HP Z230 Tower Workstation

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 13%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 72%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 12%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 74.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics11.9% 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 Drive78.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
SystemHP Z230 Tower Workstation  (all builds)
MotherboardHewlett-Packard 1905
Memory11.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20140815
Uptime0.6 Days
Run DateMar 15 '21 at 10:49
Run Duration141 Seconds
Run User GBR-User
Background CPU4%

 PC Performing as expected (47th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-4790-$135
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (68th percentile)
74.2% Very good
Memory 74.1
1-Core 116
2-Core 200
74% 130 Pts
4-Core 400
8-Core 601
62% 500 Pts
64-Core 600
37% 600 Pts
Poor: 58%
This bench: 74.2%
Great: 80%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD HD 7770
XFX(1682 3233) 1GB
CLim: 1000 MHz, MLim: 1125 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 21.2.2
Performing as expected (59th percentile)
11.9% Very poor
Lighting 14.8
Reflection 18
Parallax 22.7
12% 18.5 fps
MRender 14.2
Gravity 16.3
Splatting 12.5
12% 14.3 fps
Poor: 11%
This bench: 11.9%
Great: 14%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung MZ7KM480HAHP-0E005 480GB
312GB free (System drive)
Firmware: GXM1003Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 371 393 379 346 389 388 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (6th percentile)
78.8% Very good
Read 429
Write 347
Mixed 351
SusWrite 378
85% 376 MB/s
4K Read 21.4
4K Write 55.4
4K Mixed 22.9
91% 33.2 MB/s
DQ Read 375
DQ Write 115
DQ Mixed 196
158% 229 MB/s
Poor: 79%
This bench: 78.8%
Great: 126%
Seagate ST32000645NS 2TB-$293
989GB free
Firmware: 0004
SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 116 116 115 117 118 MB/s
Performing below expectations (34th percentile)
67.1% Good
Read 118
Write 114
Mixed 62.5
SusWrite 116
75% 102 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 2.3
4K Mixed 1
187% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 49%
This bench: 67.1%
Great: 88%
WD WD10EACS-00ZJB0 1TB
766GB free
Firmware: 01.01B01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 75 75 76 75 76 76 MB/s
Performing above expectations (65th percentile)
42.2% Average
Read 71.3
Write 70.5
Mixed 49
SusWrite 75.4
49% 66.6 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 2
4K Mixed 0.8
151% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 26%
This bench: 42.2%
Great: 51%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown TD4G16C9-Z8 Samsung M391B5273DH0-CK0 Samsung M391B5273DH0-CK0 0610 TD4G16C9-Z8 16GB
1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz
4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB
Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples
47.9% Average
MC Read 16.3
MC Write 17.8
MC Mixed 14.5
46% 16.2 GB/s
SC Read 14.3
SC Write 19.2
SC Mixed 17.5
49% 17 GB/s
Latency 92.2
43% 92.2 ns

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z230 Tower Workstation Builds (Compare 2,724 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 8%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 65%
Battle cruiser
Workstation
Workstation 7%
Tree trunk

System: HP Z230 Tower Workstation

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 74% - Very good Total price: $178
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