HP Z420 Workstation

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (32nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 68 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 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 82.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	53.6% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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	19.7 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161017
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 23 '20 at 17:16
Run Duration	174 Seconds
Run User	BGR-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v2-$635 10,921 User benchmarks, average bench 76% CPU0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	82.8% Excellent	Memory 92.2 1-Core 96.6 2-Core 193 74% 127 Pts	4-Core 395 8-Core 616 62% 506 Pts	64-Core 710 44% 710 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 82.8% 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 CLim: 954 MHz, MLim: 1000 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 390.77 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 7% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 520 Series 240GB-$139 12,595 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 26GB free (System drive) Firmware: 400i SusWrite @10s intervals: 130 110 114 107 107 110 MB/s Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	53.6% Above average	Read 227 Write 162 Mixed 184 SusWrite 113 38% 172 MB/s	4K Read 25.3 4K Write 64.9 4K Mixed 30.8 112% 40.3 MB/s	DQ Read 32.2 DQ Write 103 DQ Mixed 40.7 39% 58.8 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 53.6% Great: 95%
Samsung 970 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$320 38,669 User benchmarks, average bench 327% 954GB free Firmware: 1B2QEXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2082 2115 2105 2123 2054 2115 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	277% Outstanding	Read 1720 Write 1,619 Mixed 1,126 SusWrite 2099 370% 1,641 MB/s	4K Read 37.5 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 49.7 178% 65.1 MB/s	DQ Read 664 DQ Write 487 DQ Mixed 638 460% 596 MB/s
Poor: 215% ↑ This bench: 277% Great: 425%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 175GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 91 89 87 92 89 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	44.7% Average	Read 66.5 Write 68 Mixed 50.7 SusWrite 89.4 51% 68.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.5 99% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 44.7% Great: 67%
Seagate Video SV35.6 Series 2TB-$121 12,330 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 65GB free Firmware: CV26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 105 104 105 103 104 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	59.6% Above average	Read 104 Write 97.5 Mixed 53 SusWrite 104 66% 89.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 141% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 59.6% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 521GB free Firmware: HP51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 150 149 151 152 152 153 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	84.6% Excellent	Read 144 Write 118 Mixed 62.3 SusWrite 151 87% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 1 178% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 84.6% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M391B5173QH0-CMA M391B5173QH0-CMA M391B5173QH0-CMA Hynix HMT351U7EFR8C-RD M391B5173QH0-CMA M391B5173QH0-CMA 24GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 1866, 1866, 1866, 1866, 1866, 1866 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	94.1% Outstanding	MC Read 39.9 MC Write 35.3 MC Mixed 35.2 105% 36.8 GB/s	SC Read 15.1 SC Write 13.4 SC Mixed 12.5 39% 13.7 GB/s	Latency 63.6 63% 63.6 ns
Poor: 94% ↑ This bench: 94.1% Great: 100%

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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	1,501x
Xeon E5-1650 v2Intel $635Bench 76%, 10,921 samples	780x
Xeon E5-1620 v2Intel $345Bench 71%, 10,301 samples	689x

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 $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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $64	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16