HP Z230 Tower Workstation

Performance Results


Gaming 22% Surfboard	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 20% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 71.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	28.3% 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	99.1% 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	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.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	HP Z230 Tower Workstation (all builds)
Motherboard	Hewlett-Packard 1905
Memory	5.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141117
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 04 '22 at 12:30
Run Duration	126 Seconds
Run User	ALB-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing as expected (58^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	71.7% Very good	Memory 74.1 1-Core 113 2-Core 205 74% 131 Pts	4-Core 374 8-Core 569 58% 472 Pts	64-Core 577 36% 577 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 71.7% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-Ti-$59 946,701 User benchmarks, average bench 29% Asus(1043 8613) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 512.15 Performing below potential (35^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	28.3% Poor	Lighting 35.6 Reflection 39.8 Parallax 37.8 29% 37.7 fps	MRender 37.9 Gravity 37.7 Splatting 26.2 27% 33.9 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 28.3% Great: 33%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX200 250GB-$134 26,364 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 191GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 296 434 439 426 440 441 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	99.1% Outstanding	Read 381 Write 410 Mixed 336 SusWrite 413 87% 385 MB/s	4K Read 26.3 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 34.8 140% 55.7 MB/s	DQ Read 373 DQ Write 341 DQ Mixed 255 219% 323 MB/s
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 99.1% Great: 113%
Toshiba DT01ABA100V 1TB 5,116 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 931GB free Firmware: MU2OA720 SusWrite @10s intervals: 148 150 153 151 153 153 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	87.8% Excellent	Read 155 Write 153 Mixed 30.8 SusWrite 151 88% 123 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.6 125% 1 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 87.8% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378B1G73BH0-CK0 1x8GB 1,614 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	28.4% Poor	MC Read 8.6 MC Write 9.7 MC Mixed 8.3 25% 8.87 GB/s	SC Read 11 SC Write 12.1 SC Mixed 9.6 31% 10.9 GB/s	Latency 92.3 43% 92.3 ns
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 28.4% Great: 34%

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System: HP Z230 Tower Workstation

CPU
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	616x
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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Total price: $178

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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) $23	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