HP Z420 Workstation

Performance Results


Gaming 12% Tree trunk	Desktop 66% Battle cruiser	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 66%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	6.5% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	65.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (51%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	HP Z420 Workstation (all builds)
Motherboard	Hewlett-Packard 1589
Memory	28.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161017
Uptime	1.7 Days
Run Date	Apr 23 '17 at 12:03
Run Duration	114 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	51%

PC Performing as expected (56^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 0-$345 17,464 User benchmarks, average bench 70% CPU0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	66% Good	Memory 79.7 1-Core 97.3 2-Core 170 68% 116 Pts	4-Core 283 8-Core 415 44% 349 Pts	64-Core 457 28% 457 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 66% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Quadro 2000 15,855 User benchmarks, average bench 6% HP(103C 084A) 1GB CLim: 625 MHz, MLim: 652 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 376.84 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	6.5% Terrible	Lighting 7.6 Reflection 8.92 Parallax 6.34 6% 7.62 fps	MRender 9.86 Gravity 7.8 Splatting 8.48 7% 8.71 fps
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 6.5% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 335 Series 240GB-$219 4,220 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 135GB free (System drive) Firmware: 335u Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 101584566485461 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 310 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 54 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 67453 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 67453 (F2) Unknown 100 100 52010 (F9) Unknown 100 100 1443	65.9% Good	Read 490 Write 248 Mixed 305 77% 348 MB/s	4K Read 19.3 4K Write 37.9 4K Mixed 16.1 70% 24.5 MB/s	DQ Read 245 DQ Write 211 DQ Mixed 8.84 66% 155 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 65.9% Great: 92%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 888GB free Firmware: 05.00K05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 225 225 8716 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1438 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 73 73 19843 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 722 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 36 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1438 (C2) HDA temperature 113 103 37 (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	66.5% Good	Read 127 Write 104 Mixed 102 83% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.78 4K Write 2.53 4K Mixed 0.45 130% 1.26 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 66.5% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9965525-033.A00LF 9965525-018.A00LF 9965525-033.A00LF 9965525-018.A00LF Micron 9KSF51272AZ-1G6E1 9965525-033.A00LF Micron 9KSF51272AZ-1G6E1 9965525-033.A00LF 32GB 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333, 1600, 1333, 1600, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	76.7% Very good	MC Read 28.8 MC Write 31.4 MC Mixed 29.1 85% 29.8 GB/s	SC Read 12.3 SC Write 13.8 SC Mixed 11.8 36% 12.6 GB/s	Latency 81.1 49% 81.1 ns

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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	1,499x
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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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