HP Z420 Workstation

Performance Results


Gaming 57% Gunboat	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 47% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	62.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	72.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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 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	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20150116
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 21 '17 at 13:15
Run Duration	109 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E5-1620 v2-$345 10,301 User benchmarks, average bench 71% CPU0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	79.3% Very good	Memory 92.2 1-Core 106 2-Core 205 78% 135 Pts	4-Core 360 8-Core 515 55% 437 Pts	64-Core 519 32% 519 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 79.3% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Gigabyte(1458 371A) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 378.92 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	62.9% Good	Lighting 79.3 Reflection 81 Parallax 70 65% 76.8 fps	MRender 70.9 Gravity 72.4 Splatting 74.3 60% 72.6 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 62.9% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SUV400S 240GB 497 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 145GB free (System drive) Firmware: 96R9 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 175 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 23 (64) Unknown 100 100 268896 (65) Unknown 100 100 98400 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 7 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 79 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 1316 (B7) Unknown 100 100 2 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 29 100 163209936925 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 487 (EA) Unknown 100 100 328 (F1) Unknown 100 100 426 (F2) Unknown 100 100 139 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 0	72.7% Very good	Read 472 Write 266 Mixed 262 73% 333 MB/s	4K Read 31.9 4K Write 57.6 4K Mixed 12.8 95% 34.1 MB/s	DQ Read 315 DQ Write 156 DQ Mixed 27.7 76% 166 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 72.7% Great: 84%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1.5TB free Firmware: AB51 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 169 167 6550 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3817 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 70 70 22015 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1957 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 82 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4093 (C2) HDA temperature 119 112 31 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	50.6% Above average	Read 87.5 Write 88.6 Mixed 79.7 64% 85.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 1.91 4K Mixed 0.22 88% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 50.6% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT325U7EFR8C-RD 8x2GB 111 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 8 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1866 MHz Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	MC Read 37.6 MC Write 42 MC Mixed 40.1 114% 39.9 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 13.8 SC Mixed 14.5 43% 15 GB/s	Latency 63.6 63% 63.6 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 110%

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System: HP Z420 Workstation

CPU
Xeon E5-1620 0Intel $345Bench 70%, 17,464 samples	1,499x
Xeon E5-1650 v2Intel $635Bench 76%, 10,921 samples	772x
Xeon E5-1620 v2Intel $345Bench 71%, 10,301 samples	686x

GPU
Quadro K2000NvidiaBench 7%, 13,526 samples	495x
Quadro K4000NvidiaBench 13%, 11,114 samples	304x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	261x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	183x
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 $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