HP Z230 SFF Workstation

Performance Results


Gaming 27% Raft	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 24% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 72.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	31.4% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	43.7% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

System	HP Z230 SFF Workstation (all builds)
Motherboard	Hewlett-Packard 1906
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	Χρώματα 1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140715
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 14 '19 at 11:25
Run Duration	152 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770-$75 176,321 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	72.8% Very good	Memory 79.7 1-Core 110 2-Core 227 77% 139 Pts	4-Core 356 8-Core 570 57% 463 Pts	64-Core 583 36% 583 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 72.8% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-Ti-$59 946,701 User benchmarks, average bench 29% Gigabyte(1458 3746) CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 419.35 Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	31.4% Below average	Lighting 39.4 Reflection 30.7 Parallax 39.5 32% 36.5 fps	MRender 37.1 Gravity 38.4 Splatting 35.3 30% 36.9 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 31.4% Great: 33%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk PLUS 240GB 86,316 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 172GB free (System drive) Firmware: UF4500RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 263 17 2.2 137 118 124 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	43.7% Average	Read 403 Write 327 Mixed 277 SusWrite 110 62% 279 MB/s	4K Read 18.4 4K Write 31.2 4K Mixed 11.7 59% 20.4 MB/s	DQ Read 85.5 DQ Write 63.3 DQ Mixed 39.4 39% 62.7 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 43.7% Great: 56%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$24 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 445GB free Firmware: KC47 SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 88 115 126 127 127 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	68% Good	Read 120 Write 125 Mixed 61.8 SusWrite 117 78% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.8 140% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 68% Great: 88%
Seagate Expansion 4TB 22,017 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 3.5TB free Firmware: 0710 SusWrite @10s intervals: 131 130 129 129 129 130 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	68% Good	Read 106 Write 124 Mixed 65.5 SusWrite 130 78% 107 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 3.5 4K Mixed 0.7 184% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 68% Great: 66%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 1TB 800 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 132GB free, PID a20c Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 55 12 69 79 79 78 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	25.9% Poor	Read 50.9 Write 78.4 Mixed 32.5 SusWrite 61.9 78% 55.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.6 77% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 25.9% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 16JTF51264AZ-1G6K1 8JTF51264AZ-1G6E1 16JTF51264AZ-1G6K1 8JTF51264AZ-1G6E1 16GB 19 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (24^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	55.4% Above average	MC Read 20 MC Write 20.7 MC Mixed 16.4 54% 19 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 21 SC Mixed 19.9 53% 18.6 GB/s	Latency 81.2 49% 81.2 ns
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 55.4% Great: 61%

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Gaming 8%

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Desktop 66%

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Workstation 8%

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System: HP Z230 SFF Workstation

CPU
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	159x
Core i7-4770Intel $75Bench 70%, 176,321 samples	110x
Core i5-4590Intel $188Bench 63%, 151,366 samples	97x

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	155x
Quadro K620Nvidia $170Bench 11%, 16,214 samples	87x
GT 1030NvidiaBench 14%, 185,384 samples	73x

SSD
MX500 500GBCrucial $44Bench 106%, 237,241 samples	19x
MX500 250GBCrucial $39Bench 101%, 77,177 samples	13x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	12x

RAM
8JTF51264AZ-1G6E1 4x4GBMicronBench 56%, 6,584 samples	19x
8JTF51264AZ-1G6E1 2x4GBMicronBench 52%, 17,707 samples	17x
M378B5173QH0-CK0 4x4GBSamsungBench 55%, 3,356 samples	16x

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Value: 74% - Very good

Total price: $194

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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 $539	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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16