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 (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 66%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Boot Drive	119% 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	20GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 20GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

System	HP Z230 Tower Workstation (all builds)
Motherboard	Hewlett-Packard 1905
Memory	17.5 GB free of 20 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180124
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 06 '18 at 17:23
Run Duration	279 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	20%

PC Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	66% Good	Memory 67.7 1-Core 114 2-Core 224 74% 135 Pts	4-Core 346 8-Core 544 55% 445 Pts	64-Core 598 37% 598 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 66% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% HP(103C 1905) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4835 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$52 296,814 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 72GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 309 320 320 321 317 308 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	119% Outstanding	Read 511 Write 488 Mixed 465 SusWrite 316 100% 445 MB/s	4K Read 46.6 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 61.1 203% 69.9 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 338 DQ Mixed 355 267% 357 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 128%
SanDisk Ultra II 240GB-$40 53,931 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 37GB free Firmware: X31200RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 307 318 221 219 218 217 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	90% Excellent	Read 489 Write 451 Mixed 311 SusWrite 250 84% 375 MB/s	4K Read 29.8 4K Write 68.9 4K Mixed 38.2 131% 45.6 MB/s	DQ Read 345 DQ Write 311 DQ Mixed 256 212% 304 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 90% Great: 101%
Intenso Sata III 120GB 964 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 104GB free Firmware: P0510E SusWrite @10s intervals: 284 53 53 53 55 53 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	77.6% Very good	Read 498 Write 376 Mixed 362 SusWrite 91.7 74% 332 MB/s	4K Read 26.6 4K Write 70.9 4K Mixed 37.4 126% 45 MB/s	DQ Read 269 DQ Write 308 DQ Mixed 220 185% 266 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 77.6% Great: 90%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 122GB free Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1357 298 298 299 301 301 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	210% Outstanding	Read 2,037 Write 1,474 Mixed 561 SusWrite 476 251% 1,137 MB/s	4K Read 42.5 4K Write 134 4K Mixed 53.2 204% 76.7 MB/s	DQ Read 943 DQ Write 754 DQ Mixed 634 533% 777 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 210% Great: 236%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$23 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 327GB free Firmware: HP74 SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 118 121 121 121 121 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	69.1% Good	Read 121 Write 113 Mixed 63.5 SusWrite 120 76% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.7 131% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 69.1% Great: 88%
Intenso External USB 3.0 2TB 498 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 1TB free, PID 0701 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 189 194 197 197 197 197 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	74.7% Very good	Read 185 Write 148 Mixed 80.5 SusWrite 195 201% 152 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 88% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 74.7% Great: 71%
WD 5000AAC External 500GB 84 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 164GB free, PID 1001 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 36 35 36 36 36 36 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	19.6% Very poor	Read 32 Write 33 Mixed 25.8 SusWrite 35.7 43% 31.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.7 104% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 19.6% Great: 22%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMZ4GX3M1A1600C9 0215 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 0215 CMZ8GX3M1A1600C10 0215 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 20GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	39.9% Below average	MC Read 13.6 MC Write 14.7 MC Mixed 12.6 39% 13.6 GB/s	SC Read 10.1 SC Write 16 SC Mixed 14.3 38% 13.5 GB/s	Latency 107 37% 107 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 39.9% Great: 50%

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System: HP Z230 Tower Workstation

CPU
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	617x
Core i7-4770Intel $75Bench 70%, 176,321 samples	496x
Core i5-4590Intel $188Bench 63%, 151,366 samples	239x

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	235x
Quadro K2000NvidiaBench 7%, 13,526 samples	173x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	162x

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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16