HP Z230 Tower Workstation

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 90%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 78%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 78%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 71.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics126% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive97.3% 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.
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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
SystemHP Z230 Tower Workstation  (all builds)
MotherboardHewlett-Packard 1905
Memory11.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display3840 x 1600 - 32 Bit colors, 1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20161018
Uptime0.6 Days
Run DateFeb 01 '19 at 23:23
Run Duration124 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU2%

 PC Performing as expected (60th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-4790-$135
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg)
Performing as expected (51st percentile)
71.8% Very good
Memory 77.6
1-Core 108
2-Core 202
73% 129 Pts
4-Core 356
8-Core 597
58% 476 Pts
64-Core 596
37% 596 Pts
Poor: 58%
This bench: 71.8%
Great: 80%
Graphics Cards Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 417.71
Performing below potential (68th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
126% Outstanding
Lighting 175
Reflection 189
Parallax 189
142% 184 fps
MRender 122
Gravity 176
Splatting 126
114% 141 fps
Poor: 109%
This bench: 126%
Great: 133%
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15
HP(103C 1905) 1GB
Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4835
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
3.85% Terrible
Lighting 3.87
Reflection 6.12
Parallax 6.22
3% 5.4 fps
MRender 9.33
Gravity 2.43
Splatting 7.17
5% 6.31 fps
Poor: 3%
This bench: 3.85%
Great: 3%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$210
60GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EXM04B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 165 115 118 121 114 116 MB/s
Performing below expectations (38th percentile)
97.3% Outstanding
Read 508
Write 219
Mixed 298
SusWrite 125
64% 288 MB/s
4K Read 37.5
4K Write 115
4K Mixed 47.1
178% 66.6 MB/s
DQ Read 376
DQ Write 282
DQ Mixed 342
252% 334 MB/s
Poor: 71%
This bench: 97.3%
Great: 124%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$30
245GB free
Firmware: MS2OA7C0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 161 176 176 176 175 176 MB/s
Performing above expectations (67th percentile)
93.9% Outstanding
Read 154
Write 139
Mixed 41.5
SusWrite 173
92% 127 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.6
132% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 47%
This bench: 93.9%
Great: 107%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown Micron 8JTF51264AZ-1G6E1 1315 Micron 8JTF51264AZ-1G6E1 16GB
1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz
4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB
Performing below potential (33rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
53.6% Above average
MC Read 19.6
MC Write 20.4
MC Mixed 16.3
54% 18.8 GB/s
SC Read 12.6
SC Write 19.7
SC Mixed 16.8
47% 16.4 GB/s
Latency 85.1
47% 85.1 ns
Poor: 44%
This bench: 53.6%
Great: 77%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z230 Tower Workstation Builds (Compare 2,713 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 8%
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Desktop
Desktop 65%
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Workstation
Workstation 7%
Tree trunk

System: HP Z230 Tower Workstation

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