HP Z420 Workstation

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 10% Tree trunk	Desktop 56% Gunboat	Workstation 10% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 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 65.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	8.78% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
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 (20%). 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	25.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161017
Uptime	6.8 Days
Run Date	Mar 20 '21 at 12:00
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	20%

PC Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E5-2690 0 4,842 User benchmarks, average bench 71% CPU0, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	65.9% Good	Memory 69.7 1-Core 59 2-Core 138 52% 89 Pts	4-Core 334 8-Core 573 55% 454 Pts	64-Core 834 52% 834 Pts
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 65.9% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Quadro K4200-$820 7,330 User benchmarks, average bench 21% Nvidia(10DE 1096) ≥ 4GB CLim: 888 MHz, MLim: 1350 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 452.06 Relative performance (0^th percentile)	8.78% Terrible	Lighting 0.1 Reflection 32.4 Parallax 31.3 0% 21.3 fps	MRender 38.9 Gravity 29.7 Splatting 27.5 26% 32 fps
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 8.78% Great: 22%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate ST500LM021-1KJ152 500GB 40,079 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 339GB free (System drive) Firmware: YXM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 108 112 110 109 96 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	64.6% Good	Read 118 Write 113 Mixed 61.9 SusWrite 108 73% 100 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.8 135% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 64.6% Great: 77%
WD WD1002FBYS-02A6B0 1TB 28,278 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 855GB free Firmware: 0C06 SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 102 105 105 106 106 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	58.6% Above average	Read 99 Write 98.8 Mixed 76 SusWrite 105 70% 94.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1 190% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 58.6% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M393B5270CH0-YH9 8x4GB 15 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 8 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	71.4% Very good	MC Read 29.7 MC Write 29.3 MC Mixed 25.8 81% 28.3 GB/s	SC Read 12 SC Write 9.1 SC Mixed 9 29% 10 GB/s	Latency 102 39% 102 ns
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 71.4% Great: 82%

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Typical Z420 Workstation Builds (Compare 5,666 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 12%

Tree trunk

Desktop 67%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 11%

Tree trunk

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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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