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 as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 74.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	89.2% 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.
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 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.

Very high background CPU (53%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	HP Z230 Tower Workstation (all builds)
Motherboard	Hewlett-Packard 1905
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20180704
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 20 '19 at 12:42
Run Duration	244 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	53%

PC Performing as expected (58^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770-$75 176,321 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	74.3% Very good	Memory 76.6 1-Core 108 2-Core 213 74% 132 Pts	4-Core 388 8-Core 572 60% 480 Pts	64-Core 562 35% 562 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 74.3% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia NVS 310 4,920 User benchmarks, average bench 1% HP(103C 094E) 512MB CLim: 523 MHz, MLim: 437 MHz, Ram: 512MB, Driver: 385.69 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 1% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 EVO 250G 250GB 3,453 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 157GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 224 116 111 95 89 87 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	89.2% Excellent	Read 425 Write 417 Mixed 395 SusWrite 120 76% 339 MB/s	4K Read 30.6 4K Write 97.1 4K Mixed 45.8 156% 57.8 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 60.8 128% 262 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 89.2% Great: 122%
XK0240GDSDQ 240GB 27 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 76GB free Firmware: HPS3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 144 199 37 34 32 32 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	66.1% Good	Read 338 Write 247 Mixed 256 SusWrite 79.5 51% 230 MB/s	4K Read 20.2 4K Write 100 4K Mixed 25.4 116% 48.6 MB/s	DQ Read 327 DQ Write 254 DQ Mixed 26.7 92% 203 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 66.1% Great: 82%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 152 154 150 153 153 154 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	88.1% Excellent	Read 154 Write 110 Mixed 77.4 SusWrite 153 91% 124 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 145% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 88.1% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 187 192 190 196 195 195 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 193 Write 152 Mixed 86 SusWrite 193 114% 156 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 114%
WD My Book 1TB 10,299 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 818GB free, PID 1100 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 40 41 39 40 40 40 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	21.3% Poor	Read 36.9 Write 36.2 Mixed 29.9 SusWrite 40 49% 35.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.8 107% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 21.3% Great: 22%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT351U6EFR8C-PB 4x4GB 2,366 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (30^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	53.4% Above average	MC Read 19 MC Write 20.5 MC Mixed 16.3 53% 18.6 GB/s	SC Read 13.3 SC Write 18.3 SC Mixed 18.8 48% 16.8 GB/s	Latency 87.1 46% 87.1 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 53.4% Great: 90%

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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