HP Z420 Workstation

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 76.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	51.6% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

System	HP Z420 Workstation (all builds)
Motherboard	Hewlett-Packard 1589
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140325
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 07 '17 at 22:20
Run Duration	325 Seconds
Run User	EGY-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing as expected (55^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E5-2687W 0-$1,335 868 User benchmarks, average bench 74% CPU0, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	76.1% Very good	Memory 85.7 1-Core 89.6 2-Core 178 69% 118 Pts	4-Core 358 8-Core 623 59% 490 Pts	64-Core 642 40% 642 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 76.1% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Quadro 4000 8,609 User benchmarks, average bench 7% HP(103C 0780) 2GB CLim: 475 MHz, MLim: 702 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 377.48 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 7% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM830 128GB 13,767 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 71GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXM05H1Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (16^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1100 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 286 (AA) Unknown 92 92 1872 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 92 92 288 (AE) Unknown 99 99 71 (B7) Unknown 99 99 246 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 61 37 39 (C4) Reallocation count 253 253 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 201 201 0	51.6% Above average	Read 253 Write 239 Mixed 212 52% 235 MB/s	4K Read 20.2 4K Write 47 4K Mixed 16.6 77% 27.9 MB/s	DQ Read 143 DQ Write 31.2 DQ Mixed 30.2 37% 68 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 51.6% Great: 73%
Hitachi HTS725050A7E630 500GB-$125 56,661 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 465GB free Firmware: GH2OA3C0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 253 100 73014444033 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 807 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 65 65 15565 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 802 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 395140005888 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 45 488570911 (BF) G-sense error rate 99 99 390 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 3735609 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 58 58 422244 (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 100 100 0 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	71.2% Very good	Read 131 Write 117 Mixed 125 94% 124 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 1.32 4K Mixed 0.21 80% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 71.2% Great: 72%
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139 139,542 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 175GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 199 2 (03) Spinup time 208 183 5566 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1605 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 4854 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1377 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 360 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 194 194 19876 (C2) HDA temperature 111 94 36 (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 200 188 2694 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	33% Below average	Read 58.3 Write 56.6 Mixed 56.9 43% 57.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 0.33 4K Mixed 0.19 55% 0.39 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 33% Great: 59%
WD Blue 320GB (2007)-$90 108,153 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 11GB free Firmware: 01.03E01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 5428 (03) Spinup time 137 132 4108 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4880 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 8197 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2843 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 718 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4880 (C2) HDA temperature 109 90 34 (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 9046 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	30.4% Below average	Read 52.7 Write 53.4 Mixed 54.2 40% 53.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.02 4K Write 0.71 4K Mixed 0.29 47% 0.34 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 30.4% Great: 58%
Kingston DataTraveler 2.0 16GB 15,750 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 8GB free, PID 6545 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	5.42% Terrible	Read 16.1 Write 6.62 Mixed 10.6 13% 11.1 MB/s	4K Read 3.51 4K Write 0.26 4K Mixed 0.32 33% 1.36 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.42% Great: 6%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M391B5273DH0-CK0 4x4GB 618 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	96% Outstanding	MC Read 39.4 MC Write 40.9 MC Mixed 33.9 109% 38.1 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 12.1 SC Mixed 12 37% 12.8 GB/s	Latency 71.5 56% 71.5 ns
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 96% Great: 95%

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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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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