HP Z420 Workstation

Performance Results


Gaming 12% Tree trunk	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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	2.53% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	83.8% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

System	HP Z420 Workstation (all builds)
Motherboard	Hewlett-Packard 1589
Memory	29.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors, 1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130206
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 02 '17 at 21:02
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing as expected (59^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E5-1650 0-$230 10,189 User benchmarks, average bench 73% CPU0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	79.3% Very good	Memory 88.1 1-Core 99.4 2-Core 199 74% 129 Pts	4-Core 380 8-Core 599 60% 490 Pts	64-Core 708 44% 708 Pts
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 79.3% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce 8600 GT 8,099 User benchmarks, average bench 2% MSI(1462 0910) 512MB Ram: 256MB, Driver: 342.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	2.53% Terrible	Lighting 2.77 Reflection 5.35 Parallax 0.97 2% 3.03 fps	MRender 5.52 Gravity 1.97 Splatting 3.87 3% 3.79 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 2.53% Great: 2%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 430GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 2 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 63 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 99 99 66192072	83.8% Excellent	Read 505 Write 411 Mixed 423 99% 446 MB/s	4K Read 29.7 4K Write 75.8 4K Mixed 19.4 110% 41.7 MB/s	DQ Read 30.8 DQ Write 248 DQ Mixed 127 102% 135 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 83.8% Great: 134%
Samsung 840 Evo 500GB-$150 68,337 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 77GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 20522 (0C) Power cycle count 66 66 34146 (B1) Unknown 77 77 273 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 43 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 32909 (F1) Unknown 99 99 47857618176	69% Good	Read 500 Write 344 Mixed 356 88% 400 MB/s	4K Read 29.3 4K Write 53.6 4K Mixed 14.4 91% 32.5 MB/s	DQ Read 28.1 DQ Write 40.7 DQ Mixed 13.9 16% 27.6 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 69% Great: 126%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 980GB free Firmware: CC29 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 98979872 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 8036 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 76 60 43640353 (09) Power-on hours count 78 78 19354 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1332 (B7) Unknown 97 97 3 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 72 8590065702 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 66 40 331301257250 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 99 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 63 63 74914 (C2) HDA temperature 34 60 42949672994 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 199 35 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -87235080741829 (F1) Unknown 100 253 26204549448 (F2) Unknown 100 253 40896458214	95.2% Outstanding	Read 182 Write 150 Mixed 157 123% 163 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 1.46 4K Mixed 0.24 76% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 95.2% Great: 114%
Seagate ST3500630NS 500GB-$53 3,965 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 466GB free Firmware: 3.AEK Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 93 213812807 (03) Spinup time 94 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 40 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 86 60 441462362 (09) Power-on hours count 8 8 80765 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 41 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 59 57 706347049 (C2) HDA temperature 41 43 85899345961 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 76 58 2273856 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	43.6% Average	Read 75.3 Write 76.4 Mixed 72.4 56% 74.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 1.36 4K Mixed 0.4 97% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 43.6% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Nanya NT8GC72B4NG0NL-DI 4x8GB 17 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 4 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	95.5% Outstanding	MC Read 38.8 MC Write 38.5 MC Mixed 35 107% 37.4 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 13.8 SC Mixed 13.2 42% 14.5 GB/s	Latency 69.4 58% 69.4 ns
Poor: 89% ↑ This bench: 95.5% Great: 103%

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Gaming 12%

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Desktop 67%

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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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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