HP Z420 Workstation

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (89th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 11 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 82.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	102% 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 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.

System	HP Z420 Workstation (all builds)
Motherboard	Hewlett-Packard 1589
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1600 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20140325
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jun 08 '16 at 12:27
Run Duration	132 Seconds
Run User	HRV-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing way above expectations (89^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 v2-$635 10,921 User benchmarks, average bench 76% CPU0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	82.7% Excellent	Memory 91.5 1-Core 102 2-Core 198 76% 130 Pts	4-Core 399 8-Core 634 64% 516 Pts	64-Core 754 47% 754 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 82.7% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Quadro K2000 13,526 User benchmarks, average bench 7% HP(103C 094C) 2GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 9.18.13.3311 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 7% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MTFDDAK256MAY-1A 256GB 258 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 105GB free (System drive) Firmware: M504 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 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4632 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 29 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 435 (AA) Unknown 100 100 16 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 95 95 162 (AE) Unknown 100 100 29 (B5) Unknown 100 100 3874069742328 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 434 (BE) vendor-specific 59 55 193274576937 (C2) HDA temperature 59 55 193274576937 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 970587130 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 16 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0	102% Outstanding	Read 497 Write 424 Mixed 444 101% 455 MB/s	4K Read 31.8 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 32.6 152% 60.4 MB/s	DQ Read 303 DQ Write 203 DQ Mixed 58.8 96% 188 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 102%
WD WD1001FALS-00U9B0 1TB 3,876 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 337GB free Firmware: 1D05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 178 173 4066 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2235 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 11769 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1343 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 163 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2071 (C2) HDA temperature 103 97 44 (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 9 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	77.1% Very good	Read 160 Write 109 Mixed 101 92% 123 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.96 4K Mixed 0.48 109% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 77.1% Great: 73%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 298GB free Firmware: 0A80 Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	69.1% Good	Read 131 Write 110 Mixed 94.1 84% 112 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 2.25 4K Mixed 0.25 92% 1.02 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 69.1% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 9JSF51272AZ-1G9E2 4x4GB 366 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1866 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	101% Outstanding	MC Read 43.1 MC Write 38.5 MC Mixed 37.5 113% 39.7 GB/s	SC Read 15.3 SC Write 13.7 SC Mixed 13.1 40% 14 GB/s	Latency 65 62% 65 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 102%

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System: HP Z420 Workstation

CPU
Xeon E5-1620 0Intel $345Bench 70%, 17,464 samples	1,500x
Xeon E5-1650 v2Intel $635Bench 76%, 10,921 samples	774x
Xeon E5-1620 v2Intel $345Bench 71%, 10,301 samples	688x

GPU
Quadro K2000NvidiaBench 7%, 13,526 samples	496x
Quadro K4000NvidiaBench 13%, 11,114 samples	305x
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 $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 $269	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