HP Z420 Workstation

Performance Results


Gaming 86% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 72% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (35th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 65 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 72.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	112% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	90% 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	32GB 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 Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	HP Z420 Workstation (all builds)
Motherboard	Hewlett-Packard 1589
Memory	24.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161017
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 18 '18 at 16:00
Run Duration	168 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing below expectations (35^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 v2-$345 10,301 User benchmarks, average bench 71% CPU0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	72.6% Very good	Memory 85.6 1-Core 79.9 2-Core 194 69% 120 Pts	4-Core 322 8-Core 501 51% 411 Pts	64-Core 508 31% 508 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 72.6% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6696) CLim: 2050 MHz, MLim: 2802 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	112% Outstanding	Lighting 141 Reflection 188 Parallax 210 115% 180 fps	MRender 128 Gravity 179 Splatting 127 117% 145 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra 3D 2TB-$130 5,895 User benchmarks, average bench 100% 938GB free Firmware: X61110RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2923 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 500 (A5) Unknown 100 100 7471183 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 166 (A8) Unknown 100 100 7 (A9) Unknown 100 100 1886 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (AE) Unknown 100 100 68 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 70 47 201864708126 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 64425164815 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 3141 (EA) Unknown 100 100 3885 (F1) Unknown 253 253 3662 (F2) Unknown 253 253 5452 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	61.3% Good	Read 490 Write 295 Mixed 330 82% 371 MB/s	4K Read 21.4 4K Write 34.3 4K Mixed 18.1 74% 24.6 MB/s	DQ Read 23.7 DQ Write 37 DQ Mixed 9.29 13% 23.3 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 61.3% Great: 119%
Samsung Portable SSD T5 2TB 2,362 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 754GB free Firmware: 0 Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	66.9% Good	Read 369 Write 341 Mixed 364 80% 358 MB/s	4K Read 26.2 4K Write 38.7 4K Mixed 18 83% 27.6 MB/s	DQ Read 151 DQ Write 136 DQ Mixed 16.1 47% 101 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 66.9% Great: 97%
Samsung 850 Pro 1TB-$210 25,365 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 348GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM04B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2570 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 420 (B1) Unknown 98 98 78 (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 50 38 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 54 (F1) Unknown 99 99 129908901214	90% Excellent	Read 511 Write 480 Mixed 496 111% 496 MB/s	4K Read 33.9 4K Write 75.3 4K Mixed 26.7 125% 45.3 MB/s	DQ Read 36.1 DQ Write 87.8 DQ Mixed 26.5 30% 50.1 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 90% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda Pro 10TB (2016)-$139 396 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 4.5TB free Firmware: DN01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 83 64 198969958 (03) Spinup time 89 89 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3141 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 86 60 403973468 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 -14508399522152 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 706 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 12885098499 (BD) vendor-specific 86 86 14 (BE) vendor-specific 68 51 705888288 (BF) G-sense error rate 93 93 15562 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 72 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 94 94 12425 (C2) HDA temperature 32 49 73014444064 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 5 1 198969958 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 126357937850189 (F1) Unknown 100 253 86002141612 (F2) Unknown 100 253 78630446849
Poor: 47% Great: 111%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Team Team-Elite-1866 4x8GB 13 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 4 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1866 MHz Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	97.6% Outstanding	MC Read 37.2 MC Write 40.6 MC Mixed 39 111% 38.9 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 10.8 SC Mixed 11.5 35% 12.2 GB/s	Latency 71.5 56% 71.5 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 97.6% Great: 99%

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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 $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