HP Z230 Tower Workstation

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 79%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 75%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 68%
Battle cruiser
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 67.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics118% 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 Drive46.9% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.
High background CPU (22%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemHP Z230 Tower Workstation  (all builds)
MotherboardHewlett-Packard 1905
Memory12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1600 x 900 - 32 Bit couleurs
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180704
Uptime11.4 Days
Run DateJan 12 '21 at 02:26
Run Duration141 Seconds
Run User CAN-User
Background CPU 22%
Watch Gameplay: 2070S + 9600K How to compare your gameplay

 PC Performing as expected (46th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Xeon E3-1230 v3-$217
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg)
Performing way below expectations (19th percentile)
67.4% Good
Memory 78
1-Core 104
2-Core 187
71% 123 Pts
4-Core 307
8-Core 540
51% 423 Pts
64-Core 533
33% 533 Pts
Poor: 62%
This bench: 67.4%
Great: 80%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super)-$210
Gigabyte(1458 400D) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 460.89
Performing below potential (71st percentile) - GPU OC Guide
118% Outstanding
Lighting 155
Reflection 152
Parallax 171
126% 159 fps
MRender 187
Gravity 131
Splatting 115
114% 144 fps
Poor: 105%
This bench: 118%
Great: 123%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V+200 Series 120GB
23GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 502ABBF0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 76 90 87 85 79 MB/s
Relative performance (0th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable
46.9% Average
Read 165
Write 112
Mixed 121
SusWrite 84.2
27% 120 MB/s
4K Read 18.8
4K Write 67.9
4K Mixed 24.8
96% 37.2 MB/s
DQ Read 142
DQ Write 116
DQ Mixed 112
88% 123 MB/s
Poor: 54%
This bench: 46.9%
Great: 83%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$50
1.5TB free
Firmware: 0001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 190 202 206 204 203 206 MB/s
Performing above expectations (76th percentile)
99.4% Outstanding
Read 145
Write 155
Mixed 80.7
SusWrite 202
106% 146 MB/s
4K Read 2
4K Write 0.6
4K Mixed 0.1
106% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 53%
This bench: 99.4%
Great: 106%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36
26GB free
Firmware: HP34
SusWrite @10s intervals: 70 71 71 71 71 71 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (19th percentile)
42.9% Average
Read 78.4
Write 82
Mixed 56.3
SusWrite 71
53% 71.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 0.9
157% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 28%
This bench: 42.9%
Great: 70%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown F3-12800CL9-4GBXL Elpida EBJ41UF8BDW0-GN-F 0420 F3-12800CL9-4GBXL Elpida EBJ41UF8BDW0-GN-F 16GB
1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz
4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB
Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples
54% Above average
MC Read 19.4
MC Write 20.5
MC Mixed 16.3
54% 18.7 GB/s
SC Read 13.4
SC Write 19.6
SC Mixed 19
50% 17.3 GB/s
Latency 84.3
48% 84.3 ns
Poor: 50%
This bench: 54%
Great: 55%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z230 Tower Workstation Builds (Compare 2,715 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 8%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 65%
Battle cruiser
Workstation
Workstation 7%
Tree trunk

System: HP Z230 Tower Workstation

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 74% - Very good Total price: $178
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