HP Z420 Workstation

Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 81.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	12% 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	111% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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.

Very high background CPU (32%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	HP Z420 Workstation (all builds)
Motherboard	Hewlett-Packard 1589
Memory	61.3 GB free of 64 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1600 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131219
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 03 '18 at 17:58
Run Duration	195 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	32%

PC Performing above expectations (73^rd 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 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	81.8% Excellent	Memory 89.9 1-Core 102 2-Core 204 76% 132 Pts	4-Core 398 8-Core 568 60% 483 Pts	64-Core 756 47% 756 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 81.8% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Quadro K620-$170 16,214 User benchmarks, average bench 11% Nvidia(10DE 1098) 2GB CLim: 1124 MHz, MLim: 450 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 397.93 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	12% Very poor	Lighting 15.2 Reflection 14.4 Parallax 10.9 12% 13.5 fps	MRender 11.4 Gravity 13.3 Splatting 15.7 11% 13.5 fps
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 12% Great: 11%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 117GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 362 295 295 289 278 284 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 502 Write 486 Mixed 394 SusWrite 301 94% 421 MB/s	4K Read 41.2 4K Write 91.2 4K Mixed 53.9 180% 62.1 MB/s	DQ Read 387 DQ Write 338 DQ Mixed 360 270% 362 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 124%
Kingston SSDNow V300 480GB-$250 15,510 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 417GB free Firmware: 608ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 227 224 220 215 208 217 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	62.7% Good	Read 366 Write 265 Mixed 228 SusWrite 218 60% 269 MB/s	4K Read 29.8 4K Write 22.7 4K Mixed 26.1 91% 26.2 MB/s	DQ Read 217 DQ Write 83.9 DQ Mixed 99.2 87% 133 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 62.7% Great: 65%
Asmedia AS2115 480GB 21 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 158GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 134 131 132 132 132 132 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	44.7% Average	Read 294 Write 151 Mixed 168 SusWrite 132 41% 186 MB/s	4K Read 18.7 4K Write 25 4K Mixed 20 67% 21.2 MB/s	DQ Read 107 DQ Write 70.8 DQ Mixed 86.2 65% 87.9 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 44.7% Great: 68%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$38 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: HP34 SusWrite @10s intervals: 184 193 195 196 195 194 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 182 Write 136 Mixed 73.3 SusWrite 193 106% 146 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 141% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 114%
Hitachi HUA723020ALA641 2TB-$78 30,011 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 617GB free Firmware: MK7OA840 SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 118 122 122 123 122 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	70.2% Very good	Read 123 Write 125 Mixed 69 SusWrite 122 80% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 174% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 70.2% Great: 82%
Generic STORAGE DEVICE 4GB 61 User benchmarks, average bench 8% 4GB free, PID 4000 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 13 14 14 14 14 14 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	6.47% Terrible	Read 15.8 Write 14.3 Mixed 6.5 SusWrite 14.1 17% 12.7 MB/s	4K Read 4.7 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 17% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 6.47% Great: 15%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M393B1G70QH0-YK0 M393B1G70QH0-YK0 M393B1G70QH0-YK0 M393B1G70QH0-YK0 Micron 18JSF1G72PZ-1G9E1 M393B1K70DH0-CK0 Micron 18JSF1G72PZ-1G9E1 M393B1K70DH0-CK0 64GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600, 1866, 1600, 1866, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	98.6% Outstanding	MC Read 41 MC Write 38.5 MC Mixed 36.9 111% 38.8 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 13.6 SC Mixed 12.9 40% 14.2 GB/s	Latency 67.3 59% 67.3 ns
Poor: 97% ↑ This bench: 98.6% Great: 99%

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System: HP Z420 Workstation

CPU
Xeon E5-1620 0Intel $345Bench 70%, 17,464 samples	1,507x
Xeon E5-1650 v2Intel $635Bench 76%, 10,921 samples	782x
Xeon E5-1620 v2Intel $345Bench 71%, 10,301 samples	695x

GPU
Quadro K2000NvidiaBench 7%, 13,526 samples	497x
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 $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	112x

RAM
M391B5273DH0-CK0 4x4GBSamsungBench 72%, 618 samples	65x
M391B5273DH0-CK0 8x4GBSamsungBench 89%, 244 samples	57x
9JSF51272AZ-1G9E2 4x4GBMicronBench 78%, 366 samples	55x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16