HP Z420 Workstation

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 74.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	74.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). 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	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130815
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 07 '20 at 22:22
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	EGY-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E5-1620 v2-$345 10,301 User benchmarks, average bench 71% CPU0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	74.4% Very good	Memory 82.2 1-Core 92 2-Core 203 71% 126 Pts	4-Core 360 8-Core 515 55% 438 Pts	64-Core 516 32% 516 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 74.4% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia NVS 310 4,920 User benchmarks, average bench 1% Nvidia(10DE 094E) 512MB CLim: 523 MHz, MLim: 437 MHz, Ram: 512MB, Driver: 392.53 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 1% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MTFDDAK256TBN-1AR15FCHA 256GB 27 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 206GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0F10 SusWrite @10s intervals: 442 441 221 151 150 150 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	74.9% Very good	Read 312 Write 399 Mixed 338 SusWrite 259 74% 327 MB/s	4K Read 22.2 4K Write 58.1 4K Mixed 34.4 108% 38.2 MB/s	DQ Read 234 DQ Write 325 DQ Mixed 300 221% 287 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 74.9% Great: 81%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 931GB free Firmware: 1A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 161 160 162 163 162 161 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	96% Outstanding	Read 173 Write 161 Mixed 103 SusWrite 161 110% 149 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.2 231% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 96% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT31GR7AFR4C-H9 HMT31GR7BFR4C-H9 16GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 1333, 1333 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	50.1% Above average	MC Read 19.1 MC Write 17.3 MC Mixed 16.7 51% 17.7 GB/s	SC Read 14.2 SC Write 13.9 SC Mixed 11.9 38% 13.3 GB/s	Latency 76.6 52% 76.6 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 50.1% Great: 50%

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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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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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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $373

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