HP Z420 Workstation

Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 66% Battle cruiser	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 78.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	0.67% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	47.9% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	HP Z420 Workstation (all builds)
Motherboard	Hewlett-Packard 1589
Memory	5.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160601
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Aug 29 '16 at 21:02
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	17%

PC Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E5-1650 0-$230 10,189 User benchmarks, average bench 73% CPU0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	78.3% Very good	Memory 86.9 1-Core 81.9 2-Core 198 70% 122 Pts	4-Core 376 8-Core 559 58% 468 Pts	64-Core 559 35% 559 Pts
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 78.3% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Quadro NVS 295 975 User benchmarks, average bench 1% Nvidia(10DE 062E) 256MB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 9.18.13.4135 Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	0.67% Terrible	Lighting 0.67 Reflection 1.27 Parallax 0.31 0% 0.75 fps	MRender 2.14 Gravity 0.43 Splatting 0.96 1% 1.18 fps
Poor: 0% ↑ This bench: 0.67% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Trion 150 480GB-$300 13,412 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 407GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFZ12.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 11 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 14 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 199 199 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 4 (C2) HDA temperature 70 67 141735493662 (F1) Unknown 100 100 2002	47.9% Average	Read 361 Write 252 Mixed 250 64% 288 MB/s	4K Read 20.1 4K Write 32 4K Mixed 8.73 58% 20.3 MB/s	DQ Read 20.9 DQ Write 33.5 DQ Mixed 10.1 12% 21.5 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 47.9% Great: 101%
Toshiba X300 4TB-$137 23,740 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 3.5TB free Firmware: FP2A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 6738 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 9 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 6 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 11 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 176095232029 (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 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 0 (DE) Loaded hours 100 100 4 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 552 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	87.3% Excellent	Read 148 Write 155 Mixed 147 113% 150 MB/s	4K Read 4.24 4K Write 1.99 4K Mixed 0.26 242% 2.16 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 87.3% Great: 104%
SanDisk Ultra 124GB 3,905 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 84GB free, PID 5581 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	33.6% Below average	Read 126 Write 44.3 Mixed 64.3 86% 78.3 MB/s	4K Read 3.44 4K Write 1.57 4K Mixed 0.76 92% 1.92 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 33.6% Great: 36%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT325U7CFR8C-H9 4x2GB 48 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 4 of 8 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	82.7% Excellent	MC Read 34.1 MC Write 34.7 MC Mixed 27.5 92% 32.1 GB/s	SC Read 13.9 SC Write 13.3 SC Mixed 11.4 37% 12.9 GB/s	Latency 70.5 57% 70.5 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 82.7% Great: 81%

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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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Gaming 12%

Tree trunk

Desktop 67%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 11%

Tree trunk

System: HP Z420 Workstation

CPU
Xeon E5-1620 0Intel $345Bench 70%, 17,464 samples	1,503x
Xeon E5-1650 v2Intel $635Bench 76%, 10,921 samples	781x
Xeon E5-1620 v2Intel $345Bench 71%, 10,301 samples	692x

GPU
Quadro K2000NvidiaBench 7%, 13,526 samples	497x
Quadro K4000NvidiaBench 13%, 11,114 samples	307x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	261x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	184x
C400 RealSSD 256GBMicronBench 55%, 11,652 samples	128x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	112x

RAM
M391B5273DH0-CK0 4x4GBSamsungBench 72%, 618 samples	65x
M391B5273DH0-CK0 8x4GBSamsungBench 89%, 244 samples	57x
9JSF51272AZ-1G9E2 4x4GBMicronBench 78%, 366 samples	55x

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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $373

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	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 $45	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