HP Z420 Workstation

Performance Results


Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 69.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	13.3% 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	61.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

High background CPU (23%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	HP Z420 Workstation (all builds)
Motherboard	Hewlett-Packard 1589
Memory	59.7 GB free of 64 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20130327
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 11 '18 at 12:13
Run Duration	111 Seconds
Run User	IND-User
Background CPU	23%

PC Performing as expected (56^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 Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	69.2% Good	Memory 83.7 1-Core 96.5 2-Core 193 72% 124 Pts	4-Core 296 8-Core 497 48% 396 Pts	64-Core 497 31% 497 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 69.2% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Quadro K4000 11,114 User benchmarks, average bench 13% Nvidia(10DE 097C) 3GB CLim: 810 MHz, MLim: 1404 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 350.12 Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	13.3% Very poor	Lighting 15.8 Reflection 14.5 Parallax 18.4 13% 16.2 fps	MRender 21.4 Gravity 14.2 Splatting 16.9 14% 17.5 fps
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 13.3% Great: 13%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 540s Series 240GB 7,812 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 47GB free (System drive) Firmware: LSF036C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 16 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 116 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 39 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 42 44 111672033322 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 39 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 17207 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 0 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 0 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 17207 (F2) Unknown 100 100 10547 (F9) Unknown 100 100 304 (FC) Unknown 100 100 1	61.7% Good	Read 355 Write 310 Mixed 300 72% 322 MB/s	4K Read 21.6 4K Write 63.8 4K Mixed 16.7 88% 34 MB/s	DQ Read 27.6 DQ Write 90.7 DQ Mixed 18.4 26% 45.6 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 61.7% Great: 90%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$64 143,477 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 908GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 176 170 4158 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 815 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 8291 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 698 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 103 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 143 143 171718 (C2) HDA temperature 116 99 31 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	87% Excellent	Read 149 Write 154 Mixed 144 112% 149 MB/s	4K Read 0.86 4K Write 2.43 4K Mixed 0.26 110% 1.18 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 87% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT41GV7BMR4C-H9 8x8GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 8 of 8 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	80.9% Excellent	MC Read 30.4 MC Write 33.3 MC Mixed 30.3 90% 31.3 GB/s	SC Read 13.8 SC Write 13.5 SC Mixed 12.2 38% 13.2 GB/s	Latency 74 54% 74 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 80.9% Great: 85%

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

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System: HP Z420 Workstation

CPU
Xeon E5-1620 0Intel $345Bench 70%, 17,464 samples	1,502x
Xeon E5-1650 v2Intel $635Bench 76%, 10,921 samples	780x
Xeon E5-1620 v2Intel $345Bench 71%, 10,301 samples	691x

GPU
Quadro K2000NvidiaBench 7%, 13,526 samples	497x
Quadro K4000NvidiaBench 13%, 11,114 samples	307x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	261x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	184x
C400 RealSSD 256GBMicronBench 55%, 11,652 samples	128x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $79Bench 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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16