HP Z420 Workstation

Performance Results


Gaming 10% Tree trunk	Desktop 59% Gunboat	Workstation 10% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 64.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	9.36% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	38.7% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	HP Z420 Workstation (all builds)
Motherboard	Hewlett-Packard 1589
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130701
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Oct 22 '17 at 10:46
Run Duration	132 Seconds
Run User	EGY-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E5-2650 0 1,371 User benchmarks, average bench 60% CPU0, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 2 GHz, turbo 2.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	64.8% Good	Memory 82.7 1-Core 53 2-Core 106 52% 80.4 Pts	4-Core 254 8-Core 501 45% 377 Pts	64-Core 635 39% 635 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 64.8% Great: 66%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
ATI FirePro V5800 (FireGL V) 444 User benchmarks, average bench 9% Dell(1028 2306) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.2401.1010 Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	9.36% Terrible	Lighting 12.4 Reflection 9.31 Parallax 10.6 10% 10.7 fps	MRender 8.76 Gravity 9.23 Splatting 10.7 8% 9.58 fps
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 9.36% Great: 10%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 120GB-$35 80,916 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 77GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C3J96R9 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 59 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 18 (64) Unknown 100 100 51680 (65) Unknown 100 100 8320 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 6 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 30 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 623 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 34 100 154620330018 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 95 (EA) Unknown 100 100 48 (F1) Unknown 100 100 83 (F2) Unknown 100 100 97 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 0	38.7% Below average	Read 316 Write 190 Mixed 65.5 42% 190 MB/s	4K Read 17 4K Write 17.4 4K Mixed 7.51 45% 14 MB/s	DQ Read 27 DQ Write 42.4 DQ Mixed 7.43 13% 25.6 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 38.7% Great: 82%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 452GB free Firmware: 19.01H19 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 139 137 4008 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 308 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 1530 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 259 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 47 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 350 (C2) HDA temperature 115 108 28 (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	67.6% Good	Read 123 Write 113 Mixed 82.6 79% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 1.57 4K Mixed 0.42 101% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 67.6% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M392B5170EM1-CH9 4x4GB 13 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	45.1% Average	MC Read 18.2 MC Write 16 MC Mixed 15.2 47% 16.5 GB/s	SC Read 11 SC Write 7.2 SC Mixed 7.1 24% 8.43 GB/s	Latency 75.7 53% 75.7 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 45.1% Great: 93%

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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) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16