HP Z420 Workstation

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing CPU, RAM
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Graphics	1.7% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	42.9% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 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.

Very high background CPU (73%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	HP Z420 Workstation (all builds)
Motherboard	Hewlett-Packard 1589
Memory	4.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors, 1600 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors, 1600 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20131219
Uptime	1.3 Days
Run Date	Dec 01 '15 at 20:01
Run Duration	2254 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	73%

PC Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E5-1660 0 1,746 User benchmarks, average bench 76% CPU0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		1-Core 75.6 2-Core 172 55% 124 Pts	4-Core 313 8-Core 546 52% 430 Pts	64-Core 725 45% 725 Pts
Poor: 67% Great: 86%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 6450 32,407 User benchmarks, average bench 2% Sapphire(174B E164) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 13.350.1005.0 Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	1.7% Terrible	Lighting 2.3 Reflection 2.31 Parallax 1.97 2% 2.19 fps	MRender 1.95 Gravity 1.57 Splatting 1.57 1% 1.69 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 1.7% Great: 2%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 320 Series 160GB-$149 13,029 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 61GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0365 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (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 7116 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 295 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 218 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 93 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 86076 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 3123 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 48 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 426993 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 86076 (F2) Unknown 100 100 82344	42.9% Average	Read 251 Write 163 Mixed 192 45% 202 MB/s	4K Read 18.3 4K Write 29.8 4K Mixed 15 63% 21 MB/s	DQ Read 118 DQ Write 59 DQ Mixed 20.5 33% 65.9 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 42.9% Great: 51%
Intel 320 Series 160GB-$149 13,029 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 31GB free Firmware: 0365 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (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 7816 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 324 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 252 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 72 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 74781 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 8803675 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 2 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 540043450 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 74781 (F2) Unknown 100 100 72039	43.2% Average	Read 253 Write 156 Mixed 179 43% 196 MB/s	4K Read 18.3 4K Write 30.2 4K Mixed 15.4 64% 21.3 MB/s	DQ Read 143 DQ Write 49 DQ Mixed 31.1 40% 74.4 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 43.2% Great: 51%
Intel Raid 5 Volume 950GB 38 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 540GB free Firmware: 1.0. Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	184% Outstanding	Read 610 Write 33.2 Mixed 50.9 167% 232 MB/s	4K Read 0.79 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.26 71% 0.52 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 184% Great: 159%
Generic SM/xD-Picture 0GB 0GB free, PID 0330 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	0.67% Terrible	Read 3.17 Write 0.36 Mixed 0.72 1% 1.42 MB/s	4K Read 0.23 4K Write 0.03 4K Mixed 0.02 2% 0.09 MB/s

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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 $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

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