HP Z240 SFF Workstation

Performance Results


Gaming 10% Tree trunk	Desktop 70% Battleship	Workstation 9% 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	3.5% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	86.1% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	HP Z240 SFF Workstation (all builds)
Motherboard	HP 802E
Memory	4 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160704
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 22 '18 at 19:03
Run Duration	111 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	12%

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 Xeon E3-1245 v5 2,081 User benchmarks, average bench 76% CPU0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	76.8% Very good	Memory 86.2 1-Core 106 2-Core 202 76% 131 Pts	4-Core 364 8-Core 591 58% 477 Pts	64-Core 596 37% 596 Pts
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 76.8% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Quadro K420 3,707 User benchmarks, average bench 3% HP(103C 1162) 2GB CLim: 875 MHz, MLim: 445 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 385.69 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	3.5% Terrible	Lighting 3.83 Reflection 3.46 Parallax 3.97 3% 3.75 fps	MRender 4.38 Gravity 4.47 Splatting 6.17 4% 5.01 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.5% Great: 4%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SSD 120GB 22,748 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 66GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM12.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 317 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 40 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 222 (AD) Unknown 100 100 262155 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 6 (C2) HDA temperature 98 98 128850984990 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 718	86.1% Excellent	Read 516 Write 472 Mixed 351 99% 447 MB/s	4K Read 28.1 4K Write 81.2 4K Mixed 13.5 103% 41 MB/s	DQ Read 31.3 DQ Write 293 DQ Mixed 64.7 79% 130 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 86.1% Great: 94%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 465GB free Firmware: 18.01H18 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 143 141 3825 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2670 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 4897 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2339 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 49 538705948 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 263 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2406 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	67.9% Good	Read 117 Write 119 Mixed 114 88% 117 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.82 4K Mixed 0.41 102% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 67.9% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMA451U7AFR8N-TF 2x4GB 72 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	64.6% Good	MC Read 23.6 MC Write 24.4 MC Mixed 19.9 65% 22.6 GB/s	SC Read 15 SC Write 24.1 SC Mixed 19.9 56% 19.7 GB/s	Latency 71.1 56% 71.1 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 64.6% Great: 76%

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

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Gaming 12%

Tree trunk

Desktop 71%

Battleship

Workstation 11%

Tree trunk

System: HP Z240 SFF Workstation

CPU
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	359x
Core i5-6500Intel $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	109x
Xeon E3-1225 v5IntelBench 74%, 3,017 samples	103x

GPU
HD 530 (Desktop Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 188,220 samples	213x
Quadro K620Nvidia $170Bench 11%, 16,214 samples	101x
Quadro K1200NvidiaBench 13%, 4,005 samples	78x

SSD
SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBSamsungBench 219%, 21,747 samples	49x
320 Series 300GBIntel $289Bench 46%, 2,154 samples	35x
MTFDDAK256TBN-1AR1ZABHA 256GBCrucialBench 77%, 2,468 samples	20x

RAM
HMA82GU6MFR8N-TF 2x16GBHynixBench 72%, 553 samples	47x
M378A1K43CB2-CRC 2x8GBSamsungBench 74%, 24,860 samples	40x
M378A1G43DB0-CPB 2x8GBSamsungBench 72%, 8,407 samples	27x

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Value: 82% - Excellent

Total price: $180

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16