HP Z420 Workstation

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (33rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 67 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 71.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	93.8% 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

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	HP Z420 Workstation (all builds)
Motherboard	Hewlett-Packard 1589
Memory	8.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140325
Uptime	13 Days
Run Date	May 16 '18 at 17:12
Run Duration	111 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E5-2690 0 4,842 User benchmarks, average bench 71% CPU0, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 3.25 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	71.2% Very good	Memory 85.4 1-Core 91.7 2-Core 184 70% 120 Pts	4-Core 307 8-Core 619 54% 463 Pts	64-Core 884 55% 884 Pts
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 71.2% 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. 15.201.1151.1008 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 5% Great: 5%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$52 296,814 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 165GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 474 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 11 (B1) Unknown 99 99 1 (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 62 58 38 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 2 (F1) Unknown 99 99 387180356	93.8% Outstanding	Read 524 Write 416 Mixed 435 102% 459 MB/s	4K Read 30.2 4K Write 54.4 4K Mixed 39.4 125% 41.3 MB/s	DQ Read 214 DQ Write 150 DQ Mixed 89.8 92% 151 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 93.8% Great: 128%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 931GB free Firmware: HP16 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 86620016 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3166 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 79 60 89618473 (09) Power-on hours count 63 63 33151 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1084 (B4) Unknown 100 100 5159332 (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 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 53 622657568 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 99 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 693135 (C2) HDA temperature 32 47 81604378656 (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	78.2% Very good	Read 137 Write 135 Mixed 130 101% 134 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.09 4K Mixed 0.41 107% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 78.2% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 36JSZF51272PZ1G4G 36JSZF51272PZ1G4F 36JSZF51272PZ1G4F 36JSZF51272PZ1G4F 16GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	83.1% Excellent	MC Read 34.2 MC Write 32.8 MC Mixed 29.7 92% 32.2 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 12.6 SC Mixed 12.7 38% 13.4 GB/s	Latency 71.7 56% 71.7 ns
Poor: 83% ↑ This bench: 83.1% Great: 85%

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

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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	1,499x
Xeon E5-1650 v2Intel $635Bench 76%, 10,921 samples	772x
Xeon E5-1620 v2Intel $345Bench 71%, 10,301 samples	686x

GPU
Quadro K2000NvidiaBench 7%, 13,526 samples	495x
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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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $373

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	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