HP Z840 Workstation

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 69% Battle cruiser	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 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 65.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	98.5% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	The 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.
Memory	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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.

System	HP Z840 Workstation (all builds)
Motherboard	Hewlett-Packard 2129
Memory	54.4 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160629
Uptime	4.6 Days
Run Date	May 24 '17 at 14:28
Run Duration	227 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	17%

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PC Performing as expected (44^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
1st CPU: Intel Xeon E5-2620 v4 1,389 User benchmarks, average bench 64% CPU0, 2 CPU, 16 cores, 16 threads Base clock 2.1 GHz, turbo 2.25 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	65.6% Good	Memory 71.7 1-Core 92.5 2-Core 148 62% 104 Pts	4-Core 320 8-Core 610 55% 465 Pts	64-Core 1,043 64% 1,043 Pts
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 65.6% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6183) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.66 Performing below potential (26^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	98.5% Outstanding	Lighting 125 Reflection 140 Parallax 122 102% 129 fps	MRender 103 Gravity 130 Splatting 106 92% 113 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 98.5% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB-$80 85,620 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2.5TB free Firmware: AC60 Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	81.9% Excellent	Read 155 Write 131 Mixed 119 101% 135 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.07 4K Mixed 0.21 64% 0.59 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 81.9% Great: 107%
Hitachi HUC156060CS4204 600GB 28 User benchmarks, average bench 128% 559GB free Firmware: HPH0 Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 115% Great: 140%
Hitachi HUC156060CS4204 600GB 28 User benchmarks, average bench 128% 559GB free Firmware: HPH0 Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	134% Outstanding	Read 233 Write 232 Mixed 229 174% 231 MB/s	4K Read 2.24 4K Write 3.85 4K Mixed 0.94 269% 2.34 MB/s
Poor: 115% ↑ This bench: 134% Great: 140%
Hitachi HUC156060CS4204 600GB 28 User benchmarks, average bench 128% 497GB free Firmware: HPH0 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	138% Outstanding	Read 241 Write 239 Mixed 248 183% 243 MB/s	4K Read 2.33 4K Write 3.67 4K Mixed 1.26 305% 2.42 MB/s
Poor: 115% ↑ This bench: 138% Great: 140%
Toshiba DT01ACA050 500GB-$25 163,843 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 204GB free (System drive) Firmware: A800 Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	31.9% Below average	Read 35.9 Write 75.3 Mixed 32.9 36% 48 MB/s	4K Read 0.19 4K Write 0.74 4K Mixed 0.12 35% 0.35 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 31.9% Great: 103%
Apricorn Padlock 3.0 3TB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 2.5TB free, PID 0310 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	65.8% Good	Read 171 Write 159 Mixed 21.9 135% 117 MB/s	4K Read 0.86 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.17 77% 1.01 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 65.8% Great: 66%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M393A1G40DB1-CRC 8x8GB 60 User benchmarks, average bench 109% 8 of 16 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 2400 MHz clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	89.5% Excellent	MC Read 42.5 MC Write 32.6 MC Mixed 34.5 104% 36.5 GB/s	SC Read 8.4 SC Write 12.5 SC Mixed 5.4 25% 8.77 GB/s	Latency 97.4 41% 97.4 ns
Poor: 89% ↑ This bench: 89.5% Great: 132%

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Gaming 32%

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Desktop 78%

Battleship

Workstation 41%

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System: HP Z840 Workstation

CPU
CPU: Intel Xeon E5-2680 v41stBench 66%, 1,252 samples	133x
CPU: Intel Xeon E5-2620 v31stBench 63%, 2,624 samples	117x
CPU: Intel Xeon E5-2690 v41stBench 72%, 529 samples	101x

GPU
Quadro M4000NvidiaBench 32%, 9,043 samples	151x
Quadro K4200Nvidia $820Bench 21%, 7,330 samples	104x
Quadro K2200Nvidia $440Bench 16%, 13,860 samples	94x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $100Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	53x
MTFDDAK512MBF-1A 512GBCrucialBench 89%, 258 samples	48x
SM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung $69Bench 205%, 12,601 samples	38x

RAM
M393A2K40BB1-CRC 8x16GBSamsungBench 113%, 218 samples	45x
M393A2G40DB0-CPB 4x16GBSamsungBench 92%, 1,230 samples	40x
M393A1G40DB0-CPB 4x8GBSamsungBench 93%, 970 samples	39x

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Value: 113% - Outstanding

Total price: $100

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $29	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