HP Z230 Tower Workstation

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 5% Tree trunk	Desktop 60% Destroyer	Workstation 4% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 69.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	4.03% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

System	HP Z230 Tower Workstation (all builds)
Motherboard	Hewlett-Packard 1905
Memory	11.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, , 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180704
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jan 15 '19 at 18:36
Run Duration	146 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing as expected (56^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 below expectations (28^th percentile)	69.4% Good	Memory 68.8 1-Core 102 2-Core 214 70% 128 Pts	4-Core 376 8-Core 585 59% 481 Pts	64-Core 592 37% 592 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 69.4% Great: 80%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia Quadro K600 8,087 User benchmarks, average bench 3% HP(103C 094B) 1GB CLim: 875 MHz, MLim: 445 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 391.74 Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	3.99% Terrible	Lighting 4.37 Reflection 4.12 Parallax 4.56 4% 4.35 fps	MRender 5.1 Gravity 5.03 Splatting 7.04 5% 5.72 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.99% Great: 4%
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% HP(103C 1905) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.5058 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	4.03% Terrible	Lighting 4.03 Reflection 6.88 Parallax 7.66 3% 6.19 fps	MRender 9.38 Gravity 2.47 Splatting 7.96 6% 6.6 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.03% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$75 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 1TB free (System drive) Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 142 137 146 148 147 145 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	59.1% Above average	Read 60.1 Write 148 Mixed 34.5 SusWrite 144 70% 96.7 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 5.4 4K Mixed 2 376% 2.9 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 59.1% Great: 108%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 589GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 83 85 85 85 84 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	49% Average	Read 86.2 Write 77.3 Mixed 46.6 SusWrite 84.1 54% 73.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.7 148% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 49% Great: 67%
Seagate Expansion Desk 3TB 13,194 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 581GB free Firmware: 0739 SusWrite @10s intervals: 186 187 186 184 186 185 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 188 Write 133 Mixed 81.4 SusWrite 186 107% 147 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.9 157% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 103%
BUFFALO External HDD 2TB 329 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 1TB free, PID 01ea Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 42 43 42 43 43 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	18.4% Very poor	Read 38.8 Write 39 Mixed 28.5 SusWrite 42.2 51% 37.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.9 71% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 18.4% Great: 21%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378B5173QH0-CK0 4x4GB 3,356 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	43% Average	MC Read 16.2 MC Write 15.7 MC Mixed 12.3 42% 14.7 GB/s	SC Read 13.1 SC Write 15.9 SC Mixed 14.4 41% 14.5 GB/s	Latency 104 38% 104 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 43% Great: 69%

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

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Gaming 8%

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Desktop 65%

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Workstation 7%

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System: HP Z230 Tower Workstation

CPU
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	610x
Core i7-4770Intel $75Bench 70%, 176,321 samples	491x
Core i5-4590Intel $188Bench 63%, 151,366 samples	238x

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 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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