HP Z230 Tower Workstation

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 85%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 76%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 73%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing below expectations (39th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 61 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.
ProcessorWith 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 70.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics123% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive43.9% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory32GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
SystemHP Z230 Tower Workstation  (all builds)
MotherboardHewlett-Packard 1905
Memory28.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180704
Uptime0 Days
Run DateApr 08 '21 at 19:40
Run Duration131 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU6%
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 PC Performing below expectations (39th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-4770-$75
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg)
Performing as expected (42nd percentile)
70.4% Very good
Memory 68.2
1-Core 112
2-Core 226
74% 136 Pts
4-Core 390
8-Core 586
61% 488 Pts
64-Core 588
36% 588 Pts
Poor: 58%
This bench: 70.4%
Great: 78%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-$394
EVGA(3842 2081) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 465.89
Performing below potential (42nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide
123% Outstanding
Lighting 163
Reflection 168
Parallax 168
133% 166 fps
MRender 183
Gravity 141
Splatting 122
118% 148 fps
Poor: 109%
This bench: 123%
Great: 134%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
WD Green 240GB (2018)-$35
169GB free (System drive)
Firmware: UF450000
SusWrite @10s intervals: 132 117 12 20 138 106 MB/s
Performing as expected (45th percentile)
43.9% Average
Read 413
Write 318
Mixed 214
SusWrite 87.7
57% 258 MB/s
4K Read 14.9
4K Write 34.7
4K Mixed 13.7
58% 21.1 MB/s
DQ Read 117
DQ Write 80.9
DQ Mixed 41.9
47% 80.1 MB/s
Poor: 34%
This bench: 43.9%
Great: 55%
SABRENT 128GB
100GB free
Firmware: 2210
SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 134 133 128 110 101 MB/s
Performing below expectations (28th percentile)
48.7% Average
Read 331
Write 137
Mixed 149
SusWrite 120
41% 184 MB/s
4K Read 18.5
4K Write 38.2
4K Mixed 17.8
71% 24.8 MB/s
DQ Read 156
DQ Write 140
DQ Mixed 49.9
64% 115 MB/s
Poor: 39%
This bench: 48.7%
Great: 75%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston 9905471-058.A00LF 9905471-058.A00LF 9905471-079.A00LF 9905471-079.A00LF 32GB
1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz
8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB
Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples
51.4% Above average
MC Read 17.4
MC Write 19.3
MC Mixed 16
50% 17.6 GB/s
SC Read 15.9
SC Write 21.5
SC Mixed 19.1
54% 18.8 GB/s
Latency 106
38% 106 ns

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z230 Tower Workstation Builds (Compare 2,721 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 8%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 65%
Battle cruiser
Workstation
Workstation 7%
Tree trunk

System: HP Z230 Tower Workstation

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 74% - Very good Total price: $178
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