HP Z230 Tower Workstation

Performance Results


Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 59% Gunboat	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 66.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	1.87% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	60.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (41%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	HP Z230 Tower Workstation (all builds)
Motherboard	Hewlett-Packard 1905
Memory	20 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180704
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 04 '19 at 04:40
Run Duration	129 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	41%

PC Performing above expectations (61^st 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 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	66.7% Good	Memory 69.8 1-Core 95.2 2-Core 185 66% 117 Pts	4-Core 342 8-Core 502 53% 422 Pts	64-Core 478 30% 478 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 66.7% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7470 14,835 User benchmarks, average bench 2% Dell(1028 2120) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	1.87% Terrible	Lighting 2.57 Reflection 2.38 Parallax 1.72 2% 2.22 fps	MRender 1.76 Gravity 1.5 Splatting 1.91 1% 1.72 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 1.87% Great: 2%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Micron C400 RealSSD 128GB 11,312 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 90GB free (System drive) Firmware: 070H SusWrite @10s intervals: 182 177 172 179 179 175 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	60.9% Good	Read 364 Write 166 Mixed 202 SusWrite 177 50% 227 MB/s	4K Read 26 4K Write 90.5 4K Mixed 16.3 108% 44.3 MB/s	DQ Read 109 DQ Write 76.9 DQ Mixed 21.3 35% 69.1 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 60.9% Great: 70%
WD WD2004FBYZ-01YCBB0 2TB 1,248 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2TB free Firmware: RR03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 189 180 181 174 188 180 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 200 Write 230 Mixed 113 SusWrite 182 133% 181 MB/s	4K Read 6.1 4K Write 3.5 4K Mixed 1 430% 3.53 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 106%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M391B1G73BH0-CK0 M391B1G73BH0-CK0 M378B5273DH0-CK0 M378B5273DH0-CK0 24GB 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	50.6% Above average	MC Read 17.2 MC Write 19.6 MC Mixed 16.1 50% 17.6 GB/s	SC Read 12.8 SC Write 18.8 SC Mixed 18.4 48% 16.7 GB/s	Latency 102 39% 102 ns

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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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Desktop 65%

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Workstation 7%

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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	493x
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 $177	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