HP Z230 Tower Workstation

Performance Results


Gaming 52% Yacht	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 41% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 71.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	69.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	95.7% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). 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	9.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140715
Uptime	23 Days
Run Date	Mar 05 '21 at 05:22
Run Duration	172 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4570-$99 129,272 User benchmarks, average bench 62% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	71.1% Very good	Memory 74.4 1-Core 104 2-Core 208 72% 129 Pts	4-Core 389 8-Core 401 53% 395 Pts	64-Core 398 25% 398 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 71.1% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Quadro P4000 12,628 User benchmarks, average bench 67% HP(103C 11A3) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1708 MHz, MLim: 1901 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.12 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	69.8% Good	Lighting 82.6 Reflection 92.1 Parallax 86.2 67% 87 fps	MRender 88.9 Gravity 87.8 Splatting 94.9 75% 90.5 fps
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 69.8% Great: 70%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MTFDDAK256MBF-1AN1ZABHA 256GB 2,574 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 164GB free (System drive) Firmware: M603 SusWrite @10s intervals: 238 364 367 364 366 362 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	95.7% Outstanding	Read 394 Write 371 Mixed 305 SusWrite 344 80% 353 MB/s	4K Read 26.1 4K Write 82.9 4K Mixed 44.1 140% 51 MB/s	DQ Read 351 DQ Write 321 DQ Mixed 248 210% 307 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 95.7% Great: 106%
Samsung Portable SSD T5 500GB 14,526 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 162GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 17 19 19 19 19 19 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	16.4% Very poor	Read 36.6 Write 39.8 Mixed 38 SusWrite 18.5 8% 33.2 MB/s	4K Read 11.6 4K Write 14 4K Mixed 12.3 41% 12.6 MB/s	DQ Read 25 DQ Write 24.9 DQ Mixed 24.5 18% 24.8 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 16.4% Great: 97%
Samsung Portable SSD T5 500GB 14,526 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 267GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 17 19 19 19 19 19 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	16.3% Very poor	Read 36.9 Write 39.6 Mixed 37.9 SusWrite 18.4 8% 33.2 MB/s	4K Read 11.5 4K Write 14 4K Mixed 12.3 41% 12.6 MB/s	DQ Read 22.3 DQ Write 25 DQ Mixed 26 19% 24.4 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 16.3% Great: 97%
Toshiba DT01ACA050 500GB-$25 163,843 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 378GB free Firmware: MS1OA7C0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 167 165 155 171 171 172 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	96.2% Outstanding	Read 169 Write 149 Mixed 31 SusWrite 167 93% 129 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.6 138% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 96.2% Great: 103%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT451U6AFR8C-PB Micron 8JTF51264AZ-1G6E1 Micron 8JTF51264AZ-1G6E1 Micron 8JTF51264AZ-1G6E1 16GB 18 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (19^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	50% Above average	MC Read 17.6 MC Write 18.2 MC Mixed 15.1 48% 17 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 19.9 SC Mixed 18.1 51% 17.8 GB/s	Latency 91.6 44% 91.6 ns
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 50% Great: 59%

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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	621x
Core i7-4770Intel $65Bench 70%, 176,321 samples	501x
Core i5-4590Intel $188Bench 63%, 151,366 samples	240x

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	236x
Quadro K2000NvidiaBench 7%, 13,526 samples	174x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	163x

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 $159	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	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