HP Z230 Tower Workstation

Performance Results


Gaming 29% Raft	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 25% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 72.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	35.1% 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	96.9% 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.

System	HP Z230 Tower Workstation (all builds)
Motherboard	Hewlett-Packard 1905
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150413
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 01 '21 at 21:02
Run Duration	141 Seconds
Run User	AUT-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E3-1245 v3-$245 2,834 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	72.4% Very good	Memory 73.8 1-Core 109 2-Core 219 74% 134 Pts	4-Core 383 8-Core 567 59% 475 Pts	64-Core 562 35% 562 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 72.4% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-Ti-$59 946,701 User benchmarks, average bench 29% Asus(1043 864B) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 466.77 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	35.1% Below average	Lighting 46.4 Reflection 43.5 Parallax 45.5 38% 45.1 fps	MRender 38.7 Gravity 44.1 Splatting 29.2 30% 37.3 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 35.1% Great: 33%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MTFDDAK256MBF-1AN1ZABHA 256GB 2,574 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 205GB free (System drive) Firmware: M603 SusWrite @10s intervals: 228 376 384 374 376 375 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	96.9% Outstanding	Read 397 Write 374 Mixed 333 SusWrite 352 82% 364 MB/s	4K Read 30.2 4K Write 96.6 4K Mixed 38 146% 54.9 MB/s	DQ Read 352 DQ Write 320 DQ Mixed 254 213% 309 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 96.9% Great: 106%
Kingston DataTraveler 100 G3 USB 3.0 16GB-$7 60,636 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 10GB free, PID 1666 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 5.5 5.8 5.3 5.2 5.5 5.4 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	5.52% Terrible	Read 20.7 Write 5.5 Mixed 5.5 SusWrite 5.4 10% 9.28 MB/s	4K Read 4.4 4K Write 0.1 4K Mixed 0.9 50% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 5.52% Great: 23%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M391B1G73QH0-CK0 2x8GB 277 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	51.2% Above average	MC Read 16.8 MC Write 19.1 MC Mixed 16.2 50% 17.4 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 21 SC Mixed 18.1 53% 18.6 GB/s	Latency 92.9 43% 92.9 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 51.2% Great: 60%

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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	9	7	60	23.5"	1280 720	SAM0D20 S24F350

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System: HP Z230 Tower Workstation

CPU
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	614x
Core i7-4770Intel $75Bench 70%, 176,321 samples	492x
Core i5-4590Intel $188Bench 63%, 151,366 samples	239x

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	234x
Quadro K2000NvidiaBench 7%, 13,526 samples	173x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	161x

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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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