HP Z230 Tower Workstation

Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 68% Battle cruiser	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 74.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	4.71% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	65.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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.

Run History

3 months ago, 1 month ago.

System	HP Z230 Tower Workstation (all builds)
Motherboard	Hewlett-Packard 1905
Memory	7.9 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131018
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 27 '24 at 01:03
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (69^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 above expectations (76^th percentile)	74.3% Very good	Memory 81.4 1-Core 103 2-Core 201 73% 129 Pts	4-Core 363 8-Core 529 56% 446 Pts	64-Core 539 33% 539 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 74.3% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD FirePro W2100 1,154 User benchmarks, average bench 5% AMD(1002 2120) 2GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.200.1062.1004 Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	4.71% Terrible	Lighting 5.6 Reflection 8.3 Parallax 7.9 5% 7.27 fps	MRender 7.2 Gravity 5.9 Splatting 5.5 5% 6.2 fps
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 4.71% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Spcc Solid State Disk 512GB 30,264 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 233GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFM61.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 260 76 159 78 99 79 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	65.5% Good	Read 200 Write 104 Mixed 322 SusWrite 125 42% 188 MB/s	4K Read 29.5 4K Write 59.7 4K Mixed 33.8 120% 41 MB/s	DQ Read 271 DQ Write 311 DQ Mixed 212 182% 264 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 65.5% Great: 102%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$25 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 466GB free Firmware: 18.01H18 SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 119 118 118 118 118 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	68.8% Good	Read 122 Write 111 Mixed 71 SusWrite 118 77% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 134% 1 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 68.8% Great: 69%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$25 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 931GB free Firmware: HP34 SusWrite @10s intervals: 180 198 211 210 187 193 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 182 Write 140 Mixed 88.5 SusWrite 197 111% 152 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 156% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HP655409-150-HYCG Hynix HMT351U6EFR8C-PB HP655409-150-HYCG Hynix HMT351U6EFR8C-PB 12GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 2048, 4096, 2048, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	52.9% Above average	MC Read 18.8 MC Write 19.6 MC Mixed 15.3 51% 17.9 GB/s	SC Read 15.7 SC Write 20.2 SC Mixed 18.5 52% 18.1 GB/s	Latency 76.5 52% 76.5 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 52.9% Great: 53%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 33: 0P 3R 5G 3B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
33%	13%	83	120	25	60	21.7"	1280 720	GSM5B55 LG FULL HD

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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 $159	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	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