HP Z240 Tower Workstation

Performance Results


Gaming 34% Sail boat	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 30% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	32.6% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	101% 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

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	HP Z240 Tower Workstation (all builds)
Motherboard	HP 802F
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161014
Uptime	1.8 Days
Run Date	Jun 11 '21 at 13:17
Run Duration	123 Seconds
Run User	EGY-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing as expected (59^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$180 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% CPU0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	87.5% Excellent	Memory 91.2 1-Core 122 2-Core 238 85% 151 Pts	4-Core 452 8-Core 655 69% 553 Pts	64-Core 652 40% 652 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 87.5% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Asus(1043 8566) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1468 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 466.63 Performing below potential (65^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	32.6% Below average	Lighting 41.6 Reflection 44.8 Parallax 39.8 34% 42.1 fps	MRender 36.7 Gravity 39.7 Splatting 34.8 30% 37.1 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 32.6% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung MZ7PD256HCGM-000H7 256GB 5,922 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 95GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM06H6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 381 398 376 366 418 442 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 392 Write 143 Mixed 248 SusWrite 397 66% 295 MB/s	4K Read 33.8 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 40.9 158% 59 MB/s	DQ Read 360 DQ Write 196 DQ Mixed 143 142% 233 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 108%
WD WD2002FYPS-01U1B0 2TB 7,087 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 323GB free Firmware: 04.05G05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 55 55 57 57 57 57 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	32.3% Below average	Read 55.8 Write 52.7 Mixed 50.7 SusWrite 56.4 40% 53.9 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 153% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 32.3% Great: 63%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMA81GU6AFR8N-UH 2x8GB 20,415 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (35^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	71.5% Very good	MC Read 27.5 MC Write 27.4 MC Mixed 20.5 72% 25.1 GB/s	SC Read 17 SC Write 26.1 SC Mixed 21.9 62% 21.7 GB/s	Latency 65.4 61% 65.4 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 71.5% Great: 87%

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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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Desktop 71%

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Workstation 11%

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System: HP Z240 Tower Workstation

CPU
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	1,107x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	349x
Core i5-6500Intel $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	276x

GPU
HD 530 (Desktop Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 188,220 samples	228x
Quadro K2200Nvidia $440Bench 16%, 13,860 samples	209x
Quadro K620Nvidia $170Bench 11%, 16,214 samples	179x

SSD
SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBSamsungBench 219%, 21,747 samples	138x
SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsungBench 238%, 21,542 samples	98x
MTFDDAK256TBN-1AR1ZABHA 256GBCrucialBench 77%, 2,468 samples	74x

RAM
M378A1K43CB2-CRC 2x8GBSamsungBench 74%, 24,860 samples	158x
HMA81GU6AFR8N-UH 2x8GBHynixBench 74%, 20,415 samples	103x
HMA41GU6AFR8N-TF 2x8GBHynixBench 73%, 22,760 samples	102x

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Value: 82% - Excellent

Total price: $180

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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