HP Z2 Mini G3 Workstation

Performance Results


Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	12.6% 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.
Boot Drive	237% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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 (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	HP Z2 Mini G3 Workstation (all builds)
Motherboard	HP 82C0
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors, 3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors, 3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170502
Uptime	2.9 Days
Run Date	Aug 09 '18 at 13:21
Run Duration	114 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$180 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% CPU0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	87.4% Excellent	Memory 92.3 1-Core 125 2-Core 246 87% 154 Pts	4-Core 445 8-Core 656 69% 550 Pts	64-Core 657 41% 657 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 87.4% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Quadro M620 1,730 User benchmarks, average bench 12% HP(103C 82C0) 2GB CLim: 1019 MHz, MLim: 1252 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 397.93 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	12.6% Very poor	Lighting 15 Reflection 13.6 Parallax 14.5 12% 14.4 fps	MRender 19.7 Gravity 15.9 Splatting 14.3 13% 16.6 fps
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 12.6% Great: 12%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB 21,542 User benchmarks, average bench 238% 118GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXA7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1528 1384 1369 1129 927 1051 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	237% Outstanding	Read 991 Write 1,142 Mixed 630 SusWrite 1,231 226% 999 MB/s	4K Read 38.6 4K Write 184 4K Mixed 50.8 221% 91.1 MB/s	DQ Read 1,302 DQ Write 1,215 DQ Mixed 1081 860% 1,199 MB/s
Poor: 149% ↑ This bench: 237% Great: 306%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 2x8GB 71,691 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	72.5% Very good	MC Read 27.8 MC Write 27.4 MC Mixed 20.5 72% 25.2 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 27.7 SC Mixed 23.1 65% 22.8 GB/s	Latency 63.6 63% 63.6 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 72.5% Great: 79%

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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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Desktop 76%

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Workstation 15%

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System: HP Z2 Mini G3 Workstation

CPU
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	61x
Xeon E3-1245 v5IntelBench 76%, 2,081 samples	59x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	59x

GPU
Quadro M620NvidiaBench 12%, 1,730 samples	259x
HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake)IntelBench 5%, 153,031 samples	17x
HD 530 (Desktop Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 188,220 samples	12x

SSD
SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsungBench 238%, 21,542 samples	78x
PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBSamsungBench 177%, 99,566 samples	38x
SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBSamsungBench 219%, 21,747 samples	27x

RAM
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 2x8GBHynixBench 70%, 71,691 samples	30x
M471A1K43CB1-CRC 2x8GBSamsungBench 70%, 62,266 samples	26x
M471A2K43CB1-CRC 1x16GBSamsungBench 40%, 36,753 samples	17x

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Value: 82% - Excellent

Total price: $180

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $177	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