HP Z230 Tower Workstation

Performance Results


Gaming 39% Jet ski	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 34% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall 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.
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 72.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	50.2% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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

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System	HP Z230 Tower Workstation (all builds)
Motherboard	Hewlett-Packard 1905
Memory	4.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1600 - 32 Bit barev, 1024 x 768 - 32 Bit barev
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190610
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Mar 24 '20 at 03:05
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (52^nd 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)	72.3% Very good	Memory 75 1-Core 106 2-Core 183 70% 121 Pts	4-Core 375 8-Core 586 59% 481 Pts	64-Core 593 37% 593 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 72.3% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Gigabyte(1458 3679) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1542 MHz, MLim: 1840 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 445.75 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	50.2% Above average	Lighting 60.3 Reflection 72.2 Parallax 61.8 49% 64.8 fps	MRender 77.4 Gravity 59.9 Splatting 57.6 52% 64.9 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 50.2% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston HyperX 3K 240GB-$70 27,495 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 223GB free Firmware: 580ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 162 259 267 273 273 273 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	83.9% Excellent	Read 404 Write 276 Mixed 317 SusWrite 251 70% 312 MB/s	4K Read 38.8 4K Write 99 4K Mixed 44.2 168% 60.7 MB/s	DQ Read 17.6 DQ Write 21.5 DQ Mixed 6.8 9% 15.3 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 83.9% Great: 94%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1TB free (System drive) Firmware: HP51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 159 163 172 168 172 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	98.7% Outstanding	Read 186 Write 187 Mixed 80.5 SusWrite 158 112% 153 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.7 129% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 98.7% Great: 114%

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 (15^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	44.1% Average	MC Read 16.7 MC Write 15.7 MC Mixed 13.2 43% 15.2 GB/s	SC Read 11.5 SC Write 16.2 SC Mixed 13.6 39% 13.8 GB/s	Latency 90.3 44% 90.3 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 44.1% 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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Desktop 65%

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Workstation 7%

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System: HP Z230 Tower Workstation

CPU
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	614x
Core i7-4770Intel $75Bench 70%, 176,321 samples	491x
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 $274	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 $183	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