HP Z230 Tower Workstation

Performance Results


Gaming 5% Tree trunk	Desktop 59% Gunboat	Workstation 5% 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 63.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	2.97% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	43.1% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

High background CPU (29%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	HP Z230 Tower Workstation (all builds)
Motherboard	Hewlett-Packard 1905
Memory	8.8 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140429
Uptime	2.7 Days
Run Date	Oct 08 '17 at 05:20
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	PHL-User
Background CPU	29%

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 E3-1270 v3 1,918 User benchmarks, average bench 75% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	63.3% Good	Memory 67.2 1-Core 106 2-Core 205 70% 126 Pts	4-Core 320 8-Core 518 51% 419 Pts	64-Core 562 35% 562 Pts
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 63.3% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Quadro 600 15,964 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Nvidia(10DE 0835) 1GB CLim: 640 MHz, MLim: 400 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 377.48 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	2.97% Terrible	Lighting 3.67 Reflection 4.15 Parallax 3.31 3% 3.71 fps	MRender 4.71 Gravity 3.7 Splatting 2.74 3% 3.72 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 2.97% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 320 Series 160GB-$149 13,029 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 94GB free (System drive) Firmware: 4PC10365 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 7012 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1044 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 14 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 740 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 267448 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 5462760 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 0 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 1416114401 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 99 99 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 267448 (F2) Unknown 100 100 171711	43.1% Average	Read 255 Write 169 Mixed 191 46% 205 MB/s	4K Read 18.3 4K Write 33.2 4K Mixed 15.5 65% 22.3 MB/s	DQ Read 65.9 DQ Write 63.9 DQ Mixed 25.6 30% 51.8 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 43.1% Great: 51%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$23 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 466GB free Firmware: KC65 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 167126832 (03) Spinup time 99 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1423 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 4374428704 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 6226 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1279 (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 69 60 605749279 (C2) HDA temperature 31 40 68719476767 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 36 32 167126832 (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 26933739919410 (F1) Unknown 100 253 732491887 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3932266083	69.3% Good	Read 122 Write 120 Mixed 97.8 85% 113 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 1.09 4K Mixed 0.89 147% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 69.3% Great: 88%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 459GB free Firmware: 19.01H19 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 197 197 52584 (03) Spinup time 143 140 3816 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 969 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 7022 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 898 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 64 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 904 (C2) HDA temperature 109 98 34 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 61 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 54 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 62	66.8% Good	Read 117 Write 116 Mixed 115 87% 116 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 1.73 4K Mixed 0.46 112% 0.96 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 66.8% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CT51264BA1339.M16F Hynix HMT351U6EFR8C-PB Hynix HMT451U6BFR8C-PB 12GB 1333, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	32.7% Below average	MC Read 10.5 MC Write 12.1 MC Mixed 10.5 32% 11 GB/s	SC Read 8.7 SC Write 12 SC Mixed 11.2 30% 10.6 GB/s	Latency 108 37% 108 ns

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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