HP Z230 Tower Workstation

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 10% Tree trunk	Desktop 67% Battle cruiser	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 68.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	14.7% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (28%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	HP Z230 Tower Workstation (all builds)
Motherboard	Hewlett-Packard 1905
Memory	3.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131018
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 20 '23 at 10:21
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	28%

PC Performing as expected (59^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770-$65 176,321 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	68.9% Good	Memory 74.3 1-Core 101 2-Core 193 70% 123 Pts	4-Core 344 8-Core 487 52% 415 Pts	64-Core 492 30% 492 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 68.9% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GT 1030 185,384 User benchmarks, average bench 14% Gigabyte(1458 375C) 2GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 546.33 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	14.7% Very poor	Lighting 18.4 Reflection 18.5 Parallax 18.5 15% 18.5 fps	MRender 15.8 Gravity 19.5 Splatting 16.8 14% 17.4 fps
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 14.7% Great: 15%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD WD5000LPLX-00ZNTT0 500GB 28,774 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 401GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 80 91 114 110 62 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	55.4% Above average	Read 102 Write 63.4 Mixed 42.4 SusWrite 90.7 55% 74.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.5 96% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 55.4% Great: 82%
WD Red 2TB (2012)-$82 64,359 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 2TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 140 118 137 137 141 140 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	83.2% Excellent	Read 154 Write 144 Mixed 72.8 SusWrite 136 93% 127 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 0.9 171% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 83.2% Great: 86%
WD Red 2TB (2012)-$82 64,359 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 2TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 145 120 140 139 145 144 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	85.2% Excellent	Read 158 Write 145 Mixed 71.4 SusWrite 139 94% 128 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1 192% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 85.2% Great: 86%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT351U6CFR8C-PB Kingston 99U5474-028.A00LF 8GB 26 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	23.4% Poor	MC Read 7.3 MC Write 8.1 MC Mixed 6.6 21% 7.33 GB/s	SC Read 7.6 SC Write 8.4 SC Mixed 7.7 23% 7.9 GB/s	Latency 97.9 41% 97.9 ns
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 23.4% Great: 50%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0P 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	71	59	60	42"	1280 720	SNY4B03 SONY TV

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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	621x
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 $170	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 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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