HP Z420 Workstation

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 60% Destroyer	Workstation 9% 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 69.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	4.87% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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	27.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130509
Uptime	2.9 Days
Run Date	Apr 18 '20 at 14:49
Run Duration	173 Seconds
Run User	PRT-User
Background CPU	4%

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 E5-2687W 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 way below expectations (13^th percentile)	69.2% Good	Memory 75.2 1-Core 88.8 2-Core 175 65% 113 Pts	4-Core 340 8-Core 579 56% 460 Pts	64-Core 877 54% 877 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 69.2% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 730 164,888 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 8501) 1GB CLim: 901 MHz, MLim: 400 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	4.87% Terrible	Lighting 5.83 Reflection 6.69 Parallax 7.53 5% 6.69 fps	MRender 3.95 Gravity 7.03 Splatting 7.13 5% 6.04 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.87% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Kingston SUV400S37960G 960GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 418GB free (System drive) Firmware: 96R9 SusWrite @10s intervals: 381 414 374 127 112 101 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples
Poor: 73% Great: 73%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 750GB-$60 30,974 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 301GB free Firmware: 1117 SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 96 95 96 98 97 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	55.7% Above average	Read 97.2 Write 95.7 Mixed 58.4 SusWrite 96.6 64% 87 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1.1 199% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 55.7% Great: 60%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$24 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 171GB free Firmware: HP73 SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 114 117 115 116 117 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	56.4% Above average	Read 81 Write 43.2 Mixed 52.7 SusWrite 116 54% 73.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.7 119% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 56.4% Great: 88%
Seagate SkyHawk 8TB (2016)-$170 104 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2TB free Firmware: AV01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 169 167 169 172 174 173 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 41% Great: 102%
SAMSUNG HD502HJ 500GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 282GB free, PID 5106 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 123 122 123 124 124 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	57.6% Above average	Read 142 Write 122 Mixed 63.9 SusWrite 123 148% 113 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 3.3 4K Mixed 1.2 155% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 57.6% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT351U7EFR8C-PB 8x4GB 65 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 8 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	88.1% Excellent	MC Read 37.9 MC Write 35.1 MC Mixed 32.4 100% 35.1 GB/s	SC Read 13 SC Write 11.8 SC Mixed 11 34% 11.9 GB/s	Latency 89.9 44% 89.9 ns
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 88.1% Great: 96%

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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%

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	780x
Xeon E5-1620 v2Intel $345Bench 71%, 10,301 samples	690x

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 $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) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16