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 (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 78.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	107% 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

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	HP Z230 Tower Workstation (all builds)
Motherboard	Hewlett-Packard 1905
Memory	14 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180704
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 24 '18 at 02:21
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (78^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 way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	78.5% Very good	Memory 80.1 1-Core 114 2-Core 221 78% 138 Pts	4-Core 422 8-Core 558 62% 490 Pts	64-Core 570 35% 570 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 78.5% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia NVS 510 2,450 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Nvidia(10DE 0967) 2GB CLim: 797 MHz, MLim: 445 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 411.63 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HyperX Savage 240GB-$120 39,518 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 169GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM02.H SusWrite @10s intervals: 430 439 458 465 463 465 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 489 Write 486 Mixed 352 SusWrite 454 100% 445 MB/s	4K Read 30.9 4K Write 91.3 4K Mixed 39.2 145% 53.8 MB/s	DQ Read 343 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 180 180% 289 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 111%
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 96GB free Firmware: 60AABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 151 151 145 159 146 149 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	78.5% Very good	Read 349 Write 220 Mixed 228 SusWrite 150 53% 237 MB/s	4K Read 30.8 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 41.3 156% 59.7 MB/s	DQ Read 127 DQ Write 206 DQ Mixed 152 119% 162 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 78.5% Great: 85%
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 206GB free Firmware: 60AABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 185 170 151 165 168 176 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	85.2% Excellent	Read 316 Write 266 Mixed 276 SusWrite 169 58% 257 MB/s	4K Read 34 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 46.1 167% 62.4 MB/s	DQ Read 213 DQ Write 263 DQ Mixed 185 155% 221 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 85.2% Great: 85%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 466GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 153 153 154 154 154 155 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	88.5% Excellent	Read 154 Write 149 Mixed 83.8 SusWrite 154 99% 135 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1.1 218% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 88.5% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 8JTF51264AZ-1G6E1 4x4GB 6,584 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (40^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	54.1% Above average	MC Read 19.1 MC Write 19.9 MC Mixed 16.4 53% 18.5 GB/s	SC Read 15.3 SC Write 20.5 SC Mixed 19.4 53% 18.4 GB/s	Latency 80.4 50% 80.4 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 54.1% Great: 62%

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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	492x
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 $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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