HP Z240 Tower Workstation

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	105% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

Very high background CPU (31%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	HP Z240 Tower Workstation (all builds)
Motherboard	HP 802F
Memory	25.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180619
Uptime	96.8 Days
Run Date	Sep 29 '20 at 15:03
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	31%

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PC Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700-$167 256,717 User benchmarks, average bench 76% CPU0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	86.2% Excellent	Memory 91.5 1-Core 125 2-Core 237 86% 151 Pts	4-Core 436 8-Core 690 69% 563 Pts	64-Core 691 43% 691 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 86.2% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% HP(103C 82FB) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 446.14 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	105% Outstanding	Lighting 136 Reflection 144 Parallax 128 111% 136 fps	MRender 114 Gravity 135 Splatting 110 97% 120 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 110%

Drives	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung MZ7LN256HAJQ-000H1 256GB 1,495 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 238GB free Firmware: MVT03H3Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete	Read 455 Write 393 Mixed 384 92% 411 MB/s	4K Read 35.8 4K Write 92.9 4K Mixed 53 171% 60.6 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 340 DQ Mixed 356 268% 359 MB/s
Poor: 73% Great: 119%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 769GB free (System drive) Firmware: HPH4 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete	Read 141 Write 25.8 Mixed 72.5 60% 79.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.2 64% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 55% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378A2K43BB1-CRC 2x16GB 503 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (38^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	79.6% Very good	MC Read 27.8 MC Write 30.3 MC Mixed 26 80% 28 GB/s	SC Read 18.1 SC Write 30.9 SC Mixed 25.2 71% 24.7 GB/s	Latency 65 62% 65 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 79.6% Great: 115%

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Desktop 71%

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Workstation 11%

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System: HP Z240 Tower Workstation

CPU
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	1,102x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	347x
Core i5-6500Intel $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	275x

GPU
HD 530 (Desktop Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 188,220 samples	225x
Quadro K2200Nvidia $440Bench 16%, 13,860 samples	209x
Quadro K620Nvidia $170Bench 11%, 16,214 samples	179x

SSD
SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBSamsungBench 219%, 21,747 samples	138x
SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsungBench 238%, 21,542 samples	97x
MTFDDAK256TBN-1AR1ZABHA 256GBCrucialBench 77%, 2,468 samples	74x

RAM
M378A1K43CB2-CRC 2x8GBSamsungBench 74%, 24,860 samples	158x
HMA81GU6AFR8N-UH 2x8GBHynixBench 74%, 20,415 samples	103x
HMA41GU6AFR8N-TF 2x8GBHynixBench 73%, 22,760 samples	102x

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Value: 82% - Excellent

Total price: $180

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