HP Z230 SFF Workstation

Performance Results


Gaming 10% Tree trunk	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 71.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	6.85% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	101% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	HP Z230 SFF Workstation (all builds)
Motherboard	Hewlett-Packard 1906
Memory	5.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190610
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 23 '19 at 11:08
Run Duration	127 Seconds
Run User	IDN-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing above expectations (67^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 as expected (51^st percentile)	71.5% Very good	Memory 76.2 1-Core 118 2-Core 234 79% 143 Pts	4-Core 360 8-Core 603 59% 482 Pts	64-Core 591 37% 591 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 71.5% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 8570 3,522 User benchmarks, average bench 6% Dell(1028 2121) 1GB CLim: 780 MHz, MLim: 900 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 16.6 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	6.85% Terrible	Lighting 8.53 Reflection 9.23 Parallax 10.5 7% 9.43 fps	MRender 8.14 Gravity 7.6 Splatting 8.48 7% 8.07 fps
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 6.85% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MTFDDAK256MAY-1AH12ABHB 256GB 109 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 216GB free (System drive) Firmware: M5S4 SusWrite @10s intervals: 360 375 379 370 361 359 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 399 Write 383 Mixed 277 SusWrite 367 80% 356 MB/s	4K Read 25.4 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 44 152% 59.2 MB/s	DQ Read 375 DQ Write 315 DQ Mixed 230 204% 307 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 105%
Seagate BUP BK 4TB 13,353 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 2TB free Firmware: 0108 SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 119 121 121 118 120 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	57.1% Above average	Read 79.7 Write 95.2 Mixed 85.4 SusWrite 119 70% 94.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 3.2 4K Mixed 0.6 147% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 57.1% Great: 65%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378B5173QH0-CK0 2x4GB 13,591 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (24^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	46.7% Average	MC Read 17.5 MC Write 17 MC Mixed 13.6 46% 16 GB/s	SC Read 12.7 SC Write 17.7 SC Mixed 14.9 43% 15.1 GB/s	Latency 87.9 46% 87.9 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 46.7% Great: 59%

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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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Gaming 8%

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Desktop 66%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 8%

Tree trunk

System: HP Z230 SFF Workstation

CPU
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	158x
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 $55Bench 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: 71% - Very good

Total price: $205

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $15	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) $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