HP Z840 Workstation

Performance Results


Gaming 51% Yacht	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 50% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (26th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 74 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 62.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	75.6% 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	206% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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 (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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System	HP Z840 Workstation (all builds)
Motherboard	Hewlett-Packard 2129
Memory	58.6 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20201104
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 18 '21 at 17:53
Run Duration	231 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing below expectations (26^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 v3 2,624 User benchmarks, average bench 63% CPU0, 2 CPU, 12 cores, 24 threads Base clock 2.4 GHz, turbo 2.3 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	62.9% Good	Memory 74 1-Core 70.8 2-Core 139 56% 94.7 Pts	4-Core 280 8-Core 440 44% 360 Pts	64-Core 1,063 66% 1,063 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 62.9% Great: 70%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4992) CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 460.79 Performing below potential (36^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	75.6% Very good	Lighting 93.2 Reflection 109 Parallax 97.3 76% 99.7 fps	MRender 97.6 Gravity 93.7 Splatting 86.1 75% 92.5 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 75.6% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 367,854 User benchmarks, average bench 276% 329GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 834 875 846 844 856 836 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	206% Outstanding	Read 2,198 Write 1,808 Mixed 1,416 SusWrite 848 350% 1,567 MB/s	4K Read 46.6 4K Write 62.9 4K Mixed 48.6 166% 52.7 MB/s	DQ Read 462 DQ Write 203 DQ Mixed 331 246% 332 MB/s
Poor: 178% ↑ This bench: 206% Great: 355%
Intel SSDPEDMW012T4 1TB 1,068 User benchmarks, average bench 200% 849GB free Firmware: 8EV101H0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1109 1173 1175 1174 1171 1194 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	160% Outstanding	Read 904 Write 1,108 Mixed 680 SusWrite 1166 218% 965 MB/s	4K Read 29.9 4K Write 79 4K Mixed 38.9 137% 49.3 MB/s	DQ Read 169 DQ Write 279 DQ Mixed 196 156% 214 MB/s
Poor: 140% ↑ This bench: 160% Great: 250%
Intel SSDPEDMW012T4 1TB 1,068 User benchmarks, average bench 200% 764GB free Firmware: 8EV101H0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1128 1201 1207 1203 1203 1200 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	170% Outstanding	Read 982 Write 1,236 Mixed 730 SusWrite 1190 234% 1,035 MB/s	4K Read 32.5 4K Write 84.7 4K Mixed 40.4 146% 52.5 MB/s	DQ Read 295 DQ Write 280 DQ Mixed 93 123% 223 MB/s
Poor: 140% ↑ This bench: 170% Great: 250%
Intel Raid 5 Volume 17TB 36 User benchmarks, average bench 182% 11.5TB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 207 177 214 222 225 241 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	175% Outstanding	Read 396 Write 254 Mixed 67.2 SusWrite 214 168% 233 MB/s	4K Read 2.1 4K Write 3.4 4K Mixed 0.9 250% 2.13 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 175% Great: 278%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 36ASF2G72PZ-2G1A2 4x16GB 577 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 4 of 16 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 1866 MHz Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	59.1% Above average	MC Read 24.5 MC Write 20.9 MC Mixed 20.4 63% 21.9 GB/s	SC Read 10.6 SC Write 13.3 SC Mixed 16.6 39% 13.5 GB/s	Latency 92.4 43% 92.4 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 59.1% Great: 124%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Desktop 78%

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Workstation 41%

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System: HP Z840 Workstation

CPU
CPU: Intel Xeon E5-2680 v41stBench 66%, 1,252 samples	132x
CPU: Intel Xeon E5-2620 v31stBench 63%, 2,624 samples	117x
CPU: Intel Xeon E5-2690 v41stBench 72%, 529 samples	100x

GPU
Quadro M4000NvidiaBench 32%, 9,043 samples	150x
Quadro K4200Nvidia $820Bench 21%, 7,330 samples	103x
Quadro K2200Nvidia $440Bench 16%, 13,860 samples	94x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	52x
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	43x
M393A2G40DB0-CPB 8x16GBSamsungBench 112%, 591 samples	39x
M393A1G40DB0-CPB 4x8GBSamsungBench 93%, 970 samples	39x

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Value: 118% - Outstanding

Total price: $95

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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) $37	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