HP Z230 Tower Workstation

Performance Results


Gaming 42% Speed boat	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 36% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	54.5% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	96.5% 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, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	HP Z230 Tower Workstation (all builds)
Motherboard	Hewlett-Packard 1905
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200422
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Apr 07 '21 at 13:52
Run Duration	153 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E3-1231 v3-$209 19,313 User benchmarks, average bench 73% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	75% Very good	Memory 72.6 1-Core 110 2-Core 194 71% 126 Pts	4-Core 422 8-Core 571 63% 497 Pts	64-Core 573 36% 573 Pts
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 75% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 5500-XT-$217 72,993 User benchmarks, average bench 51% MSI(1462 3822) ≥ 4GB Ram: 8GB, Driver: 21.3.1 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	54.5% Above average	Lighting 71.7 Reflection 67.4 Parallax 99.2 58% 79.4 fps	MRender 55 Gravity 76.8 Splatting 44.3 47% 58.7 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 54.5% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$76 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 383GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 352 365 367 367 368 367 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	96.5% Outstanding	Read 443 Write 374 Mixed 303 SusWrite 364 83% 371 MB/s	4K Read 24.9 4K Write 97.7 4K Mixed 34.6 134% 52.4 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 321 DQ Mixed 265 222% 322 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 96.5% Great: 129%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$27 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 434GB free Firmware: HP51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 157 164 164 164 163 165 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	98.9% Outstanding	Read 182 Write 151 Mixed 79.4 SusWrite 163 105% 144 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 164% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 98.9% Great: 112%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 1TB-$100 65,786 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 578GB free Firmware: 1AA01118 SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 91 92 93 96 92 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	43.2% Average	Read 57.4 Write 78.6 Mixed 54.6 SusWrite 92.6 52% 70.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1 181% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 43.2% Great: 62%
Seagate ST3750330AS 750GB-$137 3,651 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 544GB free Firmware: SD15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 100 99 100 99 99 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	58.2% Above average	Read 104 Write 98.1 Mixed 51.5 SusWrite 98.9 64% 88.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 146% 1 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 58.2% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Ramaxel RMR5040ED58E9W1600 RMR5040ED58E9W1600 Samsung M391B1G73QH0-CK0 16GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	36.9% Below average	MC Read 12.5 MC Write 13.1 MC Mixed 11.1 35% 12.2 GB/s	SC Read 11 SC Write 14.9 SC Mixed 12.8 37% 12.9 GB/s	Latency 95.4 42% 95.4 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 36.9% Great: 38%

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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	622x
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 $170	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $361	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	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