HP Z230 SFF Workstation

Performance Results


Gaming 6% Tree trunk	Desktop 60% Destroyer	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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	3.6% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	50.2% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	HP Z230 SFF Workstation (all builds)
Motherboard	Hewlett-Packard 1906
Memory	11.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161018
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jun 13 '17 at 16:58
Run Duration	105 Seconds
Run User	MEX-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing as expected (51^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E3-1225 v3-$170 4,850 User benchmarks, average bench 69% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	65.9% Good	Memory 65.7 1-Core 101 2-Core 199 67% 122 Pts	4-Core 383 8-Core 377 51% 380 Pts	64-Core 382 24% 382 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 65.9% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD Graphics P4600 2,141 User benchmarks, average bench 3% HP(103C 1906) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4624 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	3.6% Terrible	Lighting 4 Reflection 6.88 Parallax 6.44 3% 5.77 fps	MRender 4.05 Gravity 2.4 Splatting 8 4% 4.82 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.6% Great: 4%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Adata XPG SX930 240GB-$80 1,536 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 178GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.9E Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 7670 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 126 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 254 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 171 171 4322820357 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 2048 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 48 (C2) HDA temperature 69 69 133145493535 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 92 92 8 (E9) Unknown 100 100 274781153536 (EA) Unknown 100 100 267178706880 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 98370451583 (F2) Unknown 100 100 9633421824	50.2% Above average	Read 479 Write 420 Mixed 454 101% 451 MB/s	4K Read 5.76 4K Write 6.55 4K Mixed 4.49 18% 5.6 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 50.2% Great: 113%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 418GB free Firmware: 18.01H18 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 142 141 3891 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1851 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3615 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1851 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 59 605487140 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 18 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1832 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	64% Good	Read 119 Write 104 Mixed 95.4 80% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.36 4K Write 1.67 4K Mixed 0.29 78% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 64% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905474-062.A00LF Hynix HMT451U7AFR8C-PB 9905584-015.A00LF Hynix HMT451U7AFR8C-PB 16GB 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	38.2% Below average	MC Read 13.2 MC Write 14 MC Mixed 11.8 37% 13 GB/s	SC Read 12.1 SC Write 14.5 SC Mixed 12.7 37% 13.1 GB/s	Latency 112 36% 112 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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System: HP Z230 SFF Workstation

CPU
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	158x
Core i7-4770Intel $75Bench 70%, 176,321 samples	110x
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 $55Bench 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: 71% - Very good

Total price: $205

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 $15	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