HP Z230 Tower Workstation

Performance Results


Gaming 51% Yacht	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 44% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 76.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	64.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	91.5% 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	16GB 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 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, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	HP Z230 Tower Workstation (all builds)
Motherboard	Hewlett-Packard 1905
Memory	14.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1440 x 900 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150720
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 16 '20 at 16:33
Run Duration	132 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	76.9% Very good	Memory 67.4 1-Core 119 2-Core 202 72% 129 Pts	4-Core 470 8-Core 635 70% 553 Pts	64-Core 637 39% 637 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 76.9% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1650S (Super)-$300 180,577 User benchmarks, average bench 59% PNY(196E 1350) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2205 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 457.09 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	64.2% Good	Lighting 84.4 Reflection 79.8 Parallax 76.6 69% 80.3 fps	MRender 69.2 Gravity 77.1 Splatting 59.3 55% 68.5 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 64.2% Great: 62%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M500 240GB-$54 31,779 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 203GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 158 251 267 264 269 269 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	91.5% Outstanding	Read 435 Write 272 Mixed 313 SusWrite 246 71% 317 MB/s	4K Read 27.1 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 39 151% 59.9 MB/s	DQ Read 317 DQ Write 254 DQ Mixed 179 163% 250 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 91.5% Great: 91%
Corsair Force NVMe PCIe M.2 240GB 26,501 User benchmarks, average bench 162% 216GB free Firmware: ECFM12.3 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 405 857 984 455 299 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	176% Outstanding	Read 1,085 Write 845 Mixed 992 SusWrite 550 195% 868 MB/s	4K Read 39 4K Write 134 4K Mixed 58.8 206% 77.4 MB/s	DQ Read 708 DQ Write 866 DQ Mixed 717 560% 764 MB/s
Poor: 95% ↑ This bench: 176% Great: 223%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 40,596 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (18^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	44.6% Average	MC Read 13.8 MC Write 16.8 MC Mixed 14.3 43% 15 GB/s	SC Read 15.9 SC Write 19.1 SC Mixed 15.9 48% 17 GB/s	Latency 108 37% 108 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 44.6% Great: 85%

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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	614x
Core i7-4770Intel $75Bench 70%, 176,321 samples	493x
Core i5-4590Intel $188Bench 63%, 151,366 samples	239x

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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Value: 74% - Very good

Total price: $178

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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