HP Z420 Workstation

Performance Results


Gaming 13% Tree trunk	Desktop 70% Battle cruiser	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 78.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	4.91% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	57.5% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
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	4.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1600 x 1200 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161017
Uptime	13.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 12 '17 at 10:14
Run Duration	115 Seconds
Run User	BEL-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing above expectations (81^st 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, 6 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	78.2% Very good	Memory 88.1 1-Core 84.7 2-Core 184 70% 119 Pts	4-Core 369 8-Core 546 57% 457 Pts	64-Core 543 34% 543 Pts
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 78.2% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD FirePro V4900-$150 2,218 User benchmarks, average bench 7% HP(103C 2B06) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.2401.1010 Relative performance (0^th percentile)	4.91% Terrible	Lighting 6.5 Reflection 9.08 Parallax 5.19 5% 6.92 fps	MRender 6.1 Gravity 3.2 Splatting 5.78 4% 5.03 fps
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 4.91% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Micron C400 RealSSD 256GB 11,652 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 104GB free (System drive) Firmware: 040H Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th 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 10240 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1076 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 98 98 85 (AE) Unknown 100 100 115 (B5) Unknown 100 100 14912197888333 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 127 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 34 (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 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 98 98 2 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0	57.5% Above average	Read 434 Write 257 Mixed 322 75% 338 MB/s	4K Read 18.4 4K Write 68.9 4K Mixed 5.49 71% 30.9 MB/s	DQ Read 105 DQ Write 104 DQ Mixed 6 32% 71.5 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 57.5% Great: 69%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$27 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 238GB free Firmware: HP33 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 145815792 (03) Spinup time 98 98 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1766 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 80 60 107748844 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 10151 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1077 (B4) Unknown 100 100 1173666582 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 14 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 60 538247200 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 113 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 37 37 126179 (C2) HDA temperature 32 40 77309411360 (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 200 200 0	99.8% Outstanding	Read 185 Write 163 Mixed 160 127% 169 MB/s	4K Read 0.97 4K Write 1.24 4K Mixed 0.32 98% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 99.8% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 9KSF25672AZ-1G6K1 4x2GB 181 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 4 of 8 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	88.2% Excellent	MC Read 37.7 MC Write 37.3 MC Mixed 29.1 99% 34.7 GB/s	SC Read 14.2 SC Write 11.7 SC Mixed 10.4 35% 12.1 GB/s	Latency 69.4 58% 69.4 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 88.2% Great: 85%

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Gaming 12%

Tree trunk

Desktop 67%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 11%

Tree trunk

System: HP Z420 Workstation

CPU
Xeon E5-1620 0Intel $345Bench 70%, 17,464 samples	1,503x
Xeon E5-1650 v2Intel $635Bench 76%, 10,921 samples	781x
Xeon E5-1620 v2Intel $345Bench 71%, 10,301 samples	692x

GPU
Quadro K2000NvidiaBench 7%, 13,526 samples	497x
Quadro K4000NvidiaBench 13%, 11,114 samples	307x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	261x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	184x
C400 RealSSD 256GBMicronBench 55%, 11,652 samples	128x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	112x

RAM
M391B5273DH0-CK0 4x4GBSamsungBench 72%, 618 samples	65x
M391B5273DH0-CK0 8x4GBSamsungBench 89%, 244 samples	57x
9JSF51272AZ-1G9E2 4x4GBMicronBench 78%, 366 samples	55x

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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $373

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16