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 (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 74.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	92.6% 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.

System	HP Z420 Workstation (all builds)
Motherboard	Hewlett-Packard 1589
Memory	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120309
Uptime	7.6 Days
Run Date	Apr 20 '17 at 20:14
Run Duration	413 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E5-1650 0-$230 10,189 User benchmarks, average bench 73% CPU0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	74.8% Very good	Memory 82.1 1-Core 97.7 2-Core 189 71% 123 Pts	4-Core 364 8-Core 561 57% 463 Pts	64-Core 702 43% 702 Pts
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 74.8% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD FirePro V5900 (FireGL V) 1,410 User benchmarks, average bench 7% HP(103C 2B06) 2GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 7% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 357GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 13146 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 15 (B1) Unknown 99 99 6 (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 67 61 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 8 (F1) Unknown 99 99 8749922010	92.6% Outstanding	Read 508 Write 411 Mixed 417 99% 445 MB/s	4K Read 29 4K Write 60.9 4K Mixed 38.3 125% 42.7 MB/s	DQ Read 214 DQ Write 143 DQ Mixed 82.5 88% 147 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 92.6% Great: 134%
Hitachi HDS721050CLA660 500GB 17,638 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 355GB free Firmware: A41A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 97 0 (02) Throughput performance 136 100 93 (03) Spinup time 118 100 12897616067 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 101 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 138 100 31 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 42122 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 82 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (B9) Unknown 100 100 65535 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 3211491 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 55 489029663 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 480 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 480 (C2) HDA temperature 193 139 193274642463 (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	73.5% Very good	Read 120 Write 136 Mixed 123 95% 126 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 1.43 4K Mixed 0.27 73% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 73.5% Great: 76%
WD My Passport 0837 2TB 1,416 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 1.5TB free, PID 0837 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	39% Below average	Read 92.8 Write 90 Mixed 67.8 105% 83.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.2 73% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 39% Great: 44%
WD My Book Essentials 1TB 3,704 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 672GB free, PID 1110 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	15.7% Very poor	Read 30.8 Write 27 Mixed 27 36% 28.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.71 4K Mixed 0.18 67% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 15.7% Great: 20%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT351U7CFR8C-PB 4x4GB 494 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	96.2% Outstanding	MC Read 39.6 MC Write 39 MC Mixed 35.9 109% 38.2 GB/s	SC Read 14.4 SC Write 13.2 SC Mixed 12.4 38% 13.3 GB/s	Latency 76.7 52% 76.7 ns
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 96.2% Great: 95%

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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	773x
Xeon E5-1620 v2Intel $345Bench 71%, 10,301 samples	687x

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 $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 $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