HP Z420 Workstation

Performance Results


Gaming 99% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 82% Aircraft carrier


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 76.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	125% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	82.1% 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	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	HP Z420 Workstation (all builds)
Motherboard	Hewlett-Packard 1589
Memory	21 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161017
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 22 '17 at 10:14
Run Duration	165 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	15%

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 E5-1620 v2-$345 10,301 User benchmarks, average bench 71% CPU0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	76.4% Very good	Memory 90.9 1-Core 103 2-Core 203 77% 132 Pts	4-Core 335 8-Core 519 53% 427 Pts	64-Core 519 32% 519 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 76.4% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85E5) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 385.69 Performing below potential (55^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	125% Outstanding	Lighting 171 Reflection 200 Parallax 197 140% 189 fps	MRender 126 Gravity 172 Splatting 121 113% 140 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 125% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung MZVPV256HDGL-000H1 256GB 3,288 User benchmarks, average bench 192% 202GB free Firmware: BXW74H0Q Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	195% Outstanding	Read 1,433 Write 1,213 Mixed 1,276 291% 1,307 MB/s	4K Read 32.8 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 50.7 171% 63.5 MB/s	DQ Read 274 DQ Write 203 DQ Mixed 29.2 78% 169 MB/s
Poor: 124% ↑ This bench: 195% Great: 237%
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$210 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 46GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 295 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 150 (B1) Unknown 99 99 3 (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 72 62 28 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 31 (F1) Unknown 99 99 2462464454	82.1% Excellent	Read 519 Write 331 Mixed 385 91% 412 MB/s	4K Read 34.4 4K Write 90.4 4K Mixed 23 130% 49.3 MB/s	DQ Read 36.5 DQ Write 100 DQ Mixed 22.8 30% 53.1 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 82.1% Great: 124%
MB4000GEFNA 4TB 114 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 3.5TB free Firmware: HPG2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 82 64 194872904 (03) Spinup time 94 93 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 76 60 42293189 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 349 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 1294951706 (C2) HDA temperature 21 46 60129542165 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0	108% Outstanding	Read 191 Write 187 Mixed 183 141% 187 MB/s	4K Read 1.49 4K Write 0.68 4K Mixed 0.31 109% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 119%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 912GB free Firmware: 1A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 171 169 2433 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 633 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 599 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 303 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 77 58 387186711 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 59 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1270 (C2) HDA temperature 120 101 23 (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 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	98.8% Outstanding	Read 171 Write 173 Mixed 160 126% 168 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.48 4K Mixed 0.35 134% 1.34 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 98.8% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 18JSF1G72AZ-1G9E1 Hynix HMT325U7EFR8C-RD 18JSF1G72AZ-1G9E1 Hynix HMT325U7EFR8C-RD Hynix HMT325U7EFR8C-RD Hynix HMT325U7EFR8C-RD 24GB 1866, 1866, 1866, 1866, 1866, 1866 MHz 8192, 2048, 8192, 2048, 2048, 2048 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	95.8% Outstanding	MC Read 36.4 MC Write 38.8 MC Mixed 37.1 107% 37.4 GB/s	SC Read 16.5 SC Write 14.2 SC Mixed 13.5 42% 14.7 GB/s	Latency 66 61% 66 ns

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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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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) $48	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16