HP Z230 Tower Workstation

Performance Results


Gaming 15% Surfboard	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 65.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	19.5% 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	77.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Very high background CPU (33%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	HP Z230 Tower Workstation (all builds)
Motherboard	Hewlett-Packard 1905
Memory	4.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200422
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 12 '20 at 00:21
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	33%

PC Performing as expected (57^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E3-1230 v3-$217 8,137 User benchmarks, average bench 73% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	65.9% Good	Memory 75.2 1-Core 104 2-Core 196 71% 125 Pts	4-Core 306 8-Core 472 48% 389 Pts	64-Core 499 31% 499 Pts
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 65.9% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 750-Ti-$92 309,423 User benchmarks, average bench 17% EVGA(3842 3753) CLim: 1450 MHz, MLim: 1350 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 432.00 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	19.5% Very poor	Lighting 24.3 Reflection 19.2 Parallax 22.3 20% 22 fps	MRender 27.2 Gravity 24.7 Splatting 19 19% 23.6 fps
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 19.5% Great: 19%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX200 240GB-$36 36,559 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 142GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU02.6 SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 105 78 55 54 54 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	77.2% Very good	Read 480 Write 409 Mixed 382 SusWrite 78.2 75% 337 MB/s	4K Read 28.3 4K Write 78.3 4K Mixed 43.5 140% 50 MB/s	DQ Read 284 DQ Write 130 DQ Mixed 80.7 93% 165 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 77.2% Great: 91%
Crucial_CT2050MX300SSD1 2TB 2,359 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 1TB free Firmware: M0CR031 SusWrite @10s intervals: 436 441 368 282 280 284 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	84.8% Excellent	Read 193 Write 458 Mixed 364 SusWrite 349 78% 341 MB/s	4K Read 23.9 4K Write 87.4 4K Mixed 38.8 132% 50 MB/s	DQ Read 340 DQ Write 320 DQ Mixed 294 230% 318 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 84.8% Great: 99%
WD Blue 1TB (2010)-$128 11,448 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 429GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 97 99 99 99 99 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	61.5% Good	Read 115 Write 107 Mixed 93.6 SusWrite 98.4 77% 104 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 189% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 61.5% Great: 74%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 156GB free Firmware: HP51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 167 170 173 172 173 172 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	98.6% Outstanding	Read 173 Write 122 Mixed 78.7 SusWrite 171 100% 136 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 166% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 98.6% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT41GU7AFR8C-PB 1x8GB 47 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	28.5% Poor	MC Read 8.8 MC Write 9.7 MC Mixed 8.3 26% 8.93 GB/s	SC Read 9.9 SC Write 11.6 SC Mixed 9.9 30% 10.5 GB/s	Latency 90 44% 90 ns
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 28.5% Great: 34%

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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	612x
Core i7-4770Intel $75Bench 70%, 176,321 samples	491x
Core i5-4590Intel $188Bench 63%, 151,366 samples	238x

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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Total price: $178

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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