HP Z420 Workstation

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 76%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	48.7% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

System	HP Z420 Workstation (all builds)
Motherboard	Hewlett-Packard 1589
Memory	29.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161017
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 15 '18 at 14:54
Run Duration	183 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing as expected (55^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E5-1650 0-$230 10,189 User benchmarks, average bench 73% CPU0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	76% Very good	Memory 83.5 1-Core 92.3 2-Core 188 70% 121 Pts	4-Core 369 8-Core 547 57% 458 Pts	64-Core 704 44% 704 Pts
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 76% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Quadro 4000 8,609 User benchmarks, average bench 7% HP(103C 0780) 2GB CLim: 475 MHz, MLim: 702 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 377.11 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 7% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 51GB free (System drive) Firmware: 71E0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 885 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 225 (94) Unknown 255 255 0 (95) Unknown 255 255 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 9 (AA) Unknown 100 100 10 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1179685 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 255 255 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 35 (C2) HDA temperature 68 54 197569871904 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 98 (E9) Unknown 100 100 4540 (F1) Unknown 100 100 3710 (F2) Unknown 100 100 4957 (F4) Unknown 100 100 18 (F5) Unknown 100 100 37 (F6) Unknown 100 100 219984	48.7% Average	Read 382 Write 324 Mixed 240 70% 315 MB/s	4K Read 2.04 4K Write 17 4K Mixed 5.36 19% 8.13 MB/s	DQ Read 230 DQ Write 120 DQ Mixed 5.72 50% 119 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 48.7% Great: 100%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 1TB-$100 65,786 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 931GB free Firmware: 1113 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 99 99 304 (03) Spinup time 73 73 8920 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 460 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 253 253 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 789 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 448 (0D) Soft read error rate 99 99 262 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 262 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 71 453902363 (C2) HDA temperature 71 68 487456797 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 28306 (C4) Reallocation count 93 93 292 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	67.1% Good	Read 116 Write 118 Mixed 124 90% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.81 4K Write 2.26 4K Mixed 0.43 124% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 67.1% Great: 62%
Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.C 1TB-$40 97,793 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 69GB free Firmware: A3GH Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 99 0 (02) Throughput performance 136 100 92 (03) Spinup time 120 100 25790513467 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1366 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 142 100 29 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 9250 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1182 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (B9) Unknown 100 100 65535 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 95 170460007 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 59 354484256 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 1366 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 1366 (C2) HDA temperature 187 146 176094773280 (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	43.9% Average	Read 76 Write 77 Mixed 70.2 56% 74.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.38 92% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 43.9% Great: 74%
WD My Passport 259F 3TB 1,516 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 315GB free, PID 259f Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	28.1% Poor	Read 63.5 Write 63.6 Mixed 63.3 82% 63.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 1.58 4K Mixed 0.23 64% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 28.1% Great: 49%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT31GR7BFR4A-H9 4x8GB 135 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 4 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	82.5% Excellent	MC Read 33.6 MC Write 32.9 MC Mixed 29.9 92% 32.1 GB/s	SC Read 14.4 SC Write 12.4 SC Mixed 11.8 37% 12.9 GB/s	Latency 74.3 54% 74.3 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 82.5% Great: 90%

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Workstation 11%

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System: HP Z420 Workstation

CPU
Xeon E5-1620 0Intel $345Bench 70%, 17,464 samples	1,502x
Xeon E5-1650 v2Intel $635Bench 76%, 10,921 samples	780x
Xeon E5-1620 v2Intel $345Bench 71%, 10,301 samples	691x

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 $79Bench 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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16