HP Z230 Tower Workstation

Performance Results


Gaming 6% Tree trunk	Desktop 64% Destroyer	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 72.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	1.46% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	57.4% 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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	HP Z230 Tower Workstation (all builds)
Motherboard	Hewlett-Packard 1905
Memory	11.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kolorów
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141117
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 14 '19 at 23:20
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	POL-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E3-1245 v3-$245 2,834 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	72.9% Very good	Memory 72.2 1-Core 110 2-Core 214 73% 132 Pts	4-Core 399 8-Core 553 60% 476 Pts	64-Core 519 32% 519 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 72.9% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia NVS 315 482 User benchmarks, average bench 1% Nvidia(10DE 102F) 1GB CLim: 523 MHz, MLim: 437 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	1.46% Terrible	Lighting 1.73 Reflection 2.04 Parallax 0.78 1% 1.52 fps	MRender 2.38 Gravity 1.6 Splatting 1.83 2% 1.94 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 1.46% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Apacer AS350 256GB 5,875 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 181GB free (System drive) Firmware: V4.7 SusWrite @10s intervals: 67 62 78 78 79 77 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	57.4% Above average	Read 378 Write 303 Mixed 234 SusWrite 73.5 55% 247 MB/s	4K Read 31 4K Write 75.2 4K Mixed 23.8 117% 43.3 MB/s	DQ Read 35.2 DQ Write 96.9 DQ Mixed 29.8 33% 54 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 57.4% Great: 100%
WD WD1200JS-00MHB0 120GB 1,032 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 23GB free Firmware: 02.01C03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 52 54 54 53 53 51 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	31.8% Below average	Read 57.7 Write 56 Mixed 40 SusWrite 52.7 38% 51.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 130% 1 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 31.8% Great: 35%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 500GB-$80 27,325 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 182GB free Firmware: SD15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 79 79 78 79 78 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	45% Average	Read 77.2 Write 7.5 Mixed 24.9 SusWrite 79.2 34% 47.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 152% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 45% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 78.C1GET.B710C 2x8GB 32 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (12^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	49.8% Average	MC Read 16.4 MC Write 18.7 MC Mixed 16 49% 17 GB/s	SC Read 15.3 SC Write 19.6 SC Mixed 17.2 50% 17.4 GB/s	Latency 96.3 42% 96.3 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 49.8% Great: 61%

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System: HP Z230 Tower Workstation

CPU
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	610x
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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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