HP Z420 Workstation

Performance Results


Gaming 94% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 88% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	118% 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	91.9% 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.

System	HP Z420 Workstation (all builds)
Motherboard	Hewlett-Packard 1589
Memory	28.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1600 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180710
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Sep 21 '18 at 08:37
Run Duration	182 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E5-2687W 0-$1,335 868 User benchmarks, average bench 74% CPU0, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	76.7% Very good	Memory 87 1-Core 89.9 2-Core 178 70% 118 Pts	4-Core 358 8-Core 679 62% 519 Pts	64-Core 913 56% 913 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 76.7% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85E4) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 399.7 Performing below potential (24^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	118% Outstanding	Lighting 153 Reflection 198 Parallax 204 124% 185 fps	MRender 128 Gravity 185 Splatting 127 119% 147 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Pro 512GB-$129 14,996 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 181GB free (System drive) Firmware: 6B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 425 403 420 403 406 409 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	91.9% Outstanding	Read 475 Write 445 Mixed 312 SusWrite 411 92% 411 MB/s	4K Read 24.1 4K Write 51.5 4K Mixed 31.2 104% 35.6 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 310 DQ Mixed 164 172% 286 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 91.9% Great: 118%
WD Black 6TB (2015)-$296 5,447 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 309GB free Firmware: 1A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 136 128 130 129 130 129 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	75.5% Very good	Read 132 Write 172 Mixed 91.3 SusWrite 130 96% 131 MB/s	4K Read 3.5 4K Write 3.2 4K Mixed 1.1 327% 2.6 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 75.5% Great: 118%
WD Black 5TB (2015)-$71 7,245 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 890GB free Firmware: 1A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 168 155 169 162 162 160 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	92.2% Outstanding	Read 157 Write 204 Mixed 92.6 SusWrite 163 113% 154 MB/s	4K Read 4.7 4K Write 3.4 4K Mixed 1.1 381% 3.07 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 92.2% Great: 107%
Elite Pro Dual-R0 12TB 845GB free Firmware: 0105 SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 113 111 113 109 108 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples

SanDisk Cruzer Glide 3.0 250GB 809 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 124GB free, PID 5597 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 38 21 27 19 25 27 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	32.6% Below average	Read 137 Write 60.1 Mixed 49 SusWrite 26 77% 68.1 MB/s	4K Read 5.2 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 2.4 166% 3.17 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 32.6% Great: 32%
WD My Book Pro 0110 12TB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 5TB free, PID 0110 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 113 109 112 108 107 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	65.4% Good	Read 256 Write 162 Mixed 64.4 SusWrite 109 177% 148 MB/s	4K Read 4.8 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.6 76% 2.17 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 65.4% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M391B5273DH0-CK0 8x4GB 244 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 8 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	91.7% Outstanding	MC Read 39 MC Write 35.5 MC Mixed 33.6 103% 36 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 12.7 SC Mixed 12.1 38% 13.2 GB/s	Latency 70.5 57% 70.5 ns
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 91.7% Great: 96%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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