HP Z420 Workstation

Performance Results


Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 69% Battle cruiser	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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. 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 65.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	23.2% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	55.9% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

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

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	HP Z420 Workstation (all builds)
Motherboard	Hewlett-Packard 1589
Memory	22.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120717
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jun 22 '20 at 12:05
Run Duration	127 Seconds
Run User	EGY-User
Background CPU	21%

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E5-2630 0 1,768 User benchmarks, average bench 59% CPU0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 2.3 GHz, turbo 2.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	65.4% Good	Memory 82.1 1-Core 56 2-Core 138 56% 92.1 Pts	4-Core 267 8-Core 368 40% 318 Pts	64-Core 501 31% 501 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 65.4% Great: 66%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 560-$500 60,738 User benchmarks, average bench 22% AMD(1002 0B04) 2GB CLim: 1196 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 19.20 Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	23.2% Poor	Lighting 28.5 Reflection 28.9 Parallax 39.9 23% 32.5 fps	MRender 30.2 Gravity 29 Splatting 26.8 23% 28.7 fps
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 23.2% Great: 25%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 153GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0103 SusWrite @10s intervals: 286 122 41 41 41 43 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	55.9% Above average	Read 422 Write 331 Mixed 270 SusWrite 95.6 62% 280 MB/s	4K Read 21.9 4K Write 37.7 4K Mixed 26.2 87% 28.6 MB/s	DQ Read 142 DQ Write 132 DQ Mixed 112 91% 128 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 55.9% Great: 100%
WD WD1002FBYS-02A6B0 1TB 28,278 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 814GB free Firmware: 0C06 SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 105 106 107 106 107 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	62% Good	Read 110 Write 105 Mixed 81.8 SusWrite 106 74% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 188% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 62% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 36KSF1G72PZ-1G4D1 4x8GB 19 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 4 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	44.5% Average	MC Read 17.4 MC Write 15.6 MC Mixed 14.6 45% 15.9 GB/s	SC Read 12.4 SC Write 9.1 SC Mixed 9.2 29% 10.2 GB/s	Latency 76.7 52% 76.7 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 44.5% Great: 88%

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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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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	1,499x
Xeon E5-1650 v2Intel $635Bench 76%, 10,921 samples	772x
Xeon E5-1620 v2Intel $345Bench 71%, 10,301 samples	686x

GPU
Quadro K2000NvidiaBench 7%, 13,526 samples	495x
Quadro K4000NvidiaBench 13%, 11,114 samples	304x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	261x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	183x
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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16