory	10.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210428
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Sep 14 '22 at 18:16
Run Duration	141 Seconds
Run User	BGR-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$180 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% CPU0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	80.3% Excellent	Memory 88 1-Core 117 2-Core 215 80% 140 Pts	4-Core 391 8-Core 607 62% 499 Pts	64-Core 602 37% 602 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 80.3% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Quadro K1200 4,005 User benchmarks, average bench 13% HP(103C 1140) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1032 MHz, MLim: 1252 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 353.62 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	13.6% Very poor	Lighting 17 Reflection 15.3 Parallax 14.8 14% 15.7 fps	MRender 20.6 Gravity 15.1 Splatting 13.7 13% 16.5 fps
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 13.6% Great: 14%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 21,747 User benchmarks, average bench 219% 170GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXZ74H0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1213 1272 1267 1296 1315 1369 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	232% Outstanding	Read 1,245 Write 1,053 Mixed 474 SusWrite 1,289 228% 1,015 MB/s	4K Read 51.1 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 58.4 217% 77.2 MB/s	DQ Read 1,104 DQ Write 559 DQ Mixed 720 565% 795 MB/s
Poor: 134% ↑ This bench: 232% Great: 292%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 605GB free Firmware: 03.01A03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 126 129 128 128 129 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	82.7% Excellent	Read 160 Write 153 Mixed 96.9 SusWrite 128 99% 134 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1.1 223% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 82.7% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 4ATF51264AZ-2G3B1 4x4GB 120 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (15^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	68.7% Good	MC Read 25 MC Write 25.9 MC Mixed 21 68% 24 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 26.1 SC Mixed 23.2 62% 21.8 GB/s	Latency 69.5 58% 69.5 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 68.7% Great: 82%

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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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System: HP Z240 Tower Workstation

CPU
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	1,109x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	350x
Core i5-6500Intel $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	277x

GPU
HD 530 (Desktop Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 188,220 samples	228x
Quadro K2200Nvidia $440Bench 16%, 13,860 samples	209x
Quadro K620Nvidia $170Bench 11%, 16,214 samples	180x

SSD
SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBSamsungBench 219%, 21,747 samples	138x
SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsungBench 238%, 21,542 samples	98x
MTFDDAK256TBN-1AR1ZABHA 256GBCrucialBench 77%, 2,468 samples	74x

RAM
M378A1K43CB2-CRC 2x8GBSamsungBench 74%, 24,860 samples	160x
HMA81GU6AFR8N-UH 2x8GBHynixBench 74%, 20,415 samples	103x
HMA41GU6AFR8N-TF 2x8GBHynixBench 73%, 22,760 samples	102x

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Value: 82% - Excellent

Total price: $180

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $45	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