HP Z2 Mini G4 Workstation

Performance Results


Gaming 18% Surfboard	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (29th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 71 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 brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	14.2% 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	183% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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 (38%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

16 months ago, 16 months ago, 16 months ago.

System	HP Z2 Mini G4 Workstation (all builds)
Motherboard	HP 8458
Memory	8.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190430
Uptime	2.3 Days
Run Date	Jan 25 '23 at 23:02
Run Duration	112 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	38%

PC Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8700-$186 349,567 User benchmarks, average bench 87% CPU0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	77.2% Very good	Memory 82.6 1-Core 117 2-Core 221 79% 140 Pts	4-Core 387 8-Core 648 63% 517 Pts	64-Core 639 40% 639 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 77.2% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Quadro P600 1,422 User benchmarks, average bench 16% HP(103C 8458) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1620 MHz, MLim: 1252 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 412.16 Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	14.2% Very poor	Lighting 17.6 Reflection 17.4 Parallax 16.3 14% 17.1 fps	MRender 23.5 Gravity 11.9 Splatting 16.2 14% 17.2 fps
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 14.2% Great: 16%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung MZVLB256HAHQ-000H1 256GB 20,171 User benchmarks, average bench 174% 158GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXD70H1Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 319 299 294 293 296 295 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	183% Outstanding	Read 1,712 Write 1,195 Mixed 977 SusWrite 300 232% 1,046 MB/s	4K Read 41.4 4K Write 90.2 4K Mixed 57 184% 62.9 MB/s	DQ Read 942 DQ Write 808 DQ Mixed 873 655% 875 MB/s
Poor: 106% ↑ This bench: 183% Great: 235%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471A1K43CB1-CTD - [0xF785] J641GU42J9266ND 16GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2667, 2667 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	68.4% Good	MC Read 27 MC Write 24.8 MC Mixed 21.2 70% 24.3 GB/s	SC Read 16.3 SC Write 23.9 SC Mixed 20.6 58% 20.3 GB/s	Latency 75.8 53% 75.8 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 68.4% Great: 85%

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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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Workstation 24%

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System: HP Z2 Mini G4 Workstation

CPU
Core i7-8700Intel $186Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	155x
Core i7-9700Intel $243Bench 92%, 79,875 samples	41x
Xeon E-2124GIntelBench 84%, 422 samples	14x

GPU
Quadro P1000NvidiaBench 20%, 5,264 samples	156x
Quadro P600NvidiaBench 16%, 1,422 samples	125x
UHD Graphics 630 (Desktop Coffee Lake i5 i7)IntelBench 5%, 147,588 samples	36x

SSD
MZVLB512HAJQ-000H2 512GBSamsungBench 240%, 2,013 samples	101x
MZVLB256HAHQ-000H2 256GBSamsungBench 204%, 754 samples	26x
MZVLB512HBJQ-000H1 512GBSamsungBench 240%, 17,828 samples	21x

RAM
M471A1K43CB1-CTD 2x8GBSamsungBench 76%, 108,106 samples	39x
M471A2K43CB1-CTD 2x16GBSamsungBench 82%, 20,439 samples	20x
HMA81GS6JJR8N-VK 2x8GBHynixBench 76%, 29,128 samples	19x

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