HP Z230 Tower Workstation

Performance Results


Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 59% Gunboat	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall 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.
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 64%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	3.28% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	85.2% 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.

System	HP Z230 Tower Workstation (all builds)
Motherboard	Hewlett-Packard 1905
Memory	11.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160113
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 06 '21 at 22:47
Run Duration	179 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing as expected (46^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4670K-$127 128,482 User benchmarks, average bench 68% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	64% Good	Memory 60.7 1-Core 102 2-Core 186 64% 116 Pts	4-Core 388 8-Core 385 52% 387 Pts	64-Core 386 24% 386 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 64% Great: 79%

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 as expected (53^rd percentile)	3.28% Terrible	Lighting 3.7 Reflection 2.6 Parallax 6.6 3% 4.3 fps	MRender 6.6 Gravity 2.4 Splatting 4.9 4% 4.63 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.28% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk X110 128GB-$89 11,245 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 86GB free (System drive) Firmware: X231706 SusWrite @10s intervals: 274 281 280 280 268 268 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	85.2% Excellent	Read 413 Write 281 Mixed 191 SusWrite 275 65% 290 MB/s	4K Read 27.7 4K Write 87.9 4K Mixed 34.9 133% 50.2 MB/s	DQ Read 306 DQ Write 192 DQ Mixed 118 123% 206 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 85.2% Great: 89%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 433GB free Firmware: 19.01H19 SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 109 68 85 85 92 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	48.7% Average	Read 78.5 Write 59.7 Mixed 49 SusWrite 91.1 51% 69.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.5 100% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 48.7% Great: 69%
WD WD5000AZLX-00K4KA0 500GB 44,506 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 466GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 191 190 192 188 192 189 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 188 Write 181 Mixed 96 SusWrite 191 120% 164 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1.1 213% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 104%
Seagate Expansion 1TB 60,540 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 672GB free Firmware: 0707 SusWrite @10s intervals: 6.5 5.2 3.2 3.5 3.4 3.9 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile)	2.73% Terrible	Read 5.2 Write 5 Mixed 5 SusWrite 4.3 4% 4.88 MB/s	4K Read 0 4K Write 0.1 4K Mixed 0.1 13% 0.07 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 2.73% Great: 66%
Kingston DataTraveler 100 G3 USB 3.0 32GB-$9 66,405 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 24GB free, PID 1666 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 1.1 0.1 3.1 2.8 2.5 6.8 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	3.8% Terrible	Read 14.8 Write 8.5 Mixed 2.8 SusWrite 2.7 8% 7.2 MB/s	4K Read 4.5 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0.5 34% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 3.8% Great: 28%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT41GU6BFR8A-PB 2x8GB 7,869 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	46.7% Average	MC Read 15.4 MC Write 18.6 MC Mixed 15.5 47% 16.5 GB/s	SC Read 12.8 SC Write 16.9 SC Mixed 15.3 43% 15 GB/s	Latency 126 32% 126 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 46.7% Great: 61%

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Gaming 8%

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Desktop 65%

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Workstation 7%

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System: HP Z230 Tower Workstation

CPU
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	613x
Core i7-4770Intel $75Bench 70%, 176,321 samples	491x
Core i5-4590Intel $188Bench 63%, 151,366 samples	238x

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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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