HP Z420 Workstation

Performance Results


Gaming 47% Yacht	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 44% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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 72.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	56.9% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	193% 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	48GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 48GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

System	HP Z420 Workstation (all builds)
Motherboard	Hewlett-Packard 1589
Memory	43.7 GB free of 48 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1768 x 992 - 32 Bit colors, 1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20150527
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 18 '16 at 12:52
Run Duration	249 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing as expected (46^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E5-2687W 0-$1,335 868 User benchmarks, average bench 74% CPU0, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.1 GHz Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	72.8% Very good	Memory 84.3 1-Core 82.7 2-Core 165 66% 111 Pts	4-Core 330 8-Core 611 56% 470 Pts	64-Core 839 52% 839 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 72.8% Great: 79%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia Quadro 4000 8,609 User benchmarks, average bench 7% HP(103C 0780) 2GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6191 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 7% Great: 7%
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 3975) Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.5891 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	56.9% Above average	Lighting 72.4 Reflection 71 Parallax 69.7 59% 71 fps	MRender 75 Gravity 66 Splatting 56.3 53% 65.8 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 56.9% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 950GB 542 User benchmarks, average bench 135% 639GB free Firmware: 1.0. Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	144% Outstanding	Read 820 Write 964 Mixed 867 198% 884 MB/s	4K Read 35.3 4K Write 134 4K Mixed 28.3 161% 65.9 MB/s	DQ Read 36.2 DQ Write 203 DQ Mixed 27.4 48% 89 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 144% Great: 183%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 512GB 18,578 User benchmarks, average bench 191% 392GB free Firmware: 1.0. Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	129% Outstanding	Read 964 Write 921 Mixed 869 205% 918 MB/s	4K Read 30.8 4K Write 64 4K Mixed 21 108% 38.6 MB/s	DQ Read 30.4 DQ Write 76.1 DQ Mixed 20.1 25% 42.2 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 129% Great: 332%
OCZ Vector 180 240GB-$160 1,083 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 223GB free Firmware: 1.01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 0 0 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 24 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 17 (AB) Unknown 100 100 79362896 (AE) Unknown 100 100 2 (BE) vendor-specific 100 100 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (D0) Spin buzz 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 1 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 18 (F2) Unknown 100 100 15 (F9) Unknown 100 100 613577	57.9% Above average	Read 265 Write 255 Mixed 258 58% 259 MB/s	4K Read 25.4 4K Write 74.2 4K Mixed 17.3 100% 38.9 MB/s	DQ Read 26 DQ Write 85.3 DQ Mixed 16.8 24% 42.7 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 57.9% Great: 108%
Samsung SM951 AHCI PCIe M.2 256GB-$223 7,621 User benchmarks, average bench 175% 157GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXW2500Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 185 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 118 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 99 99 7 (AE) Unknown 99 99 17 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 979 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 66 48 34 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 99 99 1792 (F1) Unknown 99 99 1532 (F2) Unknown 99 99 1985	193% Outstanding	Read 1,966 Write 1,129 Mixed 1,386 330% 1,494 MB/s	4K Read 40.4 4K Write 89.8 4K Mixed 27.2 144% 52.5 MB/s	DQ Read 43.1 DQ Write 114 DQ Mixed 26.9 35% 61.2 MB/s
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 193% Great: 220%
OCZ Vertex 3 120GB-$42 25,948 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 64GB free Firmware: 2.22 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 120 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 15 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 90314572302321 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 754 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 426 (B1) Unknown 0 0 2 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 0 0 65535 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 15 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 2325 (EA) Unknown 0 0 2474 (F1) Unknown 0 0 2474 (F2) Unknown 0 0 2563	47.7% Average	Read 255 Write 127 Mixed 174 41% 186 MB/s	4K Read 29.2 4K Write 65.7 4K Mixed 12.6 95% 35.9 MB/s	DQ Read 31.1 DQ Write 76 DQ Mixed 11.5 21% 39.5 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 47.7% Great: 82%
Hitachi HDS72302 2TB 460 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 1.5TB free Firmware: B6P0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 136 136 83 (03) Spinup time 153 153 34383397250 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 75 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 135 135 26 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 55 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 35 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 75 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 75 (C2) HDA temperature 200 200 176095166494 (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	81.2% Excellent	Read 142 Write 141 Mixed 126 102% 136 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 1.97 4K Mixed 0.4 107% 1 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 81.2% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M391B1G73QH0-CMA M391B5173QH0-CMA M391B1G73QH0-CMA M391B5173QH0-CMA M391B5173QH0-CMA M391B1G73QH0-CMA M391B5173QH0-CMA M391B1G73QH0-CMA 48GB 20 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 1866, 1866, 1866, 1866, 1866, 1866, 1866, 1866 MHz 8192, 4096, 8192, 4096, 4096, 8192, 4096, 8192 MB Performing below potential (21^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	73.9% Very good	MC Read 32 MC Write 28.5 MC Mixed 25.2 82% 28.6 GB/s	SC Read 13.3 SC Write 11.4 SC Mixed 10 33% 11.6 GB/s	Latency 73 55% 73 ns
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 73.9% Great: 108%

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System: HP Z420 Workstation

CPU
Xeon E5-1620 0Intel $345Bench 70%, 17,464 samples	1,501x
Xeon E5-1650 v2Intel $635Bench 76%, 10,921 samples	780x
Xeon E5-1620 v2Intel $345Bench 71%, 10,301 samples	690x

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 $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	112x

RAM
M391B5273DH0-CK0 4x4GBSamsungBench 72%, 618 samples	65x
M391B5273DH0-CK0 8x4GBSamsungBench 89%, 244 samples	56x
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 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16