HP Z230 SFF Workstation

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 5% Tree trunk	Desktop 44% Speed boat	Workstation 4% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 48.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	6.89% 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.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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.

Very high background CPU (100%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	HP Z230 SFF Workstation (all builds)
Motherboard	Hewlett-Packard 1906
Memory	1.1 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141117
Uptime	12.5 Days
Run Date	Jul 18 '21 at 13:57
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	VNM-User
Background CPU	100%

PC Performing as expected (46^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E3-1220 v3-$104 5,273 User benchmarks, average bench 69% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.25 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	48.5% Average	Memory 35.6 1-Core 71.2 2-Core 184 49% 96.9 Pts	4-Core 346 8-Core 382 48% 364 Pts	64-Core 381 24% 381 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 48.5% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 730 164,888 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Nvidia(10DE 1287) 1GB CLim: 901 MHz, MLim: 1252 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 387.92 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	6.89% Terrible	Lighting 8.6 Reflection 9 Parallax 9.4 7% 9 fps	MRender 10.6 Gravity 7.4 Splatting 7 7% 8.33 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.89% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Apacer AS340 120GB 5,956 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 14GB free (System drive) Firmware: AP912PE0 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 379 Write 300 Mixed 291 72% 323 MB/s	4K Read 32.4 4K Write 62.4 4K Mixed 30.5 121% 41.8 MB/s	DQ Read 317 DQ Write 330 DQ Mixed 193 181% 280 MB/s
Poor: 41% Great: 91%
WD WD10JPCX-24UE4T0 1TB 40,989 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 14GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 74 73 75 75 75 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	39.7% Below average	Read 63.8 Write 66.3 Mixed 39.2 SusWrite 74.2 45% 60.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.6 123% 1 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 39.7% Great: 61%
Seagate ST3250414CS 250GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 8GB free Firmware: CA12 SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 87 88 88 88 94 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	50.7% Above average	Read 86.6 Write 83.1 Mixed 52.4 SusWrite 89.9 57% 78 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 147% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 50.7% Great: 60%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HP698650-154-HYAG 1315 CT25664BD160B.C8FP 99U5584-005.A00LF 1315 CT25664BD160B.C8FP 12GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 2048, 4096, 2048 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	42.9% Average	MC Read 16.9 MC Write 18.4 MC Mixed 14.8 48% 16.7 GB/s	SC Read 5.4 SC Write 11.7 SC Mixed 7.8 24% 8.3 GB/s	Latency 224 18% 224 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 42.9% Great: 50%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	10	8	60	23"	1280 720	FUS0856 B23T-7 LED

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Gaming 8%

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Desktop 66%

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Workstation 8%

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System: HP Z230 SFF Workstation

CPU
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	158x
Core i7-4770Intel $75Bench 70%, 176,321 samples	109x
Core i5-4590Intel $188Bench 63%, 151,366 samples	96x

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	155x
Quadro K620Nvidia $170Bench 11%, 16,214 samples	87x
GT 1030NvidiaBench 14%, 185,384 samples	73x

SSD
MX500 500GBCrucial $46Bench 106%, 237,241 samples	19x
MX500 250GBCrucial $40Bench 101%, 77,177 samples	13x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	12x

RAM
8JTF51264AZ-1G6E1 4x4GBMicronBench 56%, 6,584 samples	18x
8JTF51264AZ-1G6E1 2x4GBMicronBench 52%, 17,707 samples	17x
M378B5173QH0-CK0 4x4GBSamsungBench 55%, 3,356 samples	16x

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Value: 74% - Very good

Total price: $196

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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