HP Z230 SFF Workstation

Performance Results


Gaming 6% Tree trunk	Desktop 63% Destroyer	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 69.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	3.98% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	64.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB 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.

High background CPU (22%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	HP Z230 SFF Workstation (all builds)
Motherboard	Hewlett-Packard 1906
Memory	10.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150720
Uptime	26 Days
Run Date	Apr 17 '18 at 18:14
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	22%

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	69.7% Good	Memory 63.1 1-Core 113 2-Core 228 72% 134 Pts	4-Core 411 8-Core 584 62% 497 Pts	64-Core 588 36% 588 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 69.7% Great: 80%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia Quadro K420 3,707 User benchmarks, average bench 3% HP(103C 1106) 1GB CLim: 875 MHz, MLim: 445 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 385.69 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	3.98% Terrible	Lighting 4.37 Reflection 4.08 Parallax 4.5 4% 4.31 fps	MRender 5.1 Gravity 5.03 Splatting 7 5% 5.71 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.98% Great: 4%
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% HP(103C 1906) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4835 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	3.64% Terrible	Lighting 4.03 Reflection 7 Parallax 6.84 3% 5.96 fps	MRender 4.14 Gravity 2.43 Splatting 8.09 4% 4.89 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.64% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 114GB free (System drive) Firmware: 603ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 9442300 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 -116153095543183 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 657 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 14 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 26 34 81606606874 (C2) HDA temperature 26 34 81606606874 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 9442300 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 9442300 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 9442300 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 97 97 4294967297 (E9) Unknown 0 0 5008 (EA) Unknown 0 0 4414 (F1) Unknown 0 0 4414 (F2) Unknown 0 0 4771 (F4) Unknown 99 99 3473446	64.1% Good	Read 487 Write 198 Mixed 262 69% 316 MB/s	4K Read 16.4 4K Write 92.1 4K Mixed 10.4 87% 39.6 MB/s	DQ Read 142 DQ Write 207 DQ Mixed 45.4 70% 131 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 64.1% Great: 85%
BUFFALO External HDD 2TB 505 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 2TB free, PID 01f0 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	54.4% Above average	Read 131 Write 144 Mixed 109 164% 128 MB/s	4K Read 0.96 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.24 52% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 54.4% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT351U6CFR8C-H9 HMT451U6BFR8C-PB Samsung M378B5173DB0-CK0 HMT451U6BFR8C-PB 16GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (20^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	34.8% Below average	MC Read 12.2 MC Write 12.5 MC Mixed 10.6 34% 11.8 GB/s	SC Read 9 SC Write 15.2 SC Mixed 12.2 35% 12.1 GB/s	Latency 119 34% 119 ns
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 34.8% Great: 41%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Workstation 8%

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System: HP Z230 SFF Workstation

CPU
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	159x
Core i7-4770Intel $75Bench 70%, 176,321 samples	110x
Core i5-4590Intel $188Bench 63%, 151,366 samples	96x

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	155x
Quadro K620Nvidia $170Bench 11%, 16,214 samples	87x
GT 1030NvidiaBench 14%, 185,384 samples	73x

SSD
MX500 500GBCrucial $50Bench 106%, 237,241 samples	19x
MX500 250GBCrucial $40Bench 101%, 77,177 samples	13x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	12x

RAM
8JTF51264AZ-1G6E1 4x4GBMicronBench 56%, 6,584 samples	18x
8JTF51264AZ-1G6E1 2x4GBMicronBench 52%, 17,707 samples	17x
M378B5173QH0-CK0 4x4GBSamsungBench 55%, 3,356 samples	16x

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Value: 72% - Very good

Total price: $200

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16