HP Z240 SFF Workstation

Performance Results


Gaming 16% Surfboard	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	7.54% 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	335% 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	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	HP Z240 SFF Workstation (all builds)
Motherboard	HP 802E
Memory	28.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190424
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 07 '19 at 04:35
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$180 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% CPU0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	86.8% Excellent	Memory 86.9 1-Core 124 2-Core 244 85% 152 Pts	4-Core 470 8-Core 655 71% 563 Pts	64-Core 651 40% 651 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 86.8% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% HP(103C 802E) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 25.20.100.6373 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.54% Terrible	Lighting 7.87 Reflection 10.8 Parallax 7.94 6% 8.88 fps	MRender 11.5 Gravity 7.1 Splatting 15.6 10% 11.4 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.54% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HP EX950 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$126 5,166 User benchmarks, average bench 284% 905GB free (System drive) Firmware: SS0221B Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1376 1354 1818 1652 1791 1820 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	335% Outstanding	Read 2,141 Write 609 Mixed 176 SusWrite 1,635 251% 1,140 MB/s	4K Read 61.2 4K Write 186 4K Mixed 91.3 308% 113 MB/s	DQ Read 1,304 DQ Write 1,125 DQ Mixed 509 574% 980 MB/s
Poor: 170% ↑ This bench: 335% Great: 380%
Toshiba HDWT150 5TB 54 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 4.5TB free Firmware: FP1S SusWrite @10s intervals: 161 160 168 162 159 164 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	94.1% Outstanding	Read 166 Write 152 Mixed 62.3 SusWrite 162 99% 136 MB/s	4K Read 1.7 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.9 197% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 94.1% Great: 94%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMA82GU6AFR8N-UH 2x16GB 940 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (29^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	74.8% Very good	MC Read 26.8 MC Write 28.3 MC Mixed 23.6 75% 26.2 GB/s	SC Read 17.6 SC Write 30 SC Mixed 24.2 68% 23.9 GB/s	Latency 70.5 57% 70.5 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 74.8% Great: 85%

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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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System: HP Z240 SFF Workstation

CPU
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	360x
Core i5-6500Intel $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	110x
Xeon E3-1225 v5IntelBench 74%, 3,017 samples	105x

GPU
HD 530 (Desktop Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 188,220 samples	216x
Quadro K620Nvidia $170Bench 11%, 16,214 samples	102x
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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	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 $39	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) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16