HP Z230 SFF Workstation

Performance Results


Gaming 6% Tree trunk	Desktop 61% Destroyer	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (33rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 67 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 64.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	3.96% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	56.9% 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.

High background CPU (22%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	HP Z230 SFF Workstation (all builds)
Motherboard	Hewlett-Packard 1906
Memory	1.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1600 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150413
Uptime	8.8 Days
Run Date	May 16 '19 at 14:58
Run Duration	112 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	22%

PC Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$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 (11^th percentile)	64.2% Good	Memory 68.9 1-Core 103 2-Core 210 70% 127 Pts	4-Core 320 8-Core 562 53% 441 Pts	64-Core 540 33% 540 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 64.2% 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 1906) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4835 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	3.96% Terrible	Lighting 4.03 Reflection 6.81 Parallax 6.69 3% 5.84 fps	MRender 8.81 Gravity 2.43 Splatting 7.74 5% 6.33 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.96% Great: 3%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 1 Volume 512GB 814 User benchmarks, average bench 156% 239GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 45 25 25 24 22 21 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	56.9% Above average	Read 496 Write 53.2 Mixed 130 SusWrite 27 38% 177 MB/s	4K Read 33.2 4K Write 37.9 4K Mixed 20.7 97% 30.6 MB/s	DQ Read 234 DQ Write 56.2 DQ Mixed 80.4 76% 124 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 56.9% Great: 321%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9965432-082.A00LF Micron 8JTF51264AZ-1G6E1 9965432-082.A00LF Micron 8JTF51264AZ-1G6E1 16GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	36.9% Below average	MC Read 11.5 MC Write 13.9 MC Mixed 11.2 35% 12.2 GB/s	SC Read 10.5 SC Write 17.2 SC Mixed 13.4 39% 13.7 GB/s	Latency 104 38% 104 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 36.9% Great: 56%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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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	96x

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 $49Bench 106%, 237,241 samples	19x
MX500 250GBCrucial $40Bench 101%, 77,177 samples	13x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	12x

RAM
8JTF51264AZ-1G6E1 4x4GBMicronBench 56%, 6,584 samples	18x
8JTF51264AZ-1G6E1 2x4GBMicronBench 52%, 17,707 samples	17x
M378B5173QH0-CK0 4x4GBSamsungBench 55%, 3,356 samples	16x

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Value: 72% - Very good

Total price: $199

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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