HP Z420 Workstation

Performance Results


Gaming 44% Speed boat	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 38% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 67%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	55.1% 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	68.8% 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 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	25.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20161017
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 23 '17 at 04:28
Run Duration	184 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (45^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 Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	67% Good	Memory 75.7 1-Core 82.8 2-Core 186 65% 115 Pts	4-Core 315 8-Core 498 50% 406 Pts	64-Core 498 31% 498 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 67% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 2978) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 378.78 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	55.1% Above average	Lighting 69.3 Reflection 73.4 Parallax 65.4 56% 69.4 fps	MRender 74.2 Gravity 63.7 Splatting 57.2 52% 65 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 55.1% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Vertex 4 256GB-$400 12,355 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 71GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.5 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 5 0 5 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 24380 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 593 (E8) Unknown 100 100 56326433934 (E9) Unknown 97 0 97	68.8% Good	Read 458 Write 407 Mixed 405 94% 423 MB/s	4K Read 23.3 4K Write 49.4 4K Mixed 14.5 80% 29.1 MB/s	DQ Read 25 DQ Write 67.8 DQ Mixed 16.6 21% 36.5 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 68.8% Great: 106%
OCZ Vertex 3 120GB-$42 25,948 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 22GB free Firmware: 2.22 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 104 104 8981561 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 -6098853526844 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 780 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 329 (B1) Unknown 0 0 2 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 8981561 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 8981561 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 8981561 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 3587 (EA) Unknown 0 0 2827 (F1) Unknown 0 0 2827 (F2) Unknown 0 0 6041	44.8% Average	Read 484 Write 117 Mixed 173 56% 258 MB/s	4K Read 23.6 4K Write 14 4K Mixed 8.91 55% 15.5 MB/s	DQ Read 95.8 DQ Write 14.2 DQ Mixed 22.5 25% 44.1 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 44.8% Great: 82%
Seagate Constellation ES.3 2TB-$58 5,099 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2TB free Firmware: 0001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 83 63 233396040 (03) Spinup time 94 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 588 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 93 60 2082675663 (09) Power-on hours count 75 75 22028 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 574 (B8) Unknown 98 98 2 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295032833 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 55 37 37036276842541 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 250 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 592 (C2) HDA temperature 45 63 73014444077 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 32 6 233396040 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	94.8% Outstanding	Read 167 Write 163 Mixed 115 110% 148 MB/s	4K Read 1.46 4K Write 3.15 4K Mixed 0.52 177% 1.71 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 94.8% Great: 104%
Seagate ST32000641AS 2TB-$174 8,506 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 958GB free Firmware: CC13 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 74238650 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1595 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 88 60 5050265555 (09) Power-on hours count 56 56 38582 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 855 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 54 39 791047897134 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 358 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1627 (C2) HDA temperature 46 61 73014444078 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 51 19 74238650 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 124687195611008 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3255904949 (F2) Unknown 100 253 524681815	58.5% Above average	Read 105 Write 99.2 Mixed 93.3 74% 99 MB/s	4K Read 0.78 4K Write 1.34 4K Mixed 0.45 108% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 58.5% Great: 73%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M391B5273DH0-CK0 8x4GB 244 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 8 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	90.3% Outstanding	MC Read 36.1 MC Write 37.6 MC Mixed 34.9 103% 36.2 GB/s	SC Read 12.7 SC Write 11.6 SC Mixed 10.2 33% 11.5 GB/s	Latency 88.9 45% 88.9 ns
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 90.3% Great: 96%

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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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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