HP Z230 Tower Workstation

Performance Results


Gaming 27% Raft	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 22% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (86th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 14 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 72.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	32.8% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	94.5% 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	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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

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System	HP Z230 Tower Workstation (all builds)
Motherboard	Hewlett-Packard 1905
Memory	17 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140123
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 27 '20 at 05:04
Run Duration	211 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4590-$188 151,366 User benchmarks, average bench 63% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	72.1% Very good	Memory 73.9 1-Core 111 2-Core 218 75% 134 Pts	4-Core 405 8-Core 412 54% 409 Pts	64-Core 415 26% 415 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 72.1% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280-$185 33,175 User benchmarks, average bench 30% Sapphire(174B A003) CLim: 940 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 19.20 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	32.8% Below average	Lighting 42.2 Reflection 30.4 Parallax 52.8 34% 41.8 fps	MRender 28.9 Gravity 41.1 Splatting 37.7 30% 35.9 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 32.8% Great: 34%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX500 240GB-$28 142,801 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 191GB free (System drive) Firmware: M6CR013 SusWrite @10s intervals: 351 350 348 348 351 351 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	94.5% Outstanding	Read 459 Write 400 Mixed 390 SusWrite 350 90% 400 MB/s	4K Read 33.2 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 28.6 142% 55.4 MB/s	DQ Read 235 DQ Write 330 DQ Mixed 49.7 103% 205 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 94.5% Great: 92%
Crucial P1 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$88 171,271 User benchmarks, average bench 212% 481GB free Firmware: P3CR020 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 883 891 857 832 853 862 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	210% Outstanding	Read 1,076 Write 1,022 Mixed 916 SusWrite 863 218% 969 MB/s	4K Read 52.7 4K Write 128 4K Mixed 73.9 242% 84.8 MB/s	DQ Read 920 DQ Write 835 DQ Mixed 314 390% 690 MB/s
Poor: 130% ↑ This bench: 210% Great: 295%
Crucial P1 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$50 78,255 User benchmarks, average bench 179% 253GB free Firmware: P3CR021 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 327 526 311 284 269 276 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	757% Outstanding	Read 4,823 Write 3,419 Mixed 4,360 SusWrite 332 720% 3,234 MB/s	4K Read 494 4K Write 416 4K Mixed 448 1,542% 452 MB/s	DQ Read 1,577 DQ Write 1,361 DQ Mixed 1,434 1,084% 1,457 MB/s
Poor: 103% ↑ This bench: 757% Great: 242%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown S939A2UGS-ITR Samsung M378B1G73BH0-CK0 1119 S939A2UGS-ITR 24GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance (0^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	30.7% Below average	MC Read 9.9 MC Write 11 MC Mixed 8.6 28% 9.83 GB/s	SC Read 11 SC Write 12.1 SC Mixed 10.3 32% 11.1 GB/s	Latency 92.7 43% 92.7 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 30.7% Great: 52%

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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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System: HP Z230 Tower Workstation

CPU
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	621x
Core i7-4770Intel $65Bench 70%, 176,321 samples	501x
Core i5-4590Intel $188Bench 63%, 151,366 samples	240x

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	236x
Quadro K2000NvidiaBench 7%, 13,526 samples	174x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	163x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	121x
MTFDDAK256MBF-1AN1ZABHA 256GBCrucialBench 89%, 2,574 samples	56x
C400 RealSSD 256GBMicronBench 55%, 11,652 samples	47x

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 i5-12600K $159	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16