HP Z420 Workstation

Performance Results


Gaming 43% Speed boat	Desktop 64% Destroyer	Workstation 32% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 55%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	76.2% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	52.8% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (52%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	HP Z420 Workstation (all builds)
Motherboard	Hewlett-Packard 1589
Memory	7.7 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180710
Uptime	1.8 Days
Run Date	Aug 07 '19 at 11:29
Run Duration	129 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	52%

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PC Performing as expected (45^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 way below expectations (17^th percentile)	55% Above average	Memory 70.7 1-Core 66 2-Core 130 53% 88.8 Pts	4-Core 235 8-Core 194 30% 215 Pts	64-Core 218 14% 218 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 55% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143 318,562 User benchmarks, average bench 76% Gigabyte(1458 3FC5) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 431.60 Performing below potential (58^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	76.2% Very good	Lighting 97 Reflection 86.7 Parallax 80.9 79% 88.2 fps	MRender 101 Gravity 85.6 Splatting 77.1 71% 87.9 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 76.2% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Origin Inception SSD 256GB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 77GB free (System drive) Firmware: N1126K SusWrite @10s intervals: 208 205 232 137 166 230 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	52.8% Above average	Read 364 Write 214 Mixed 201 SusWrite 196 54% 244 MB/s	4K Read 20.1 4K Write 38.7 4K Mixed 20.6 77% 26.5 MB/s	DQ Read 27.9 DQ Write 83.6 DQ Mixed 36.1 33% 49.2 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 52.8% Great: 103%
Hitachi HDS721010CLA632 1TB-$112 12,285 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 917GB free Firmware: JP4OA41A SusWrite @10s intervals: 133 137 135 133 134 138 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	79.7% Very good	Read 143 Write 146 Mixed 75.5 SusWrite 135 91% 125 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 79.7% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT351U7EFR8C-PB Micron 9JSF25672AZ-1G6M1 HMT351U7EFR8C-PB Micron 9JSF25672AZ-1G6M1 12GB 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 2048, 4096, 2048 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	36.7% Below average	MC Read 13.9 MC Write 13.4 MC Mixed 11.9 37% 13.1 GB/s	SC Read 9.8 SC Write 9.8 SC Mixed 7.4 26% 9 GB/s	Latency 99.8 40% 99.8 ns

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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	1,503x
Xeon E5-1650 v2Intel $635Bench 76%, 10,921 samples	780x
Xeon E5-1620 v2Intel $345Bench 71%, 10,301 samples	691x

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	57x
9JSF51272AZ-1G9E2 4x4GBMicronBench 78%, 366 samples	55x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	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 $175	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16