HP Z230 Tower Workstation

Performance Results


Gaming 10% Tree trunk	Desktop 69% Battle cruiser	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	4.76% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	90.8% 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.

System	HP Z230 Tower Workstation (all builds)
Motherboard	Hewlett-Packard 1905
Memory	11.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180704
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Sep 01 '21 at 22:32
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4590-$188 151,366 User benchmarks, average bench 63% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	73.1% Very good	Memory 75.7 1-Core 108 2-Core 210 74% 131 Pts	4-Core 408 8-Core 400 54% 404 Pts	64-Core 396 24% 396 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 73.1% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD FirePro W2100 1,154 User benchmarks, average bench 5% HP(103C 2120) 2GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.200.1062.1004 Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	4.76% Terrible	Lighting 5.7 Reflection 8.4 Parallax 7.9 5% 7.33 fps	MRender 7.2 Gravity 5.9 Splatting 5.5 5% 6.2 fps
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 4.76% Great: 6%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung MZ7PD256HCGM-000H7 256GB 5,922 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 116GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM06H6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 262 262 262 250 248 249 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	90.8% Outstanding	Read 428 Write 354 Mixed 277 SusWrite 256 74% 329 MB/s	4K Read 28.4 4K Write 79.8 4K Mixed 41.1 138% 49.8 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 296 DQ Mixed 159 168% 279 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 90.8% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378B5273DH0-CK0 Hynix HMT351U6EFR8C-PB Nanya NT4GC64B8HG0NF-DI Hynix HMT351U6CFR8C-PB 16GB 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	57.6% Above average	MC Read 20.7 MC Write 22.3 MC Mixed 17.3 57% 20.1 GB/s	SC Read 15.8 SC Write 19.9 SC Mixed 20.3 53% 18.7 GB/s	Latency 88.9 45% 88.9 ns

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 8: 1R 1G 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
8%	3%	70	53	43	60	23"	1920 1080	HWP3152 HP E231i

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Gaming 8%

Tree trunk

Desktop 65%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 7%

Tree trunk

System: HP Z230 Tower Workstation

CPU
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	614x
Core i7-4770Intel $75Bench 70%, 176,321 samples	493x
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 $254	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 $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16