HP Z420 Workstation

Performance Results


Gaming 88% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 78% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (32nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 68 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 68.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	122% 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 (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

24 months ago, 20 months ago, 20 months ago.

System	HP Z420 Workstation (all builds)
Motherboard	Hewlett-Packard 1589
Memory	23 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kleuren,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140325
Uptime	2 Days
Run Date	Apr 30 '22 at 19:17
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v2-$635 10,921 User benchmarks, average bench 76% CPU0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	68.9% Good	Memory 77.8 1-Core 90.2 2-Core 169 66% 112 Pts	4-Core 324 8-Core 541 53% 432 Pts	64-Core 664 41% 664 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 68.9% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 6700-XT-$480 20,231 User benchmarks, average bench 122% AMD(1002 0E36) ≥ 4GB Ram: 12GB, Driver: 22.4.2 Performing below potential (54^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	122% Outstanding	Lighting 141 Reflection 138 Parallax 275 115% 185 fps	MRender 234 Gravity 154 Splatting 174 151% 187 fps
Poor: 113% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 129%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 8GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 471 Write 461 Mixed 384 98% 439 MB/s	4K Read 34.8 4K Write 64.7 4K Mixed 42.6 142% 47.4 MB/s	DQ Read 1.4 DQ Write 280 DQ Mixed 1.3 43% 94.2 MB/s
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 20GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 234 237 236 237 239 160 MB/s Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	68.5% Good	Read 250 Write 237 Mixed 228 SusWrite 224 53% 234 MB/s	4K Read 32 4K Write 56.6 4K Mixed 39.8 130% 42.8 MB/s	DQ Read 1.6 DQ Write 190 DQ Mixed 1.1 30% 64.4 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 68.5% Great: 134%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 44GB free Firmware: HP51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 134 136 133 133 132 132 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	76.8% Very good	Read 134 Write 120 Mixed 67.1 SusWrite 134 83% 114 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 154% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 76.8% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT451U7AFR8C-RD 8x4GB 88 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 8 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1866 MHz Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	99.9% Outstanding	MC Read 40.8 MC Write 41.4 MC Mixed 38 114% 40.1 GB/s	SC Read 14.6 SC Write 12.3 SC Mixed 11.8 37% 12.9 GB/s	Latency 84.8 47% 84.8 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 99.9% Great: 109%

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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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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 $273	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 $177	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) $37	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