HP Z230 Tower Workstation

Performance Results


Gaming 6% Tree trunk	Desktop 62% Destroyer	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (22nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 78 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 69.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	2% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	86.5% 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.

System	HP Z230 Tower Workstation (all builds)
Motherboard	Hewlett-Packard 1905
Memory	9.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150720
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jan 26 '21 at 13:01
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	CHE-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	69.5% Good	Memory 65.3 1-Core 113 2-Core 210 71% 130 Pts	4-Core 396 8-Core 582 61% 489 Pts	64-Core 588 36% 588 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 69.5% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% HP(103C 1905) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4835 Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	2% Terrible	Lighting 2.2 Reflection 1.6 Parallax 5.2 2% 3 fps	MRender 1.9 Gravity 1.8 Splatting 4.4 2% 2.7 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 2% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 525GB-$150 105,037 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 125GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR060 SusWrite @10s intervals: 354 383 352 247 250 253 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	86.5% Excellent	Read 404 Write 338 Mixed 361 SusWrite 306 79% 352 MB/s	4K Read 19 4K Write 78.6 4K Mixed 36.8 118% 44.8 MB/s	DQ Read 348 DQ Write 314 DQ Mixed 315 240% 325 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 86.5% Great: 99%
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107 47,617 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 234GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 69 71 72 71 69 69 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	60.9% Good	Read 142 Write 110 Mixed 103 SusWrite 70.1 79% 106 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1 206% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 60.9% Great: 85%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$50 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 291GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 137 139 140 140 140 139 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	59.6% Above average	Read 67.2 Write 106 Mixed 32 SusWrite 139 62% 86.1 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 5.2 4K Mixed 2.1 384% 2.87 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 59.6% Great: 108%
Kingston DataTraveler 100 G3 USB 3.0 16GB-$7 60,636 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 14GB free, PID 1666 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 9 6 6 6 6 5.7 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	5.57% Terrible	Read 20.5 Write 7 Mixed 12.7 SusWrite 6.4 14% 11.7 MB/s	4K Read 5.1 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 19% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 5.57% Great: 23%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 1,685 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	37.9% Below average	MC Read 13.1 MC Write 13.7 MC Mixed 11.5 36% 12.8 GB/s	SC Read 11.1 SC Write 16.8 SC Mixed 13.1 39% 13.7 GB/s	Latency 113 35% 113 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 37.9% Great: 87%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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 $40	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