HP Z420 Workstation

Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 79.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	13.5% 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	93.2% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

Run History

6 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	HP Z420 Workstation (all builds)
Motherboard	Hewlett-Packard 1589
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180209
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 28 '18 at 01:09
Run Duration	213 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E5-1660 0 1,746 User benchmarks, average bench 76% CPU0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	79.1% Very good	Memory 87.9 1-Core 102 2-Core 185 73% 125 Pts	4-Core 379 8-Core 562 59% 471 Pts	64-Core 681 42% 681 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 79.1% Great: 86%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Quadro K4000 11,114 User benchmarks, average bench 13% HP(103C 079C) 3GB CLim: 810 MHz, MLim: 1404 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 391.33 Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	13.5% Very poor	Lighting 15.4 Reflection 14.3 Parallax 19.2 13% 16.3 fps	MRender 20.9 Gravity 18.6 Splatting 16.8 15% 18.8 fps
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 13.5% Great: 13%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$190 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 373GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM04B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 7 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 12 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 58 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 3 (F1) Unknown 99 99 585165624	93.2% Outstanding	Read 495 Write 484 Mixed 487 109% 489 MB/s	4K Read 26.6 4K Write 72 4K Mixed 34.6 123% 44.4 MB/s	DQ Read 127 DQ Write 133 DQ Mixed 53 61% 105 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 93.2% Great: 124%
Micron C400 RealSSD 256GB 11,652 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 183GB free Firmware: 070H Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (15^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (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 6375 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 957 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 99 99 34 (AE) Unknown 100 100 943 (B5) Unknown 100 100 13082511935851 (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 99 (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 99 99 1 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0	45.6% Average	Read 264 Write 231 Mixed 245 55% 247 MB/s	4K Read 16.6 4K Write 36.4 4K Mixed 5.55 52% 19.5 MB/s	DQ Read 154 DQ Write 134 DQ Mixed 5.98 42% 97.8 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 45.6% Great: 69%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$80 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2.5TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 71829512 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 16 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 116120 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 12 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295032833 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 54 773259300 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 6 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 70 (C2) HDA temperature 36 46 90194313252 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -114774411051004 (F1) Unknown 100 253 855943274 (F2) Unknown 100 253 38807461	107% Outstanding	Read 197 Write 177 Mixed 180 139% 185 MB/s	4K Read 0.81 4K Write 1.67 4K Mixed 0.24 92% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 114%
Samsung Spinpoint T166 500GB-$40 43,024 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 124GB free Firmware: CR100-11 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 7232 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5121 (05) Reallocated sector count 253 253 0 (07) Seek error rate 253 253 0 (08) Seek timer performance 253 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 8707 (0A) Spinup retry count 253 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 253 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2248 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 101239458 (BB) vendor-specific 253 253 0 (BC) Unknown 253 253 0 (BE) vendor-specific 59 53 41 (C2) HDA temperature 115 97 41 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 101239458 (C4) Reallocation count 253 253 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 253 253 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 253 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 2	38% Below average	Read 62 Write 70.4 Mixed 57.5 48% 63.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.22 4K Mixed 0.33 78% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 38% Great: 44%
PI-239 USB 2.0 Drive 1TB 701 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 496GB free, PID 1840 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	16.5% Very poor	Read 33.2 Write 28.4 Mixed 30.2 39% 30.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.74 4K Mixed 0.32 72% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 16.5% Great: 21%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M391B5273DH0-CK0 4x4GB 618 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	95.3% Outstanding	MC Read 39.3 MC Write 38.1 MC Mixed 34.8 107% 37.4 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 13.8 SC Mixed 12.8 41% 14.2 GB/s	Latency 69.7 57% 69.7 ns
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 95.3% Great: 95%

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System: HP Z420 Workstation

CPU
Xeon E5-1620 0Intel $345Bench 70%, 17,464 samples	1,500x
Xeon E5-1650 v2Intel $635Bench 76%, 10,921 samples	774x
Xeon E5-1620 v2Intel $345Bench 71%, 10,301 samples	688x

GPU
Quadro K2000NvidiaBench 7%, 13,526 samples	496x
Quadro K4000NvidiaBench 13%, 11,114 samples	304x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	261x

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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $179	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