HP Z230 Tower Workstation

Performance Results


Gaming 28% Raft	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 23% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 71.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	33% 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	92.6% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). 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	21.7 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 05:42
Run Duration	151 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing as expected (59^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 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	71.4% Very good	Memory 73.2 1-Core 102 2-Core 205 71% 127 Pts	4-Core 400 8-Core 413 54% 407 Pts	64-Core 409 25% 409 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 71.4% 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: 20.7.2 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	33% Below average	Lighting 42.6 Reflection 30.5 Parallax 53 35% 42 fps	MRender 28.9 Gravity 41.1 Splatting 37.7 30% 35.9 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 33% Great: 34%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX500 240GB-$27 142,801 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 189GB free (System drive) Firmware: M6CR013 SusWrite @10s intervals: 288 296 295 304 302 302 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	92.6% Outstanding	Read 438 Write 399 Mixed 390 SusWrite 298 86% 381 MB/s	4K Read 39.8 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 27.3 151% 57.3 MB/s	DQ Read 237 DQ Write 331 DQ Mixed 49.6 103% 206 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 92.6% Great: 92%
Crucial P1 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$88 171,271 User benchmarks, average bench 212% 480GB free Firmware: P3CR020 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 756 780 758 759 758 747 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	223% Outstanding	Read 1,365 Write 1,165 Mixed 998 SusWrite 760 240% 1,072 MB/s	4K Read 61.8 4K Write 134 4K Mixed 79.5 267% 91.9 MB/s	DQ Read 923 DQ Write 824 DQ Mixed 312 388% 686 MB/s
Poor: 130% ↑ This bench: 223% 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: 227 235 235 239 239 239 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 370 Write 330 Mixed 332 SusWrite 236 71% 317 MB/s	4K Read 53.3 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 68.8 224% 75.5 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 307 DQ Mixed 258 217% 317 MB/s
Poor: 103% ↑ This bench: 115% 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 Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	45% Average	MC Read 15.2 MC Write 17.2 MC Mixed 13.6 44% 15.3 GB/s	SC Read 13.2 SC Write 17.1 SC Mixed 15.5 44% 15.3 GB/s	Latency 94.2 42% 94.2 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 45% Great: 52%

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Workstation 7%

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System: HP Z230 Tower Workstation

CPU
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	624x
Core i7-4770Intel $65Bench 70%, 176,321 samples	503x
Core i5-4590Intel $188Bench 63%, 151,366 samples	241x

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	236x
Quadro K2000NvidiaBench 7%, 13,526 samples	175x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	164x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	122x
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	46x

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Value: 74% - Very good

Total price: $178

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $29	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16