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 above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 72.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	104% 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 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 Tower Workstation (all builds)
Motherboard	Hewlett-Packard 1905
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141117
Uptime	14.6 Days
Run Date	Sep 27 '19 at 23:30
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E3-1240 v3-$203 3,014 User benchmarks, average bench 72% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	72.7% Very good	Memory 73.3 1-Core 113 2-Core 226 76% 137 Pts	4-Core 388 8-Core 562 60% 475 Pts	64-Core 562 35% 562 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 72.7% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Quadro K2000 13,526 User benchmarks, average bench 7% HP(103C 094C) 2GB CLim: 954 MHz, MLim: 1000 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 419.17 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 7% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MTFDDAK256MAY-1AH1ZABHA 256GB 909 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 99GB free (System drive) Firmware: M504 SusWrite @10s intervals: 365 358 360 356 356 347 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 425 Write 404 Mixed 306 SusWrite 357 84% 373 MB/s	4K Read 31.2 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 44.5 162% 61.8 MB/s	DQ Read 374 DQ Write 317 DQ Mixed 231 204% 307 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 105%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 1TB 8,981 User benchmarks, average bench 108% 931GB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 251 254 253 256 256 255 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	148% Outstanding	Read 262 Write 263 Mixed 34 SusWrite 254 146% 203 MB/s	4K Read 1.9 4K Write 4.6 4K Mixed 1.3 309% 2.6 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 148% Great: 184%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 137 139 138 141 141 141 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	82.3% Excellent	Read 148 Write 132 Mixed 68 SusWrite 139 89% 122 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 0.9 189% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 82.3% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378B5173QH0-CK0 M378B5273DH0-CK0 M378B5173QH0-CK0 M378B5273DH0-CK0 16GB 47 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (17^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	49.2% Average	MC Read 16.9 MC Write 18.6 MC Mixed 14.5 48% 16.7 GB/s	SC Read 14.4 SC Write 20.9 SC Mixed 17.7 50% 17.7 GB/s	Latency 93.9 43% 93.9 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 49.2% Great: 60%

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

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System: HP Z230 Tower Workstation

CPU
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	612x
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 $279	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 $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $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