HP Z420 Workstation

Performance Results


Gaming 13% Tree trunk	Desktop 68% Battle cruiser	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (40th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 60 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 67%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	5.2% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	45.1% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (43%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	HP Z420 Workstation (all builds)
Motherboard	Hewlett-Packard 1589
Memory	6.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121017
Uptime	1.3 Days
Run Date	Aug 11 '17 at 20:23
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	43%

PC Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E5-1620 0-$345 17,464 User benchmarks, average bench 70% CPU0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	67% Good	Memory 80.5 1-Core 89.9 2-Core 173 67% 115 Pts	4-Core 290 8-Core 466 46% 378 Pts	64-Core 468 29% 468 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 67% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD FirePro V3900 1,362 User benchmarks, average bench 5% HP(103C 0122) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	5.2% Terrible	Lighting 6.77 Reflection 6.65 Parallax 5.69 6% 6.37 fps	MRender 5.86 Gravity 5.1 Splatting 5.78 5% 5.58 fps
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 5.2% Great: 5%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$150 38,097 User benchmarks, average bench 241% 812GB free Firmware: 1B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	207% Outstanding	Read 2,129 Write 1,442 Mixed 1,492 374% 1,688 MB/s	4K Read 28.9 4K Write 37.3 4K Mixed 24.8 95% 30.4 MB/s	DQ Read 105 DQ Write 96.9 DQ Mixed 34.9 44% 79.1 MB/s
Poor: 157% ↑ This bench: 207% Great: 302%
Micron C400 RealSSD 128GB 11,312 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 18GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0809 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 36672 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 4616 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 77 77 719 (AE) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 20246572502183 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 88 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (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 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 77 77 23 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0	45.1% Average	Read 423 Write 182 Mixed 256 63% 287 MB/s	4K Read 17.6 4K Write 30.6 4K Mixed 6.03 51% 18.1 MB/s	DQ Read 18.7 DQ Write 101 DQ Mixed 4.94 20% 41.6 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 45.1% Great: 70%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 2TB 667 User benchmarks, average bench 146% 1TB free Firmware: 1.0. Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	152% Outstanding	Read 277 Write 252 Mixed 197 181% 242 MB/s	4K Read 2.79 4K Write 4.62 4K Mixed 0.45 252% 2.62 MB/s
Poor: 83% ↑ This bench: 152% Great: 221%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT351U7CFR8C-PB 4x4GB 494 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	88.2% Excellent	MC Read 32.6 MC Write 38.2 MC Mixed 33.4 99% 34.7 GB/s	SC Read 13.9 SC Write 12.8 SC Mixed 12.5 37% 13.1 GB/s	Latency 79.7 50% 79.7 ns
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 88.2% Great: 95%

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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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Gaming 12%

Tree trunk

Desktop 67%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 11%

Tree trunk

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