HP Z400 Workstation

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 45%
Yacht
Desktop
Desktop 73%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 37%
Jet ski
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 75.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics63.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot DriveThe boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 16GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS VersionAlthough 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 (41%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemHP Z400 Workstation  (all builds)
MotherboardHewlett-Packard 0B4Ch
Memory13.6 GB free of 16.002 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 7
BIOS Date20110311
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJan 31 '18 at 15:16
Run Duration82 Seconds
Run User VNM-User
Background CPU 41%
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 PC Performing above expectations (77th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Xeon X5670
CPU0 PROCESSOR, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 2.95 GHz
Performing above expectations (70th percentile)
75.1% Very good
Memory 93.7
1-Core 74
2-Core 158
66% 109 Pts
4-Core 307
8-Core 470
48% 389 Pts
64-Core 570
35% 570 Pts
Poor: 65%
This bench: 75.1%
Great: 84%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117
Nvidia(10DE 1C03) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.71
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
63.1% Good
Lighting 79
Reflection 77.8
Parallax 76
64% 77.6 fps
MRender 72.6
Gravity 72.2
Splatting 76.7
61% 73.8 fps
Poor: 51%
This bench: 63.1%
Great: 60%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Hitachi UltraStar 15K600 450GB-$136
334GB free (System drive)
Firmware: A5D0
Performing above expectations (61st percentile)
92.8% Outstanding
Read 172
Write 153
Mixed 137
115% 154 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 0.18
4K Mixed 0.43
68% 0.34 MB/s
Poor: 52%
This bench: 92.8%
Great: 108%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown ID:04 CD F3-17000CL9-4GBXM ID:04 CD F3-17000CL9-4GBXM ID:04 CD F3-17000CL9-4GBXM ID:04 CD F3-17000CL9-4GBXM 50GB
1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz
4096, 4096, 4096, 4096, 34816 MB
Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples
35% Below average
MC Read 12.9
MC Write 11.4
MC Mixed 8.9
32% 11.1 GB/s
SC Read 10.5
SC Write 10.7
SC Mixed 11
31% 10.7 GB/s
Latency 60.6
66% 60.6 ns

 System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Typical Z400 Workstation Builds (Compare 3,316 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 8%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 59%
Gunboat
Workstation
Workstation 7%
Tree trunk

System: HP Z400 Workstation

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 62% - Good Total price: $258
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