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Gaming
Gaming 57%
Gunboat
Desktop
Desktop 77%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 49%
Yacht
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PC StatusOverall 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.
ProcessorWith 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 74.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics75.5% 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 Drive66.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Very high background CPU (66%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemHP Z420 Workstation  (all builds)
MotherboardHewlett-Packard 1589
Memory28.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20191029
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJul 11 '20 at 14:57
Run Duration124 Seconds
Run User QAT-User
Background CPU 66%
Watch Gameplay: 1070 + 9600K How to compare your gameplay

 PC Performing below expectations (33rd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Xeon E5-1650 0-$230
CPU0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (72nd percentile)
74.7% Very good
Memory 81.8
1-Core 94.4
2-Core 188
70% 121 Pts
4-Core 365
8-Core 527
56% 446 Pts
64-Core 680
42% 680 Pts
Poor: 65% ↑
This bench: 74.7%
 Great: 81%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132
Asus(1043 85A0)
CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 445.98
Performing below potential (21st percentile) - GPU OC Guide
75.5% Very good
Lighting 93.3
Reflection 107
Parallax 87.9
76% 96 fps
MRender 89.8
Gravity 89.6
Splatting 92.5
74% 90.6 fps
Poor: 71% ↑
This bench: 75.5%
 Great: 88%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Spcc Solid State Disk 128GB
76GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 117H
SusWrite @10s intervals: 238 233 232 231 231 209 MB/s
Performing below potential (44th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable
66.9% Good
Read 242
Write 231
Mixed 230
SusWrite 229
52% 233 MB/s
4K Read 28.7
4K Write 55
4K Mixed 31.7
113% 38.5 MB/s
DQ Read 197
DQ Write 172
DQ Mixed 185
139% 185 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑
This bench: 66.9%
 Great: 93%
Hitachi HUS724040ALE640 4TB
20GB free
Firmware: A580
SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 109 110 110 107 110 MB/s
Performing below expectations (22nd percentile)
66.2% Good
Read 122
Write 114
Mixed 57.7
SusWrite 108
74% 101 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 2.2
4K Mixed 0.7
156% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑
This bench: 66.2%
 Great: 92%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Elpida EBJ81RF4BCFD-DJ-F 4x8GB
4 of 8 slots used
32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz
Performing below potential (8th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
44.1% Average
MC Read 16.5
MC Write 14.9
MC Mixed 14.7
44% 15.4 GB/s
SC Read 12.8
SC Write 12.2
SC Mixed 10.1
34% 11.7 GB/s
Latency 77.2
52% 77.2 ns
Poor: 44% ↑
This bench: 44.1%
 Great: 83%
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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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Workstation
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System: HP Z420 Workstation

CPU
Xeon E5-1620 0Intel  $345Bench 70%, 17,464 samples1,507x
Xeon E5-1650 v2Intel  $635Bench 76%, 10,921 samples782x
Xeon E5-1620 v2Intel  $345Bench 71%, 10,301 samples695x
GPU
Quadro K2000NvidiaBench 7%, 13,526 samples497x
Quadro K4000NvidiaBench 13%, 11,114 samples307x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples261x
SSD
A400 240GBKingston  $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples184x
C400 RealSSD 256GBMicronBench 55%, 11,652 samples128x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung  $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples112x
RAM
M391B5273DH0-CK0 4x4GBSamsungBench 72%, 618 samples65x
M391B5273DH0-CK0 8x4GBSamsungBench 89%, 244 samples57x
9JSF51272AZ-1G9E2 4x4GBMicronBench 78%, 366 samples55x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 62% - Good Total price: $373
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HDDRAMUSB
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