HP Z230 SFF Workstation

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 92%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 83%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 78%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 74.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics124% 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.
Boot Drive72.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemHP Z230 SFF Workstation  (all builds)
MotherboardHewlett-Packard 1906
Memory11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20200422
Uptime1.5 Days
Run DateNov 05 '20 at 04:59
Run Duration144 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 19%

 PC Performing as expected (51st percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-4790-$135
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (68th percentile)
74.5% Very good
Memory 76.5
1-Core 112
2-Core 220
76% 136 Pts
4-Core 390
8-Core 582
60% 486 Pts
64-Core 586
36% 586 Pts
Poor: 58%
This bench: 74.5%
Great: 80%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485
CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 445.87
Performing below potential (55th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
124% Outstanding
Lighting 168
Reflection 187
Parallax 184
137% 180 fps
MRender 123
Gravity 178
Splatting 129
116% 143 fps
Poor: 109%
This bench: 124%
Great: 133%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
SanDisk Extreme 240GB-$200
56GB free (System drive)
Firmware: R201
SusWrite @10s intervals: 163 151 163 143 141 136 MB/s
Performing below expectations (37th percentile)
72.7% Very good
Read 330
Write 239
Mixed 245
SusWrite 149
54% 241 MB/s
4K Read 25.8
4K Write 83.1
4K Mixed 34.5
127% 47.8 MB/s
DQ Read 296
DQ Write 207
DQ Mixed 166
147% 223 MB/s
Poor: 55%
This bench: 72.7%
Great: 91%
Seagate FireCuda 520 SSD ZP500GM30002 500GB
186GB free
Firmware: STNSC011
SusWrite @10s intervals: 875 1771 2216 1125 458 452 MB/s
Performing as expected (55th percentile)
240% Outstanding
Read 1,280
Write 1,944
Mixed 1,434
SusWrite 1,149
329% 1,452 MB/s
4K Read 39
4K Write 175
4K Mixed 76.8
250% 96.9 MB/s
DQ Read 1,051
DQ Write 766
DQ Mixed 949
698% 922 MB/s
Poor: 124%
This bench: 240%
Great: 387%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48
404GB free
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 143 145 145 145 145 145 MB/s
Performing as expected (59th percentile)
86.7% Excellent
Read 157
Write 147
Mixed 81.2
SusWrite 145
97% 132 MB/s
4K Read 1.2
4K Write 2.8
4K Mixed 1.2
235% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 50%
This bench: 86.7%
Great: 108%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 2133 C11 4x4GB
4 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz
Performing below potential (29th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
49.6% Average
MC Read 17.5
MC Write 18.4
MC Mixed 15.3
49% 17.1 GB/s
SC Read 13.3
SC Write 18.8
SC Mixed 16.3
46% 16.1 GB/s
Latency 87.3
46% 87.3 ns
Poor: 34%
This bench: 49.6%
Great: 104%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 8%
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Desktop
Desktop 66%
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Workstation
Workstation 8%
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System: HP Z230 SFF Workstation

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 71% - Very good Total price: $204
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