HP Z230 Tower Workstation

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 55.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Boot Drive	52.1% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 (47%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	HP Z230 Tower Workstation (all builds)
Motherboard	Hewlett-Packard 1905
Memory	24.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150720
Uptime	3.2 Days
Run Date	Feb 14 '21 at 02:43
Run Duration	179 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	47%

PC Performing as expected (41^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E3-1225 v3-$170 4,850 User benchmarks, average bench 69% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	55.4% Above average	Memory 47.3 1-Core 98 2-Core 197 60% 114 Pts	4-Core 361 8-Core 390 50% 375 Pts	64-Core 370 23% 370 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 55.4% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia NVS 310 4,920 User benchmarks, average bench 1% HP(103C 094E) 512MB CLim: 523 MHz, MLim: 437 MHz, Ram: 512MB, Driver: 392.50 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 1% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 54GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFKB1D1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 172 11 4 12 82 72 MB/s Performing below potential (30^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	52.1% Above average	Read 147 Write 94.9 Mixed 201 SusWrite 58.8 28% 125 MB/s	4K Read 22.8 4K Write 71.6 4K Mixed 27.1 107% 40.5 MB/s	DQ Read 232 DQ Write 215 DQ Mixed 117 117% 188 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 52.1% Great: 100%
WD Gold 1TB (2016)-$50 2,872 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 788GB free Firmware: RR07 SusWrite @10s intervals: 188 184 183 185 189 188 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 162 Write 224 Mixed 108 SusWrite 186 125% 170 MB/s	4K Read 5.6 4K Write 3.2 4K Mixed 1.1 415% 3.3 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 109%
Generic USB SD Reader 8GB 55 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 7GB free, PID 6332 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 12 13 13 13 13 12 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	7.87% Terrible	Read 16.9 Write 10.5 Mixed 12.5 SusWrite 12.5 17% 13.1 MB/s	4K Read 4.9 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 1.5 86% 2.3 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 7.87% Great: 10%
SanDisk Clip Jam 8GB 35 User benchmarks, average bench 4% 8GB free, PID 74f0 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 3.2 3.8 3.7 4.6 3.2 3.7 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	3.96% Terrible	Read 10.5 Write 2.5 Mixed 2 SusWrite 3.7 5% 4.68 MB/s	4K Read 6.9 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 26% 2.3 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 3.96% Great: 5%
SanDisk Clip Jam 8GB 35 User benchmarks, average bench 4% 8GB free, PID 74f0 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 3.3 4.2 4.5 5.5 3.4 4.1 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	3.91% Terrible	Read 9.7 Write 3 Mixed 4.7 SusWrite 4.1 6% 5.38 MB/s	4K Read 6.8 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 25% 2.27 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 3.91% Great: 5%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9965525-120.A00LF 4x8GB 21 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	42.2% Average	MC Read 15.2 MC Write 17.9 MC Mixed 14.8 46% 16 GB/s	SC Read 7 SC Write 12.9 SC Mixed 8.6 27% 9.5 GB/s	Latency 171 23% 171 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 42.2% Great: 67%

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

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Workstation 7%

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System: HP Z230 Tower Workstation

CPU
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	620x
Core i7-4770Intel $75Bench 70%, 176,321 samples	499x
Core i5-4590Intel $188Bench 63%, 151,366 samples	240x

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	235x
Quadro K2000NvidiaBench 7%, 13,526 samples	174x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	162x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	121x
MTFDDAK256MBF-1AN1ZABHA 256GBCrucialBench 89%, 2,574 samples	56x
C400 RealSSD 256GBMicronBench 55%, 11,652 samples	47x

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 i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $288	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16