HP Z420 Workstation

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 75.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	58.8% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
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 (29%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	HP Z420 Workstation (all builds)
Motherboard	Hewlett-Packard 1589
Memory	4.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20131219
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 27 '17 at 15:05
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	CHE-User
Background CPU	29%

PC Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E5-1620 0-$345 17,464 User benchmarks, average bench 70% CPU0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	75.3% Very good	Memory 90.9 1-Core 96.6 2-Core 193 74% 127 Pts	4-Core 324 8-Core 488 50% 406 Pts	64-Core 496 31% 496 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 75.3% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Quadro K2000 13,526 User benchmarks, average bench 7% HP(103C 094C) 2GB Ram: 2GB, Driver: 311.44 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 7% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Micron C400 RealSSD 128GB 11,312 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 22GB free (System drive) Firmware: 040H Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^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 10192 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 459 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 98 98 75 (AE) Unknown 100 100 90 (B5) Unknown 100 100 6661544805131 (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 81 (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 98 98 2 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0	58.8% Above average	Read 441 Write 187 Mixed 261 65% 297 MB/s	4K Read 27 4K Write 77.6 4K Mixed 6.48 90% 37 MB/s	DQ Read 123 DQ Write 89.7 DQ Mixed 7.28 32% 73.4 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 58.8% Great: 70%
WD Blue 1TB (2010)-$39 55,121 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 857GB free Firmware: 1D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 178 176 4066 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1932 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2509 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1898 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 265 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1666 (C2) HDA temperature 105 98 42 (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	73.9% Very good	Read 131 Write 127 Mixed 118 94% 125 MB/s	4K Read 1.13 4K Write 2.12 4K Mixed 0.57 149% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 73.9% Great: 74%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$32 107,978 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 429GB free Firmware: HP64 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 217179161 (03) Spinup time 100 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3586 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 79 60 88225882 (09) Power-on hours count 75 75 22253 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 544 (B4) Unknown 100 100 1220270946 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 37 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 61 54 673579047 (C2) HDA temperature 39 46 68719476775 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 28 21 217179161 (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	55.8% Above average	Read 89.2 Write 105 Mixed 88.6 71% 94.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.37 4K Write 1.79 4K Mixed 0.37 90% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 55.8% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT325U7EFR8C-PB 4x2GB 122 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 4 of 8 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	79.1% Very good	MC Read 28.6 MC Write 33.5 MC Mixed 28.7 86% 30.3 GB/s	SC Read 15.1 SC Write 13.6 SC Mixed 11.9 39% 13.5 GB/s	Latency 65.9 61% 65.9 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 79.1% Great: 86%

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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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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