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 (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 76.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	32.9% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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.

System	HP Z420 Workstation (all builds)
Motherboard	Hewlett-Packard 1589
Memory	28.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161017
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	May 01 '18 at 16:33
Run Duration	169 Seconds
Run User	IRL-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing as expected (57^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)	76.2% Very good	Memory 83.9 1-Core 93.1 2-Core 185 70% 121 Pts	4-Core 369 8-Core 580 58% 475 Pts	64-Core 701 43% 701 Pts
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 76.2% 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% 68GB free (System drive) Firmware: 71E0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1080 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 320 (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 1638447 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 255 255 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 91 (C2) HDA temperature 71 54 197569871901 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 97 (E9) Unknown 100 100 6210 (F1) Unknown 100 100 5239 (F2) Unknown 100 100 6582 (F4) Unknown 100 100 25 (F5) Unknown 100 100 47 (F6) Unknown 100 100 298128	32.9% Below average	Read 208 Write 46.3 Mixed 342 44% 199 MB/s	4K Read 23 4K Write 43.8 4K Mixed 5.96 66% 24.2 MB/s	DQ Read 24.1 DQ Write 129 DQ Mixed 5.75 25% 52.8 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 32.9% Great: 100%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 1TB-$100 65,786 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 98GB free Firmware: 1113 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 99 99 304 (03) Spinup time 73 73 8960 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 618 (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 100 100 976 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 535 (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 74 66 437059610 (C2) HDA temperature 72 64 470614044 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 23255 (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	63.9% Good	Read 120 Write 103 Mixed 92.6 79% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.37 4K Write 1.88 4K Mixed 0.46 101% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 63.9% Great: 62%
Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.C 1TB-$40 97,793 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 77GB free Firmware: A3GH Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 99 0 (02) Throughput performance 137 100 91 (03) Spinup time 119 100 25790710076 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1534 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 140 100 30 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 9444 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1278 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (B9) Unknown 100 100 65535 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 92 175178659 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 57 337575967 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 1534 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 1534 (C2) HDA temperature 193 146 184684707871 (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	46.5% Average	Read 79.3 Write 82.6 Mixed 75.9 60% 79.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.78 4K Write 1.23 4K Mixed 0.4 100% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 46.5% Great: 74%
WD My Passport 259F 3TB 1,516 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 378GB free, PID 259f Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	39.8% Below average	Read 112 Write 81.7 Mixed 91.4 117% 95 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 1.85 4K Mixed 0.15 69% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 39.8% 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 33.5 MC Write 32.7 MC Mixed 30 92% 32.1 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 12.7 SC Mixed 12 37% 13 GB/s	Latency 73.5 54% 73.5 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 82.5% Great: 90%

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Desktop 67%

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Workstation 11%

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System: HP Z420 Workstation

CPU
Xeon E5-1620 0Intel $345Bench 70%, 17,464 samples	1,496x
Xeon E5-1650 v2Intel $635Bench 76%, 10,921 samples	772x
Xeon E5-1620 v2Intel $345Bench 71%, 10,301 samples	685x

GPU
Quadro K2000NvidiaBench 7%, 13,526 samples	494x
Quadro K4000NvidiaBench 13%, 11,114 samples	304x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	260x

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 $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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