HP Z230 Tower Workstation

Performance Results


Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 66% Battle cruiser	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 73.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	3.95% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	62.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

High background CPU (27%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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System	HP Z230 Tower Workstation (all builds)
Motherboard	Hewlett-Packard 1905
Memory	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140715
Uptime	2.4 Days
Run Date	Nov 21 '19 at 18:22
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	EGY-User
Background CPU	27%

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770-$75 176,321 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	73.2% Very good	Memory 72.6 1-Core 108 2-Core 222 74% 134 Pts	4-Core 397 8-Core 583 61% 490 Pts	64-Core 580 36% 580 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 73.2% Great: 78%

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 1905) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4835 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	3.95% Terrible	Lighting 4.03 Reflection 6.77 Parallax 6.5 3% 5.77 fps	MRender 8.33 Gravity 2.43 Splatting 8 5% 6.26 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.95% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 120GB-$30 166,392 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 70GB free (System drive) Firmware: 03090004 SusWrite @10s intervals: 276 44 47 48 49 48 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	62.1% Good	Read 442 Write 342 Mixed 273 SusWrite 85.5 64% 286 MB/s	4K Read 22.5 4K Write 57.8 4K Mixed 31.2 105% 37.2 MB/s	DQ Read 146 DQ Write 147 DQ Mixed 116 96% 136 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 62.1% Great: 85%
Seagate ST3500514NS 500GB-$19 1,968 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 241GB free Firmware: KD03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 114 114 112 111 111 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	70% Very good	Read 132 Write 125 Mixed 63 SusWrite 112 79% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1 179% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 70% Great: 75%
WD WD1002FBYS-02A6B0 1TB 28,278 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 694GB free Firmware: 03.00C06 SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 102 104 103 103 103 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	62.5% Good	Read 115 Write 102 Mixed 72.7 SusWrite 103 72% 98 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.8 164% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 62.5% Great: 62%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 2TB 5,109 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 442GB free, PID 0901 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 35 35 35 34 35 34 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	28% Poor	Read 36.3 Write 30.5 Mixed 24.8 SusWrite 34.8 42% 31.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 4.9 4K Mixed 0.3 179% 1.93 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 28% Great: 53%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378B1G73QH0-CK0 Hynix HMT41GU6MFR8C-PB 16GB 40 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (20^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	46.5% Average	MC Read 15.5 MC Write 17.5 MC Mixed 15.9 47% 16.3 GB/s	SC Read 13.1 SC Write 17.1 SC Mixed 11.7 40% 14 GB/s	Latency 95.5 42% 95.5 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 46.5% Great: 60%

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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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Typical Z230 Tower Workstation Builds (Compare 2,722 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 8%

Tree trunk

Desktop 65%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 7%

Tree trunk

System: HP Z230 Tower Workstation

CPU
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	614x
Core i7-4770Intel $75Bench 70%, 176,321 samples	493x
Core i5-4590Intel $188Bench 63%, 151,366 samples	239x

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 $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 $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