HP Z230 Tower Workstation

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 59%
Gunboat
Desktop
Desktop 76%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 51%
Yacht
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 70.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics82.3% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive116% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20150413
Uptime0 Days
Run DateSep 17 '19 at 23:22
Run Duration153 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU10%

 PC Performing as expected (52nd 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 below expectations (34th percentile)
70.3% Very good
Memory 72.7
1-Core 86.9
2-Core 220
69% 126 Pts
4-Core 365
8-Core 579
58% 472 Pts
64-Core 588
36% 588 Pts
Poor: 58%
This bench: 70.3%
Great: 80%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560
CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 391.1
Performing below potential (74th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
82.3% Excellent
Lighting 106
Reflection 108
Parallax 107
87% 107 fps
MRender 91.5
Gravity 95.9
Splatting 85.6
74% 91 fps
Poor: 70%
This bench: 82.3%
Great: 87%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 1TB-$210
823GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EXM04B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 400 412 423 435 451 430 MB/s
Performing above expectations (81st percentile)
116% Outstanding
Read 471
Write 430
Mixed 374
SusWrite 425
96% 425 MB/s
4K Read 40.3
4K Write 101
4K Mixed 49.9
178% 63.7 MB/s
DQ Read 377
DQ Write 338
DQ Mixed 350
264% 355 MB/s
Poor: 77%
This bench: 116%
Great: 124%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Hynix HMT41GU6BFR8A-PB 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing below potential (21st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
48.6% Average
MC Read 15.7
MC Write 18.9
MC Mixed 16.3
48% 17 GB/s
SC Read 11.8
SC Write 18.3
SC Mixed 15.6
44% 15.2 GB/s
Latency 95.3
42% 95.3 ns
Poor: 29%
This bench: 48.6%
Great: 61%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z230 Tower Workstation Builds (Compare 2,722 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 8%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 65%
Battle cruiser
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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