HP Z420 Workstation

Performance Results


Gaming 54% Yacht	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 48% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 78.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	60.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	61.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	HP Z420 Workstation (all builds)
Motherboard	Hewlett-Packard 1589
Memory	25.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150209
Uptime	3.6 Days
Run Date	Dec 31 '17 at 01:52
Run Duration	198 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	17%

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PC Performing as expected (51^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 v2-$635 10,921 User benchmarks, average bench 76% CPU0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.35 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	78.3% Very good	Memory 84.2 1-Core 97 2-Core 193 72% 125 Pts	4-Core 390 8-Core 571 60% 481 Pts	64-Core 742 46% 742 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 78.3% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Gigabyte(1458 371A) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 387.92 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	60.9% Good	Lighting 76 Reflection 76.2 Parallax 67.2 62% 73.2 fps	MRender 72.5 Gravity 70.5 Splatting 72.1 59% 71.7 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 60.9% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 520 Series 180GB-$132 14,258 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 24GB free (System drive) Firmware: LCSi Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 36094905165265 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1169 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 98 (B7) Unknown 100 100 7 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 98 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 1 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 420885 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 59 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 420885 (F2) Unknown 100 100 630129 (F9) Unknown 100 100 15187	61.5% Good	Read 460 Write 181 Mixed 248 65% 296 MB/s	4K Read 25.6 4K Write 77.7 4K Mixed 13.5 97% 38.9 MB/s	DQ Read 31.2 DQ Write 151 DQ Mixed 58.3 54% 80.2 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 61.5% Great: 88%
Toshiba MQ01ABD100 977GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 255GB free Firmware: AX1P1A Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 1678 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1975 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 200 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 1359 (0A) Spinup retry count 139 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 237 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 9 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 21 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 9614 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 214749610009 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 25 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 0 (DE) Loaded hours 100 100 271 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 268 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	50.2% Above average	Read 93.3 Write 81.5 Mixed 83.1 65% 86 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.47 4K Mixed 0.19 68% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 50.2% Great: 52%
SanDisk Ultra 32GB 7,719 User benchmarks, average bench 22% 14GB free, PID 5590 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	11.3% Very poor	Read 23.6 Write 11.7 Mixed 15.5 20% 17 MB/s	4K Read 3.21 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 1.01 97% 1.91 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 11.3% Great: 36%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 18KSF51272AZ-1G6K 18KSF51272AZ-1G6M 18KSF51272AZ-1G6K 18KSF51272AZ-1G6K 18KSF51272AZ-1G6K 18KSF51272AZ-1G6M 18KSF51272AZ-1G6K 18KSF51272AZ-1G6M 32GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	95.9% Outstanding	MC Read 40.8 MC Write 36.9 MC Mixed 36.2 108% 38 GB/s	SC Read 14.8 SC Write 12.8 SC Mixed 12.4 38% 13.3 GB/s	Latency 73.2 55% 73.2 ns
Poor: 96% ↑ This bench: 95.9% Great: 97%

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System: HP Z420 Workstation

CPU
Xeon E5-1620 0Intel $345Bench 70%, 17,464 samples	1,504x
Xeon E5-1650 v2Intel $635Bench 76%, 10,921 samples	782x
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 $51Bench 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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $168	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