HP Z230 Tower Workstation

Performance Results


Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 63% Destroyer	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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 67.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	3.4% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	95.3% 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.

High background CPU (27%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	HP Z230 Tower Workstation (all builds)
Motherboard	Hewlett-Packard 1905
Memory	10.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140815
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 15 '21 at 19:47
Run Duration	205 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	27%

PC Performing as expected (48^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790S-$60 13,224 User benchmarks, average bench 72% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	67.6% Good	Memory 71.7 1-Core 105 2-Core 195 70% 124 Pts	4-Core 342 8-Core 548 55% 445 Pts	64-Core 553 34% 553 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 67.6% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Quadro K600 8,087 User benchmarks, average bench 3% HP(103C 094B) 1GB CLim: 875 MHz, MLim: 445 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 354.13 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	3.4% Terrible	Lighting 4 Reflection 5.5 Parallax 4.4 3% 4.63 fps	MRender 5 Gravity 3.9 Splatting 4.6 4% 4.5 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.4% Great: 4%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MTFDDAK256MAY-1AH1ZABHA 256GB 909 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 94GB free (System drive) Firmware: M504 SusWrite @10s intervals: 354 331 347 355 342 355 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	95.3% Outstanding	Read 411 Write 375 Mixed 287 SusWrite 347 80% 355 MB/s	4K Read 27.8 4K Write 91 4K Mixed 37.6 138% 52.1 MB/s	DQ Read 366 DQ Write 312 DQ Mixed 225 200% 301 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 95.3% Great: 105%
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 161GB free Firmware: SBFKB1D1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 299 196 200 197 197 193 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	83% Excellent	Read 424 Write 231 Mixed 335 SusWrite 214 67% 301 MB/s	4K Read 28 4K Write 72.4 4K Mixed 37.1 128% 45.8 MB/s	DQ Read 270 DQ Write 325 DQ Mixed 209 182% 268 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 83% Great: 100%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT451U6BFR8C-PB 4x4GB 2,366 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	44.1% Average	MC Read 16.4 MC Write 16.6 MC Mixed 12.9 44% 15.3 GB/s	SC Read 9.6 SC Write 15.9 SC Mixed 15.5 39% 13.7 GB/s	Latency 97.6 41% 97.6 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 44.1% Great: 60%

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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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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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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