HP Z420 Workstation

Performance Results


Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 66% Battle cruiser	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 75.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	3.17% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	65.6% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	HP Z420 Workstation (all builds)
Motherboard	Hewlett-Packard 1589
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161017
Uptime	3.4 Days
Run Date	Jun 26 '17 at 21:13
Run Duration	127 Seconds
Run User	IRL-User
Background CPU	19%

PC Performing above expectations (64^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 way above expectations (90^th percentile)	75.2% Very good	Memory 82 1-Core 95.4 2-Core 194 71% 124 Pts	4-Core 375 8-Core 497 55% 436 Pts	64-Core 500 31% 500 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 75.2% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Quadro 600 15,964 User benchmarks, average bench 3% HP(103C 0835) 1GB CLim: 640 MHz, MLim: 400 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 377.48 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	3.17% Terrible	Lighting 3.87 Reflection 4.54 Parallax 3.5 3% 3.97 fps	MRender 5.43 Gravity 3.97 Splatting 2.83 3% 4.07 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.17% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ ARC 100 480GB-$70 1,835 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 415GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.00 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 0 0 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 11 (AB) Unknown 100 100 159123792 (AE) Unknown 100 100 2 (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 (E9) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 49 (F2) Unknown 100 100 26 (F9) Unknown 100 100 1691914	65.6% Good	Read 449 Write 416 Mixed 434 97% 433 MB/s	4K Read 16.4 4K Write 21.6 4K Mixed 13.4 54% 17.2 MB/s	DQ Read 21.8 DQ Write 246 DQ Mixed 16 47% 94.5 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 65.6% Great: 101%
Hitachi HDS72101 1TB 1,439 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 920GB free Firmware: A41A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 96 0 (02) Throughput performance 136 100 94 (03) Spinup time 125 100 25790120233 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 950 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 140 100 30 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5822 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 949 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (B9) Unknown 100 100 65535 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 97 49087233 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 77 57 286720023 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 951 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 951 (C2) HDA temperature 253 142 184684707863 (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	76.3% Very good	Read 133 Write 133 Mixed 140 102% 135 MB/s	4K Read 0.79 4K Write 1.37 4K Mixed 0.42 105% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 76.3% Great: 79%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Nanya NT8GC72B4NB1NJ-CG 2x8GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 2 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	48.7% Average	MC Read 18.6 MC Write 17.2 MC Mixed 15.9 49% 17.2 GB/s	SC Read 13.8 SC Write 13.5 SC Mixed 10.3 36% 12.5 GB/s	Latency 76.9 52% 76.9 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 48.7% Great: 49%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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 $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