HP Z420 Workstation

Performance Results


Gaming 12% Tree trunk	Desktop 68% Battle cruiser	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 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 74.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	3.23% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	92.8% 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.

Very high background CPU (66%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	HP Z420 Workstation (all builds)
Motherboard	Hewlett-Packard 1589
Memory	28.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161017
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 03 '17 at 05:47
Run Duration	146 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	66%

PC Performing as expected (44^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 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	74.5% Very good	Memory 84 1-Core 92.7 2-Core 182 70% 119 Pts	4-Core 353 8-Core 495 53% 424 Pts	64-Core 698 43% 698 Pts
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 74.5% Great: 81%

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: 369.9 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	3.23% Terrible	Lighting 3.97 Reflection 4.5 Parallax 3.53 3% 4 fps	MRender 5.43 Gravity 4.13 Splatting 2.83 3% 4.13 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.23% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB 21,542 User benchmarks, average bench 238% 468GB free Firmware: CXA74H0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	85.3% Excellent	Read 364 Write 291 Mixed 337 74% 331 MB/s	4K Read 29.1 4K Write 44.2 4K Mixed 51.8 134% 41.7 MB/s	DQ Read 235 DQ Write 190 DQ Mixed 95.8 104% 174 MB/s
Poor: 149% ↑ This bench: 85.3% Great: 306%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 131GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 98 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 193 (B1) Unknown 99 99 2 (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 62 61 38 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 1 (EB) Unknown 99 99 34 (F1) Unknown 99 99 1678793555	92.8% Outstanding	Read 511 Write 404 Mixed 409 98% 441 MB/s	4K Read 28.6 4K Write 65.2 4K Mixed 38.5 127% 44.1 MB/s	DQ Read 208 DQ Write 146 DQ Mixed 81.5 87% 145 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 92.8% Great: 124%
Hitachi HDS72101 1TB 1,439 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 811GB free Firmware: A3GH Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 77 0 (02) Throughput performance 137 100 90 (03) Spinup time 127 100 25789530407 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 10436 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 136 100 32 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 7166 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 7187 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (B9) Unknown 100 100 65535 (BB) vendor-specific 88 88 12 (BC) Unknown 100 1 45815572 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 63 52 623181861 (C0) Power-off retract count 92 92 10440 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 92 92 10440 (C2) HDA temperature 162 125 206159347749 (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 200 199 6	61.4% Good	Read 103 Write 111 Mixed 103 80% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 1.23 4K Mixed 0.35 84% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 61.4% Great: 79%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT102472BD160B.M1 4x8GB 45 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 4 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	89.6% Excellent	MC Read 35.8 MC Write 37 MC Mixed 33.4 101% 35.4 GB/s	SC Read 12.7 SC Write 12.1 SC Mixed 11.7 35% 12.2 GB/s	Latency 73.5 54% 73.5 ns
Poor: 87% ↑ This bench: 89.6% Great: 97%

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

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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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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 $182	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) $30	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