HP Z230 Tower Workstation

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming
Gaming 0%
Incomplete
Desktop
Desktop 0%
Incomplete
Workstation
Workstation 0%
Incomplete
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (40th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 60 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 65%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Boot Drive58.5% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough 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.
SystemHP Z230 Tower Workstation  (all builds)
MotherboardHewlett-Packard 1905
Memory12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 7
BIOS Date20180704
Uptime0 Days
Run DateNov 05 '18 at 14:31
Run Duration143 Seconds
Run User SWE-User
Background CPU0%

 PC Performing as expected (40th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Xeon E3-1245 v3-$245
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz
Performing way below expectations (14th percentile)
65% Good
Memory 69.5
1-Core 107
2-Core 218
72% 131 Pts
4-Core 326
8-Core 566
54% 446 Pts
64-Core 563
35% 563 Pts
Poor: 61%
This bench: 65%
Great: 81%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia Quadro K600
HP(103C 094B) 1GB
Ram: 1GB, Driver: 332.50
Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete
Lighting 4.3
Reflection 3.65
Parallax 3.91
4% 3.95 fps
Splatting 6.87
7% 6.87 fps
Poor: 3% Great: 4%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Micron C400 RealSSD 256GB
130GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 070H
SusWrite @10s intervals: 235 231 224 227 232 217 MB/s
Performing above expectations (69th percentile)
58.5% Above average
Read 358
Write 195
Mixed 235
SusWrite 228
57% 254 MB/s
4K Read 15.6
4K Write 98.6
4K Mixed 10.5
89% 41.6 MB/s
DQ Read 112
DQ Write 104
DQ Mixed 13.1
36% 76.4 MB/s
Poor: 41%
This bench: 58.5%
Great: 69%
Nvme INTEL SSDPED1D48 480GB
349GB free
Firmware: 0325 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 351 345 338 346 343 342 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (1st percentile)
189% Outstanding
Read 364
Write 319
Mixed 344
SusWrite 344
77% 343 MB/s
4K Read 123
4K Write 145
4K Mixed 135
435% 134 MB/s
DQ Read 399
DQ Write 375
DQ Mixed 153
179% 309 MB/s
Poor: 258%
This bench: 189%
Great: 527%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37
912GB free
Firmware: 80.0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 149 151 150 150 151 151 MB/s
Performing above expectations (64th percentile)
90.3% Outstanding
Read 164
Write 150
Mixed 66.2
SusWrite 151
97% 133 MB/s
4K Read 1.2
4K Write 0.8
4K Mixed 0.8
154% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 52%
This bench: 90.3%
Great: 109%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Hynix HMT451U7AFR8C-PB Samsung M391B5173QH0-YK0 HMT451U7AFR8C-PB Samsung M391B5173QH0-YK0 16GB
1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz
4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB
Performing as expected (55th percentile)
46% Average
MC Read 17.3
MC Write 16.6
MC Mixed 13
45% 15.6 GB/s
SC Read 13.9
SC Write 19.4
SC Mixed 16.3
47% 16.5 GB/s
Latency 103
39% 103 ns
Poor: 44%
This bench: 46%
Great: 48%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Desktop
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Workstation
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System: HP Z230 Tower Workstation

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 74% - Very good Total price: $178
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