HP Z420 Workstation

Performance Results


Gaming 6% Tree trunk	Desktop 54% Yacht	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (30th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 70 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 56.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	1.37% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	53.2% 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.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	HP Z420 Workstation (all builds)
Motherboard	Hewlett-Packard 1589
Memory	19.7 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140325
Uptime	1.3 Days
Run Date	Oct 26 '19 at 10:59
Run Duration	177 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	21%

PC Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E5-1603 0 3,589 User benchmarks, average bench 60% CPU0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 2.8 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	56.6% Above average	Memory 72.1 1-Core 72.9 2-Core 146 57% 96.9 Pts	4-Core 263 8-Core 119 29% 191 Pts	64-Core 262 16% 262 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 56.6% Great: 65%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia NVS 310 4,920 User benchmarks, average bench 1% HP(103C 094E) 512MB CLim: 523 MHz, MLim: 437 MHz, Ram: 512MB, Driver: 392.37 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 1% Great: 1%
AMD Radeon HD 6450 32,407 User benchmarks, average bench 2% Dell(1028 2120) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	1.37% Terrible	Lighting 1.57 Reflection 1.54 Parallax 1.91 1% 1.67 fps	MRender 1.9 Gravity 1.6 Splatting 2.13 2% 1.88 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 1.37% Great: 2%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Trion 100 120GB-$60 4,424 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 48GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM11.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 63 73 57 33 57 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	53.2% Above average	Read 438 Write 132 Mixed 194 SusWrite 59.8 45% 206 MB/s	4K Read 17.9 4K Write 33.6 4K Mixed 21 72% 24.2 MB/s	DQ Read 331 DQ Write 105 DQ Mixed 139 123% 192 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 53.2% Great: 76%
Seagate ST3750640NS 750GB-$38 10,520 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 25GB free Firmware: 3BKT SusWrite @10s intervals: 50 48 48 48 47 49 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	28.5% Poor	Read 50.7 Write 58.2 Mixed 38.5 SusWrite 48.3 36% 48.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.6 116% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 28.5% Great: 42%
Seagate Desktop 1TB 4,684 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 74GB free, PID 3300 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 25 26 25 25 25 25 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	14.5% Very poor	Read 27.3 Write 24.2 Mixed 21.2 SusWrite 25.1 33% 24.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 1 91% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 14.5% Great: 21%
StoreJet Transcend 250GB 2GB free, PID 2335 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 27 25 26 26 26 26 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	15.6% Very poor	Read 29.5 Write 24 Mixed 20.7 SusWrite 25.9 33% 25 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 87% 1 MB/s

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 9JSF51272AZ-1G9E2 Samsung M391B1G73BH0-CH9 Samsung M391B1G73BH0-CK0 9JSF51272AZ-1G9E2 24GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 1866, 1333, 1600, 1866 MHz 4096, 8192, 8192, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	53.6% Above average	MC Read 20.1 MC Write 22.8 MC Mixed 18.3 58% 20.4 GB/s	SC Read 10.2 SC Write 10 SC Mixed 8.5 27% 9.57 GB/s	Latency 96.6 41% 96.6 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 53.6% Great: 54%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming 12%

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Desktop 67%

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Workstation 11%

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System: HP Z420 Workstation

CPU
Xeon E5-1620 0Intel $345Bench 70%, 17,464 samples	1,526x
Xeon E5-1650 v2Intel $635Bench 76%, 10,921 samples	790x
Xeon E5-1620 v2Intel $345Bench 71%, 10,301 samples	699x

GPU
Quadro K2000NvidiaBench 7%, 13,526 samples	499x
Quadro K4000NvidiaBench 13%, 11,114 samples	309x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	263x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	185x
C400 RealSSD 256GBMicronBench 55%, 11,652 samples	129x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	113x

RAM
M391B5273DH0-CK0 4x4GBSamsungBench 72%, 618 samples	65x
M391B5273DH0-CK0 8x4GBSamsungBench 89%, 244 samples	58x
HMT41GU7AFR8C-RD 4x8GBHynixBench 89%, 207 samples	56x

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