HP Z230 Tower Workstation

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 112%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 77%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 94%
Nuclear submarine
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 76.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics154% 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 DriveThe boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
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
Memory28.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20150720
Uptime1.1 Days
Run DateApr 15 '21 at 08:50
Run Duration105 Seconds
Run User TUR-User
Background CPU8%
Watch Gameplay: 2080-Ti + 9600K How to compare your gameplay

 PC Performing as expected (48th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-4790-$135
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (82nd percentile)
76.1% Very good
Memory 76.8
1-Core 116
2-Core 229
78% 141 Pts
4-Core 406
8-Core 596
62% 501 Pts
64-Core 596
37% 596 Pts
Poor: 58%
This bench: 76.1%
Great: 80%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-Ti-$441
Asus(1043 8675) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 460.89
Performing below potential (45th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
154% Outstanding
Lighting 207
Reflection 195
Parallax 226
169% 209 fps
MRender 263
Gravity 207
Splatting 157
165% 209 fps
Poor: 128%
This bench: 154%
Great: 174%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$50
1.5TB free (System drive)
Firmware: 0001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 42 57 83 115 114 128 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (8th percentile)
56.8% Above average
Read 108
Write 146
Mixed 60.5
SusWrite 89.9
74% 101 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 0.7
4K Mixed 0.4
91% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 53%
This bench: 56.8%
Great: 106%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Micron 16JTF1G64AZ-1G6E1 4x8GB
4 of 4 slots used
32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing as expected (55th percentile)
56.1% Above average
MC Read 20.6
MC Write 21
MC Mixed 16.8
56% 19.5 GB/s
SC Read 14.4
SC Write 20.9
SC Mixed 20
53% 18.4 GB/s
Latency 86.7
46% 86.7 ns
Poor: 45%
This bench: 56.1%
Great: 91%

 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
The Best.
CPUGPUSSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273Nvidia RTX 4060 $300Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177Nvidia RTX 4070 $539Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52
HDDRAMUSB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16
If you make a purchase via one of these links, our site may earn a commission
Today's hottest deals
About  •  User Guide  •  FAQs  •  Email  •  Privacy  •  Developer  •  YouTube Feedback