HP Z230 Tower Workstation

Performance Results


Gaming 33% Sail boat	Desktop 65% Destroyer	Workstation 27% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (38th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 62 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 an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 42.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	69.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	89.6% 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.

Very high background CPU (100%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

20 months ago, 20 months ago.

System	HP Z230 Tower Workstation (all builds)
Motherboard	Hewlett-Packard 1905
Memory	10.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140715
Uptime	2.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 16 '22 at 04:36
Run Duration	167 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	100%

PC Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4570-$99 129,272 User benchmarks, average bench 62% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	42.8% Average	Memory 67.8 1-Core 87.7 2-Core 177 62% 111 Pts	4-Core 98.3 8-Core 195 17% 147 Pts	64-Core 256 16% 256 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 42.8% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Quadro P4000 12,628 User benchmarks, average bench 67% HP(103C 11A3) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1708 MHz, MLim: 1901 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 472.39 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	69.4% Good	Lighting 81.7 Reflection 91.3 Parallax 85.4 67% 86.1 fps	MRender 88.4 Gravity 87.6 Splatting 96.3 75% 90.8 fps
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 69.4% Great: 70%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MTFDDAK256MBF-1AN1ZABHA 256GB 2,574 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 140GB free (System drive) Firmware: M603 SusWrite @10s intervals: 284 319 298 291 298 297 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	89.6% Excellent	Read 430 Write 398 Mixed 351 SusWrite 298 83% 369 MB/s	4K Read 27.4 4K Write 69.7 4K Mixed 37.4 126% 44.8 MB/s	DQ Read 351 DQ Write 320 DQ Mixed 251 211% 307 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 89.6% Great: 106%
Samsung Portable SSD T5 500GB 14,526 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 73GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 37 41 41 42 42 42 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	18.6% Very poor	Read 35.6 Write 41.5 Mixed 37.1 SusWrite 40.8 9% 38.8 MB/s	4K Read 12.1 4K Write 14.6 4K Mixed 13.3 43% 13.3 MB/s	DQ Read 29.4 DQ Write 25.1 DQ Mixed 26 20% 26.8 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 18.6% Great: 97%
Toshiba DT01ACA050 500GB-$25 163,843 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 171GB free Firmware: MS1OA7C0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 133 134 134 133 133 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	70.5% Very good	Read 114 Write 105 Mixed 29.4 SusWrite 132 69% 95 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.6 127% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 70.5% Great: 103%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT451U6AFR8C-PB Micron 8JTF51264AZ-1G6E1 Micron 8JTF51264AZ-1G6E1 Micron 8JTF51264AZ-1G6E1 16GB 18 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	47.9% Average	MC Read 16.2 MC Write 19.7 MC Mixed 15.1 49% 17 GB/s	SC Read 12.6 SC Write 15.8 SC Mixed 14.1 40% 14.2 GB/s	Latency 107 38% 107 ns
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 47.9% Great: 59%

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System: HP Z230 Tower Workstation

CPU
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	611x
Core i7-4770Intel $75Bench 70%, 176,321 samples	491x
Core i5-4590Intel $188Bench 63%, 151,366 samples	238x

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 $275	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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