HP Z230 Tower Workstation

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 77.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	136% 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	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.

System	HP Z230 Tower Workstation (all builds)
Motherboard	Hewlett-Packard 1905
Memory	14 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140429
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 17 '18 at 17:18
Run Duration	137 Seconds
Run User	BGR-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$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 way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	77.5% Very good	Memory 78.3 1-Core 120 2-Core 212 77% 137 Pts	4-Core 413 8-Core 597 63% 505 Pts	64-Core 605 37% 605 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 77.5% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% HP(103C 1905) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4835 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung XP941 PCIe M.2 512GB 1,482 User benchmarks, average bench 128% 452GB free (System drive) Firmware: UXM62H1Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 5052 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1222 (B1) Unknown 93 93 239 (B2) Unknown 91 91 429 (B3) Unknown 92 92 812 (B4) Unknown 92 92 9684 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0	136% Outstanding	Read 958 Write 897 Mixed 910 206% 922 MB/s	4K Read 28.2 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 20.5 123% 50.4 MB/s	DQ Read 28.6 DQ Write 292 DQ Mixed 21.9 58% 114 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 136% Great: 166%
Toshiba DT01ACA050 500GB-$25 163,843 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 387GB free Firmware: MS1OA7C0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 99 0 (02) Throughput performance 142 100 70 (03) Spinup time 125 100 12897026231 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 49 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 118 100 33 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 10 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 49 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (B9) Unknown 100 100 2086 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 1769472 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 77 65 353828887 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 49 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 49 (C2) HDA temperature 253 176 150324903959 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	99.5% Outstanding	Read 169 Write 178 Mixed 169 130% 172 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 2.18 4K Mixed 0.2 93% 1.04 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 99.5% Great: 103%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$23 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 75GB free Firmware: KC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 2568 (03) Spinup time 99 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7754 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 37764937 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 6669 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 4070 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 79 56 353435669 (C2) HDA temperature 21 44 55834574869 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 45 30 2568 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 100747047869611 (F1) Unknown 100 253 319377360 (F2) Unknown 100 253 152762286	45.6% Average	Read 72.3 Write 84.8 Mixed 75.7 58% 77.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 5.99 4K Mixed 0.37 176% 2.31 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 45.6% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Ramaxel RMR1870EC58E9F1333 4x4GB 347 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	49.2% Average	MC Read 17.5 MC Write 17.6 MC Mixed 15 48% 16.7 GB/s	SC Read 13.8 SC Write 18.8 SC Mixed 17.7 48% 16.8 GB/s	Latency 83.7 48% 83.7 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 49.2% Great: 53%

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System: HP Z230 Tower Workstation

CPU
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	614x
Core i7-4770Intel $75Bench 70%, 176,321 samples	492x
Core i5-4590Intel $188Bench 63%, 151,366 samples	239x

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	234x
Quadro K2000NvidiaBench 7%, 13,526 samples	173x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	161x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	121x
MTFDDAK256MBF-1AN1ZABHA 256GBCrucialBench 89%, 2,574 samples	56x
C400 RealSSD 256GBMicronBench 55%, 11,652 samples	46x

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 i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	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 $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16