HP Z230 Tower Workstation

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	65.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

System	HP Z230 Tower Workstation (all builds)
Motherboard	Hewlett-Packard 1905
Memory	14 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20140123
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 17 '18 at 10:53
Run Duration	111 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770-$75 176,321 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	78% Very good	Memory 83.8 1-Core 110 2-Core 219 78% 138 Pts	4-Core 390 8-Core 575 60% 482 Pts	64-Core 578 36% 578 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 78% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Quadro K2000 13,526 User benchmarks, average bench 7% HP(103C 094C) 2GB Ram: 2GB, Driver: 311.66 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 7% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Micron C400 RealSSD 128GB 11,312 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 4GB free (System drive) Firmware: 070H Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^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 100 100 144 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 48 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (AE) Unknown 100 100 28 (B5) Unknown 100 100 146030002193 (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 94 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (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 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0	65.3% Good	Read 422 Write 187 Mixed 201 59% 270 MB/s	4K Read 28.1 4K Write 93.8 4K Mixed 6.17 100% 42.7 MB/s	DQ Read 267 DQ Write 156 DQ Mixed 7.65 60% 144 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 65.3% Great: 70%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 931GB free Firmware: HP34 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 112 100 44291856 (03) Spinup time 98 98 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 58 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 18517 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 146 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 47 (B4) Unknown 100 100 45351364 (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 71 62 488308765 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 28 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 155 (C2) HDA temperature 29 40 94489280541 (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	91.8% Outstanding	Read 156 Write 164 Mixed 60.9 93% 127 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 2.27 4K Mixed 0.37 110% 1.09 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 91.8% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT351U6CFR8C-PB 4x4GB 7,298 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	55.4% Above average	MC Read 19.8 MC Write 20.4 MC Mixed 16.5 54% 18.9 GB/s	SC Read 15 SC Write 20.6 SC Mixed 19.3 52% 18.3 GB/s	Latency 73.8 54% 73.8 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 55.4% Great: 91%

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Workstation 7%

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System: HP Z230 Tower Workstation

CPU
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	614x
Core i7-4770Intel $75Bench 70%, 176,321 samples	491x
Core i5-4590Intel $188Bench 63%, 151,366 samples	239x

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 $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