HP Z240 SFF Workstation

Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 66% Battle cruiser	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (34th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 66 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 69.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	5.44% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	74.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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.

Very high background CPU (47%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	HP Z240 SFF Workstation (all builds)
Motherboard	HP 802E
Memory	3.6 GB free of 12 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200429
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Sep 19 '21 at 12:57
Run Duration	134 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	47%

PC Performing below expectations (34^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 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	69.9% Good	Memory 80.6 1-Core 96.6 2-Core 193 71% 124 Pts	4-Core 320 8-Core 488 50% 404 Pts	64-Core 587 36% 587 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 69.9% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% HP(103C 802E) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 21.20.16.5127 Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	5.44% Terrible	Lighting 6.2 Reflection 5 Parallax 6.2 5% 5.8 fps	MRender 5.8 Gravity 5.7 Splatting 10.1 6% 7.2 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.44% Great: 6%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MTFDDAK512TBN-1AR1ZABHA 512GB 1,111 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 83GB free (System drive) Firmware: HPC0012 SusWrite @10s intervals: 370 307 371 344 297 261 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	74.2% Very good	Read 367 Write 376 Mixed 320 SusWrite 325 78% 347 MB/s	4K Read 21.1 4K Write 65.8 4K Mixed 29.2 104% 38.7 MB/s	DQ Read 67.5 DQ Write 268 DQ Mixed 154 122% 163 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 74.2% Great: 98%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378A5244CB0-CRC 3x4GB 50 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 3 of 4 slots used 12GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	47.8% Average	MC Read 17.7 MC Write 17.7 MC Mixed 14.9 48% 16.8 GB/s	SC Read 9.8 SC Write 16.3 SC Mixed 13.1 37% 13.1 GB/s	Latency 79.4 50% 79.4 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 47.8% Great: 86%

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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	7	6	60	27"	1280 720	HPN3442 HP 27x Curved

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Gaming 12%

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Desktop 71%

Battleship

Workstation 11%

Tree trunk

System: HP Z240 SFF Workstation

CPU
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	359x
Core i5-6500Intel $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	109x
Xeon E3-1225 v5IntelBench 74%, 3,017 samples	103x

GPU
HD 530 (Desktop Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 188,220 samples	213x
Quadro K620Nvidia $170Bench 11%, 16,214 samples	101x
Quadro K1200NvidiaBench 13%, 4,005 samples	78x

SSD
SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBSamsungBench 219%, 21,747 samples	49x
320 Series 300GBIntel $289Bench 46%, 2,154 samples	35x
MTFDDAK256TBN-1AR1ZABHA 256GBCrucialBench 77%, 2,468 samples	20x

RAM
HMA82GU6MFR8N-TF 2x16GBHynixBench 72%, 553 samples	47x
M378A1K43CB2-CRC 2x8GBSamsungBench 74%, 24,860 samples	40x
M378A1G43DB0-CPB 2x8GBSamsungBench 72%, 8,407 samples	27x

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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 $124	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