HP Z2 Mini G3 Workstation

Performance Results


Gaming 12% Tree trunk	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 75.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	6.53% 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	153% 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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

Run History

11 months ago, 11 months ago, 11 months ago, 11 months ago, 10 months ago.

System	HP Z2 Mini G3 Workstation (all builds)
Motherboard	HP 82BF
Memory	21.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20171005
Uptime	22.8 Days
Run Date	Jun 02 '23 at 14:47
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing as expected (50^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700-$167 256,717 User benchmarks, average bench 76% CPU0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	75.5% Very good	Memory 80.5 1-Core 118 2-Core 215 78% 138 Pts	4-Core 380 8-Core 586 60% 483 Pts	64-Core 583 36% 583 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 75.5% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake) 153,031 User benchmarks, average bench 5% HP(103C 82BF) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 23.20.16.4973 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	6.53% Terrible	Lighting 7.3 Reflection 8.9 Parallax 7.6 6% 7.93 fps	MRender 8.7 Gravity 7.2 Splatting 11.3 8% 9.07 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.53% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 99,566 User benchmarks, average bench 177% 61GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXB73H1Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 433 259 221 189 168 161 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	153% Outstanding	Read 1,403 Write 959 Mixed 622 SusWrite 238 178% 806 MB/s	4K Read 42.2 4K Write 84.7 4K Mixed 50.1 173% 59 MB/s	DQ Read 767 DQ Write 534 DQ Mixed 683 501% 662 MB/s
Poor: 106% ↑ This bench: 153% Great: 236%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 931GB free Firmware: JB0OA3T0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 83 73 81 72 77 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	61.5% Good	Read 138 Write 73 Mixed 36.5 SusWrite 76.5 59% 81 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.5 116% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 61.5% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown - [0x9B85] CT16G4SFD824A.C16FBD 2x16GB 44 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 2 of 2 slots used 32GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (32^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	65.6% Good	MC Read 22.9 MC Write 25.2 MC Mixed 21.3 66% 23.1 GB/s	SC Read 13.8 SC Write 26.4 SC Mixed 20.6 58% 20.3 GB/s	Latency 79.5 50% 79.5 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 65.6% Great: 78%

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

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Desktop 76%

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Workstation 15%

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System: HP Z2 Mini G3 Workstation

CPU
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	61x
Xeon E3-1245 v5IntelBench 76%, 2,081 samples	59x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	59x

GPU
Quadro M620NvidiaBench 12%, 1,730 samples	259x
HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake)IntelBench 5%, 153,031 samples	17x
HD 530 (Desktop Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 188,220 samples	12x

SSD
SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsungBench 238%, 21,542 samples	78x
PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBSamsungBench 177%, 99,566 samples	38x
SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBSamsungBench 219%, 21,747 samples	27x

RAM
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 2x8GBHynixBench 70%, 71,691 samples	30x
M471A1K43CB1-CRC 2x8GBSamsungBench 70%, 62,266 samples	26x
M471A2K43CB1-CRC 1x16GBSamsungBench 40%, 36,753 samples	17x

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Value: 82% - Excellent

Total price: $180

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16