HP Z230 Tower Workstation

Performance Results


Gaming 36% Jet ski	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 31% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (30th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 70 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.
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 72.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	47% 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	53.4% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
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	4.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140815
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 18 '21 at 14:38
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E3-1241 v3-$209 3,580 User benchmarks, average bench 75% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	72.8% Very good	Memory 73.1 1-Core 111 2-Core 218 74% 134 Pts	4-Core 390 8-Core 576 60% 483 Pts	64-Core 574 36% 574 Pts
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 72.8% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 570-$130 473,685 User benchmarks, average bench 45% PwrHis(1787 D570) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1264 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 21.5.2 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	47% Average	Lighting 59.4 Reflection 59.7 Parallax 79.1 48% 66.1 fps	MRender 60.1 Gravity 62.8 Splatting 44 44% 55.6 fps
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 47% Great: 49%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM851 2.5 7mm 128GB 3,901 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 44GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT08D0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 116 132 132 124 124 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	53.4% Above average	Read 362 Write 98.1 Mixed 104 SusWrite 125 38% 172 MB/s	4K Read 26.8 4K Write 49.5 4K Mixed 22.7 96% 33 MB/s	DQ Read 30.9 DQ Write 73.7 DQ Mixed 24.6 27% 43.1 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 53.4% Great: 76%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$38 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: HP51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 74 77 72 84 74 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	43.3% Average	Read 72.5 Write 105 Mixed 34.7 SusWrite 78.7 53% 72.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.2 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.3 58% 0.47 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 43.3% Great: 114%
WD WD3200AVJS-63WDA0 320GB 7,100 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 184GB free Firmware: 01.03A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 6.4 6.2 6.3 6.1 6.1 6.1 MB/s Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	3.41% Terrible	Read 5.7 Write 5.2 Mixed 5.7 SusWrite 6.2 4% 5.7 MB/s	4K Read 0 4K Write 0.1 4K Mixed 0.1 13% 0.07 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 3.41% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378B5173DB0-CK0 M378B5173EB0-YK0 8GB 208 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (18^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	42.5% Average	MC Read 15.9 MC Write 14.8 MC Mixed 12.9 42% 14.5 GB/s	SC Read 12.2 SC Write 15.8 SC Mixed 13.2 39% 13.7 GB/s	Latency 94.4 42% 94.4 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 42.5% Great: 59%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	8	6	60	22"	1280 720	DELD099 DELL P2217

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System: HP Z230 Tower Workstation

CPU
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	617x
Core i7-4770Intel $75Bench 70%, 176,321 samples	494x
Core i5-4590Intel $188Bench 63%, 151,366 samples	239x

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	235x
Quadro K2000NvidiaBench 7%, 13,526 samples	173x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	162x

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 $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16