HP Z2 Tower G4 Workstation

Performance Results


Gaming 70% Battle cruiser	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 59% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (35th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 65 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 83.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	77.2% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	117% 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	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.

Very high background CPU (41%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

17 months ago, 17 months ago, 15 months ago, 15 months ago.

System	HP Z2 Tower G4 Workstation (all builds)
Motherboard	HP 8455
Memory	28.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190730
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 20 '23 at 16:23
Run Duration	136 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	41%

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PC Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E-2144G 224 User benchmarks, average bench 86% CPU0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	83.6% Excellent	Memory 90.9 1-Core 125 2-Core 245 86% 154 Pts	4-Core 411 8-Core 607 64% 509 Pts	64-Core 627 39% 627 Pts
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 83.6% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143 318,562 User benchmarks, average bench 76% EVGA(3842 1667) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 516.94 Performing below potential (70^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	77.2% Very good	Lighting 98.5 Reflection 96.9 Parallax 87.8 80% 94.4 fps	MRender 97.4 Gravity 91.1 Splatting 76.9 71% 88.5 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 77.2% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB 21,542 User benchmarks, average bench 238% 304GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXA74H0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 116 119 120 121 120 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	117% Outstanding	Read 2,312 Write 119 Mixed 214 SusWrite 115 146% 690 MB/s	4K Read 40.3 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 3.3 66% 15.1 MB/s
Poor: 149% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 306%
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$69 367,854 User benchmarks, average bench 276% 184GB free Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 226 200 112 114 114 113 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	132% Outstanding	Read 2,464 Write 156 Mixed 533 SusWrite 146 176% 825 MB/s	4K Read 55.5 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 4 90% 20.6 MB/s
Poor: 178% ↑ This bench: 132% Great: 355%
Kingston SQ500S37960G 960GB 334 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 695GB free Firmware: SBFKK1B3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 314 431 147 21 266 457 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	84.4% Excellent	Read 373 Write 264 Mixed 336 SusWrite 273 70% 311 MB/s	4K Read 30.1 4K Write 70.7 4K Mixed 36.2 129% 45.7 MB/s	DQ Read 256 DQ Write 324 DQ Mixed 202 177% 261 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 84.4% Great: 103%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HP26D4U9S8MD-8 Hynix HMA81GU7CJR8N-VK HP26D4U9S8MD-8 Hynix HMA81GU7CJR8N-VK 32GB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 2667, 2667, 2667, 2667 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	90.3% Outstanding	MC Read 32.6 MC Write 35.4 MC Mixed 28.2 92% 32.1 GB/s	SC Read 19.4 SC Write 38.2 SC Mixed 27.2 81% 28.3 GB/s	Latency 65.9 61% 65.9 ns
Poor: 89% ↑ This bench: 90.3% Great: 91%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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System: HP Z2 Tower G4 Workstation

CPU
Core i7-8700Intel $186Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	380x
Core i7-8700KIntel $175Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	176x
Core i7-9700Intel $243Bench 92%, 79,875 samples	162x

GPU
Quadro P2000NvidiaBench 41%, 13,958 samples	141x
UHD Graphics 630 (Desktop Coffee Lake i5 i7)IntelBench 5%, 147,588 samples	116x
Quadro P2200NvidiaBench 47%, 5,007 samples	93x

SSD
MZVLB512HAJQ-000H2 512GBSamsungBench 240%, 2,013 samples	248x
MZVLB512HBJQ-000H1 512GBSamsungBench 240%, 17,828 samples	88x
MZVLB256HAHQ-000H2 256GBSamsungBench 204%, 754 samples	56x

RAM
M378A1K43CB2-CTD 2x8GBSamsungBench 80%, 29,586 samples	93x
M378A2K43CB1-CTD 2x16GBSamsungBench 87%, 6,612 samples	69x
16ATF2G64AZ-2G6E1 2x16GBMicronBench 82%, 771 samples	42x

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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $186

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $159	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	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