HP Z230 Tower Workstation

Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 70% Battle cruiser	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 73.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	3.92% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	101% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	HP Z230 Tower Workstation (all builds)
Motherboard	Hewlett-Packard 1905
Memory	28.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190610
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 03 '20 at 10:11
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	JPN-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E3-1271 v3 1,699 User benchmarks, average bench 76% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	73.3% Very good	Memory 75.4 1-Core 120 2-Core 240 80% 145 Pts	4-Core 384 8-Core 593 60% 488 Pts	64-Core 603 37% 603 Pts
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 73.3% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Quadro K420 3,707 User benchmarks, average bench 3% HP(103C 1106) 1GB CLim: 875 MHz, MLim: 445 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 353.30 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	3.92% Terrible	Lighting 4.4 Reflection 4.08 Parallax 4.34 4% 4.27 fps	MRender 5.14 Gravity 3.9 Splatting 7.04 4% 5.36 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.92% Great: 4%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MTFDDAK128MBF-1AN1ZABHA 128GB 367 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 83GB free (System drive) Firmware: M603 SusWrite @10s intervals: 395 395 409 412 412 412 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 407 Write 374 Mixed 334 SusWrite 406 86% 380 MB/s	4K Read 28.9 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 37.5 148% 57.5 MB/s	DQ Read 334 DQ Write 320 DQ Mixed 228 198% 294 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 104%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 2TB 13,609 User benchmarks, average bench 146% 2TB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 337 357 372 369 374 372 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	210% Outstanding	Read 371 Write 364 Mixed 52.1 SusWrite 364 207% 288 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 3.7 4K Mixed 1 226% 1.93 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 210% Great: 213%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 16JTF1G64AZ-1G6E1 4x8GB 1,895 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	56.4% Above average	MC Read 20.5 MC Write 21.2 MC Mixed 16.5 55% 19.4 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 22 SC Mixed 21 56% 19.5 GB/s	Latency 89.6 45% 89.6 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 56.4% Great: 91%

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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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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	611x
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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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