HP Z230 Tower Workstation

Performance Results


Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 67% Battle cruiser	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 72.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	3.47% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	91% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	HP Z230 Tower Workstation (all builds)
Motherboard	Hewlett-Packard 1905
Memory	10.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	Χρώματα 1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131018
Uptime	6.3 Days
Run Date	Jun 21 '17 at 17:23
Run Duration	140 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing as expected (49^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E3-1245 v3-$245 2,834 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	72.5% Very good	Memory 77.4 1-Core 106 2-Core 208 74% 131 Pts	4-Core 364 8-Core 561 57% 463 Pts	64-Core 559 35% 559 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 72.5% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD Graphics P4600 2,141 User benchmarks, average bench 3% HP(103C 1905) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4531 Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	3.47% Terrible	Lighting 3.83 Reflection 6.08 Parallax 6.06 3% 5.32 fps	MRender 4.52 Gravity 2.43 Splatting 7.3 4% 4.75 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.47% Great: 4%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Ts256gss TS25670S 256GB 25 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 73GB free (System drive) Firmware: O0918B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 712 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 30 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 144 (A3) Unknown 100 100 21 (A4) Unknown 100 100 65863 (A5) Unknown 100 100 82 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 31 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 99 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 4 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 1499 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 117225 (F2) Unknown 100 100 112943 (F5) Unknown 100 100 263452	91% Outstanding	Read 512 Write 388 Mixed 441 100% 447 MB/s	4K Read 30.9 4K Write 79.8 4K Mixed 32.3 130% 47.7 MB/s	DQ Read 31.5 DQ Write 291 DQ Mixed 64.6 78% 129 MB/s
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 91% Great: 108%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$23 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 416GB free Firmware: HP73 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 109 99 1432 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 11252 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 15951294 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 17391 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 571 (B4) Unknown 100 100 4278915333 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 62 56 722599974 (C2) HDA temperature 38 44 51539607590 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 42 31 1432 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	60.3% Good	Read 113 Write 97.3 Mixed 88.1 75% 99.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.94 4K Mixed 0.4 91% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 60.3% Great: 88%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 23GB free Firmware: CC38 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 231200445 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 86 86 15188 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 2 (07) Seek error rate 85 60 353429016 (09) Power-on hours count 57 57 38531 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1394 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 25 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 62 54 705953830 (C2) HDA temperature 38 46 60129542182 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 26 17 231200445 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 62543313803983 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1687593996 (F2) Unknown 100 253 943096146	50.5% Above average	Read 90 Write 85.9 Mixed 96 69% 90.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 1.57 4K Mixed 0.33 90% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 50.5% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 18KSF51272AZ-1G6K1 4x4GB 77 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (30^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	53.8% Above average	MC Read 20 MC Write 20.6 MC Mixed 15.6 54% 18.7 GB/s	SC Read 12.7 SC Write 19.1 SC Mixed 18.8 48% 16.9 GB/s	Latency 85.6 47% 85.6 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 53.8% Great: 61%

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System: HP Z230 Tower Workstation

CPU
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	613x
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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Value: 74% - Very good

Total price: $178

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