HP Z230 Tower Workstation

Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 65% Battle cruiser	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 71.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	4.67% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	94.7% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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

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System	HP Z230 Tower Workstation (all builds)
Motherboard	Hewlett-Packard 1905
Memory	20.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141117
Uptime	6.7 Days
Run Date	May 20 '22 at 20:45
Run Duration	210 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	27%

PC Performing as expected (52^nd 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)	71.6% Very good	Memory 76.1 1-Core 92.1 2-Core 194 68% 121 Pts	4-Core 362 8-Core 549 56% 456 Pts	64-Core 538 33% 538 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 71.6% Great: 80%

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)	4.67% Terrible	Lighting 5.6 Reflection 8 Parallax 7.9 5% 7.17 fps	MRender 6.9 Gravity 5.8 Splatting 5.4 5% 6.03 fps
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 4.67% Great: 6%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$135 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 806GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 387 427 437 411 438 435 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	94.7% Outstanding	Read 437 Write 371 Mixed 304 SusWrite 423 86% 384 MB/s	4K Read 23.5 4K Write 67.1 4K Mixed 34.3 115% 41.6 MB/s	DQ Read 367 DQ Write 336 DQ Mixed 258 219% 320 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 94.7% Great: 133%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 18KSF1G72AZ-1G6E1 16JTF1G64AZ-1G6E1 18KSF1G72AZ-1G6E1 16JTF1G64AZ-1G6E1 32GB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	53% Above average	MC Read 19 MC Write 20.8 MC Mixed 16.5 54% 18.8 GB/s	SC Read 12.6 SC Write 17.4 SC Mixed 16.1 44% 15.4 GB/s	Latency 88.1 45% 88.1 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 53% Great: 55%

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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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Typical Z230 Tower Workstation Builds (Compare 2,757 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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	622x
Core i7-4770Intel $65Bench 70%, 176,321 samples	501x
Core i5-4590Intel $188Bench 63%, 151,366 samples	240x

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	236x
Quadro K2000NvidiaBench 7%, 13,526 samples	174x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	163x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	121x
MTFDDAK256MBF-1AN1ZABHA 256GBCrucialBench 89%, 2,574 samples	56x
C400 RealSSD 256GBMicronBench 55%, 11,652 samples	47x

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 i5-12600K $156	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $361	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16