HP Z420 Workstation

Performance Results


Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 15% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 72.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	12.5% 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	85.2% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

Run History

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System	HP Z420 Workstation (all builds)
Motherboard	Hewlett-Packard 1589
Memory	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130815
Uptime	9.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 04 '18 at 02:55
Run Duration	112 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (69^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 0-$345 17,464 User benchmarks, average bench 70% CPU0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	72.9% Very good	Memory 87.5 1-Core 98.3 2-Core 178 72% 121 Pts	4-Core 316 8-Core 495 50% 405 Pts	64-Core 503 31% 503 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 72.9% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7770 38,053 User benchmarks, average bench 12% XFX(1682 3230) 1GB CLim: 1000 MHz, MLim: 1125 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 18.5.1 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	12.5% Very poor	Lighting 15.3 Reflection 16.6 Parallax 18.6 12% 16.8 fps	MRender 14 Gravity 13 Splatting 18.3 13% 15.1 fps
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 12.5% Great: 14%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Liteonit LCS-256L9S-11 2.5 7mm 256GB 4,915 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 73GB free (System drive) Firmware: HC8110B SusWrite @10s intervals: 378 395 370 405 406 374 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	85.2% Excellent	Read 453 Write 397 Mixed 279 SusWrite 388 85% 379 MB/s	4K Read 25.1 4K Write 44 4K Mixed 24.6 93% 31.2 MB/s	DQ Read 356 DQ Write 321 DQ Mixed 209 192% 295 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 85.2% Great: 103%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT451U7AFR8C-RD 4x4GB 427 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1867 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (51^st percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	75% Very good	MC Read 27.5 MC Write 31.9 MC Mixed 26.7 82% 28.7 GB/s	SC Read 13.3 SC Write 13.8 SC Mixed 11.3 37% 12.8 GB/s	Latency 70 57% 70 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 75% Great: 102%

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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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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	1,513x
Xeon E5-1650 v2Intel $635Bench 76%, 10,921 samples	785x
Xeon E5-1620 v2Intel $345Bench 71%, 10,301 samples	696x

GPU
Quadro K2000NvidiaBench 7%, 13,526 samples	497x
Quadro K4000NvidiaBench 13%, 11,114 samples	307x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	262x

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	58x
9JSF51272AZ-1G9E2 4x4GBMicronBench 78%, 366 samples	55x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $159	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16