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Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 66% Battle cruiser	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (36th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 64 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 74.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	3.06% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	36% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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.

High background CPU (24%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	HP Z230 SFF Workstation (all builds)
Motherboard	Hewlett-Packard 1906
Memory	4.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140123
Uptime	4 Days
Run Date	Feb 15 '21 at 15:43
Run Duration	127 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	24%

PC Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770K-$75 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	74.8% Very good	Memory 75.9 1-Core 109 2-Core 220 75% 135 Pts	4-Core 397 8-Core 582 61% 490 Pts	64-Core 588 36% 588 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 74.8% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 730 164,888 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Nvidia(10DE 0000) ≥ 4GB CLim: 700 MHz, MLim: 333 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	3.06% Terrible	Lighting 3.6 Reflection 4.8 Parallax 0.7 3% 3.03 fps	MRender 4.9 Gravity 4.3 Splatting 3.3 3% 4.17 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.06% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
BTO-120GB 120GB 34 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 66GB free (System drive) Firmware: T0910A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 64 27 32 44 35 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	36% Below average	Read 353 Write 201 Mixed 67.7 SusWrite 46.1 36% 167 MB/s	4K Read 13.7 4K Write 21 4K Mixed 6.4 40% 13.7 MB/s	DQ Read 88.1 DQ Write 249 DQ Mixed 1.2 49% 113 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 36% Great: 78%
WD WD10EURX 1TB-$32 53,598 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 894GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 142 142 143 142 143 139 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	81.3% Excellent	Read 142 Write 138 Mixed 73.9 SusWrite 142 91% 124 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.9 184% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 81.3% Great: 87%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378B5173QH0-YK0 2x4GB 456 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (13^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	45.7% Average	MC Read 16.8 MC Write 17 MC Mixed 13.8 45% 15.9 GB/s	SC Read 11 SC Write 15.3 SC Mixed 14.9 39% 13.7 GB/s	Latency 88.6 45% 88.6 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 45.7% Great: 59%

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

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Typical Z230 SFF Workstation Builds (Compare 809 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 8%

Tree trunk

Desktop 66%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 8%

Tree trunk

System: HP Z230 SFF Workstation

CPU
Core i7-4790Intel $115Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	171x
Core i7-4770Intel $75Bench 70%, 176,321 samples	111x
Core i5-4590Intel $188Bench 63%, 151,366 samples	98x

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	159x
Quadro K620Nvidia $170Bench 11%, 16,214 samples	89x
GT 1030NvidiaBench 14%, 185,384 samples	74x

SSD
MX500 500GBCrucial $40Bench 106%, 237,241 samples	19x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	13x
MX500 250GBCrucial $38Bench 101%, 77,177 samples	13x

RAM
8JTF51264AZ-1G6E1 4x4GBMicronBench 56%, 6,584 samples	19x
8JTF51264AZ-1G6E1 2x4GBMicronBench 52%, 17,707 samples	17x
M378B5173QH0-CK0 2x4GBSamsungBench 51%, 13,591 samples	16x

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Value: 77% - Very good

Total price: $170

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $155	Nvidia RTX 4060 $299	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $150
Intel Core i5-12400F $112	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $375	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $75
Intel Core i5-13600K $239	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $350