HP Z420 Workstation

Performance Results


Gaming 80% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 68% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (36th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 64 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. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	102% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). 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	20.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190613
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Apr 19 '20 at 23:37
Run Duration	223 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	17%

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PC Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E5-1650 0-$230 10,189 User benchmarks, average bench 73% CPU0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	75.2% Very good	Memory 84.3 1-Core 91.6 2-Core 183 70% 120 Pts	4-Core 357 8-Core 517 55% 437 Pts	64-Core 637 39% 637 Pts
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 75.2% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% Gigabyte(1458 37C2) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.28 Performing below potential (38^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	102% Outstanding	Lighting 125 Reflection 122 Parallax 134 102% 127 fps	MRender 168 Gravity 120 Splatting 97.7 102% 129 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Nvme INTEL SSDPEDMX02 2TB 22 User benchmarks, average bench 167% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0253 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 567 551 603 719 723 712 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	91.8% Outstanding	Read 215 Write 710 Mixed 312 SusWrite 646 108% 471 MB/s	4K Read 9.7 4K Write 44.3 4K Mixed 16.1 59% 23.4 MB/s	DQ Read 600 DQ Write 564 DQ Mixed 574 433% 579 MB/s
Poor: 92% ↑ This bench: 91.8% Great: 246%
Samsung 840 Evo 1TB-$199 23,857 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 527GB free (System drive) Firmware: DB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 910 501 93 35 71 73 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 78% Great: 126%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$38 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1TB free Firmware: HP33 SusWrite @10s intervals: 153 152 154 155 153 154 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	90.8% Outstanding	Read 164 Write 124 Mixed 90 SusWrite 154 97% 133 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.7 129% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 90.8% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$38 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 347GB free Firmware: HP33 SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 110 108 109 111 107 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	65.5% Good	Read 120 Write 92 Mixed 72.3 SusWrite 109 72% 98.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.7 134% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 65.5% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M391B5273DH0-CK0 8x4GB 244 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 8 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (32^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	87.8% Excellent	MC Read 36 MC Write 35 MC Mixed 32.3 98% 34.4 GB/s	SC Read 14.1 SC Write 12.4 SC Mixed 12.3 37% 12.9 GB/s	Latency 73 55% 73 ns
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 87.8% 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%

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System: HP Z420 Workstation

CPU
Xeon E5-1620 0Intel $345Bench 70%, 17,464 samples	1,505x
Xeon E5-1650 v2Intel $635Bench 76%, 10,921 samples	782x
Xeon E5-1620 v2Intel $345Bench 71%, 10,301 samples	693x

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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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $373

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $490	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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 $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16