HP Z420 Workstation

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 15% Surfboard	Desktop 66% Battle cruiser	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 69.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	13.6% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	HP Z420 Workstation (all builds)
Motherboard	Hewlett-Packard 1589
Memory	5.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20130815
Uptime	6.8 Days
Run Date	Apr 08 '19 at 03:36
Run Duration	155 Seconds
Run User	VNM-User
Background CPU	17%

PC Performing as expected (59^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 0-$345 17,464 User benchmarks, average bench 70% CPU0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	69.3% Good	Memory 73.1 1-Core 74.7 2-Core 181 62% 110 Pts	4-Core 355 8-Core 495 54% 425 Pts	64-Core 490 30% 490 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 69.3% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Quadro K4000 11,114 User benchmarks, average bench 13% HP(103C 079C) 3GB CLim: 810 MHz, MLim: 1404 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 385.69 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	13.6% Very poor	Lighting 15.7 Reflection 14.3 Parallax 19.1 13% 16.4 fps	MRender 20.9 Gravity 18.9 Splatting 16.9 15% 18.9 fps
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 13.6% Great: 13%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 372GB free (System drive) Firmware: HP34 SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 91 87 88 87 86 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	27.9% Poor	Read 11 Write 73 Mixed 15.5 SusWrite 86.1 34% 46.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.3 64% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 27.9% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 977GB free Firmware: HP34 SusWrite @10s intervals: 180 182 184 183 184 185 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 203 Write 154 Mixed 92.3 SusWrite 183 116% 158 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 114%
Generic- Compact Flash 16GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 15GB free, PID 0184 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 13 15 15 15 15 14 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	13.9% Very poor	Read 25 Write 6.5 Mixed 4.2 SusWrite 14.8 14% 12.6 MB/s	4K Read 3.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 2.4 163% 2.7 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 13.9% Great: 19%
Generic- Multi-Card 16GB 467 User benchmarks, average bench 9% 12GB free, PID 0158 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 7.6 8.9 8.9 7.4 7.4 7.5 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	6.79% Terrible	Read 19.8 Write 7.3 Mixed 10.3 SusWrite 7.9 14% 11.3 MB/s	4K Read 4.1 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 2 97% 2.17 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 6.79% Great: 15%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M391B5273DH0-CK0 4x4GB 618 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	87% Excellent	MC Read 32.7 MC Write 38.1 MC Mixed 33.1 99% 34.6 GB/s	SC Read 14 SC Write 11.4 SC Mixed 11.2 35% 12.2 GB/s	Latency 94.4 42% 94.4 ns
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 87% Great: 95%

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Gaming 12%

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Desktop 67%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 11%

Tree trunk

System: HP Z420 Workstation

CPU
Xeon E5-1620 0Intel $345Bench 70%, 17,464 samples	1,501x
Xeon E5-1650 v2Intel $635Bench 76%, 10,921 samples	779x
Xeon E5-1620 v2Intel $345Bench 71%, 10,301 samples	688x

GPU
Quadro K2000NvidiaBench 7%, 13,526 samples	496x
Quadro K4000NvidiaBench 13%, 11,114 samples	307x
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 $75Bench 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 $254	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 $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16