HP Z420 Workstation

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 10% Tree trunk	Desktop 57% Gunboat	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 52.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	17.2% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	20GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 20GB 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.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	HP Z420 Workstation (all builds)
Motherboard	Hewlett-Packard 1589
Memory	16.5 GB free of 20 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130815
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 26 '17 at 07:19
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	ARE-User
Background CPU	21%

PC Performing as expected (51^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E5-1607 0 2,020 User benchmarks, average bench 62% CPU0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	52.5% Above average	Memory 58.3 1-Core 76.1 2-Core 151 54% 95.2 Pts	4-Core 271 8-Core 267 36% 269 Pts	64-Core 262 16% 262 Pts
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 52.5% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Quadro K2200-$440 13,860 User benchmarks, average bench 16% Nvidia(10DE 1097) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1124 MHz, MLim: 1252 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 376.84 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	17.2% Very poor	Lighting 21.6 Reflection 16.5 Parallax 19.3 18% 19.1 fps	MRender 23.1 Gravity 22.4 Splatting 15.9 16% 20.5 fps
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 17.2% Great: 17%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 1.5TB free (System drive) Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 176 175 6183 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1584 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 5144 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1331 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 82 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 188 188 38804 (C2) HDA temperature 121 105 29 (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	73.5% Very good	Read 131 Write 126 Mixed 118 94% 125 MB/s	4K Read 0.16 4K Write 0.95 4K Mixed 0.14 40% 0.41 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 73.5% Great: 83%
Intel Raid 1 Volume 4TB 2,430 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 1.5TB free Firmware: 1.0. Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	75.8% Very good	Read 148 Write 116 Mixed 92.2 88% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.78 4K Write 2.24 4K Mixed 0.2 96% 1.08 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 75.8% Great: 134%
WD Black 4TB (2012)-$323 4,113 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 238GB free Firmware: 01.01L01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 154 136 11266 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 645 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 13066 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 372 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 70 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 591 (C2) HDA temperature 120 100 32 (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	80.9% Excellent	Read 141 Write 141 Mixed 130 103% 137 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 3.24 4K Mixed 0.4 127% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 80.9% Great: 93%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 158GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 176 175 2191 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 776 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2132 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 576 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 44 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 731 (C2) HDA temperature 112 96 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	61.6% Good	Read 103 Write 112 Mixed 98.1 78% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.35 4K Write 2.22 4K Mixed 0.17 75% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 61.6% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M391B5173QH0-YK0 M391B5173QH0-YK0 M391B5173QH0-YK0 M391B5173QH0-YK0 Hynix HMT325U7EFR8C-PB Hynix HMT325U7EFR8C-PB 20GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096, 2048, 2048 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	41.4% Average	MC Read 14 MC Write 17.5 MC Mixed 14.3 44% 15.3 GB/s	SC Read 10.9 SC Write 10.2 SC Mixed 8.8 28% 9.97 GB/s	Latency 133 30% 133 ns
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 41.4% Great: 44%

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Gaming 12%

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Workstation 11%

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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 $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