HP Z420 Workstation

Performance Results


Gaming 34% Sail boat	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 28% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 74.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	36.9% 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	56.7% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	HP Z420 Workstation (all builds)
Motherboard	Hewlett-Packard 1589
Memory	14 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130207
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 01 '18 at 04:45
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (61^st 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 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	74.9% Very good	Memory 82.1 1-Core 94.7 2-Core 191 70% 122 Pts	4-Core 374 8-Core 485 55% 430 Pts	64-Core 486 30% 486 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 74.9% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Gigabyte(1458 3692) 2GB CLim: 1481 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 399.7 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	36.9% Below average	Lighting 48.5 Reflection 44.8 Parallax 44.3 40% 45.9 fps	MRender 39.8 Gravity 41.1 Splatting 36.3 32% 39 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 36.9% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M500 240GB-$79 31,779 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 89GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 235 209 199 206 197 195 MB/s Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	56.7% Above average	Read 275 Write 258 Mixed 238 SusWrite 207 55% 245 MB/s	4K Read 19.1 4K Write 62.1 4K Mixed 27.7 97% 36.3 MB/s	DQ Read 22.4 DQ Write 103 DQ Mixed 32.8 34% 52.8 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 56.7% Great: 91%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 845GB free Firmware: HP16 SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 93 94 94 93 94 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	82.2% Excellent	Read 192 Write 146 Mixed 76.3 SusWrite 94.2 93% 127 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 1 185% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 82.2% Great: 112%
WD WD1500HLFS-01G6U1 150GB 7,915 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 139GB free Firmware: 04.04V02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 93 94 94 93 94 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	61.3% Good	Read 119 Write 118 Mixed 77.8 SusWrite 94.2 75% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.3 232% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 61.3% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F721GU67F1600G Hynix HMT325U7CFR8C-PB Hynix HMT325U7CFR8C-PB Hynix HMT325U7CFR8C-PB Hynix HMT325U7CFR8C-PB 16GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 2048, 2048, 2048, 2048 MB Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	77.4% Very good	MC Read 28.6 MC Write 32.1 MC Mixed 28.8 85% 29.8 GB/s	SC Read 13.8 SC Write 13.8 SC Mixed 12.1 38% 13.2 GB/s	Latency 76.8 52% 76.8 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 77.4% Great: 79%

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System: HP Z420 Workstation

CPU
Xeon E5-1620 0Intel $345Bench 70%, 17,464 samples	1,519x
Xeon E5-1650 v2Intel $635Bench 76%, 10,921 samples	788x
Xeon E5-1620 v2Intel $345Bench 71%, 10,301 samples	698x

GPU
Quadro K2000NvidiaBench 7%, 13,526 samples	498x
Quadro K4000NvidiaBench 13%, 11,114 samples	307x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	263x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	184x
C400 RealSSD 256GBMicronBench 55%, 11,652 samples	129x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	113x

RAM
M391B5273DH0-CK0 4x4GBSamsungBench 72%, 618 samples	65x
M391B5273DH0-CK0 8x4GBSamsungBench 89%, 244 samples	58x
HMT41GU7AFR8C-RD 4x8GBHynixBench 89%, 207 samples	56x

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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $373

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	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 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $50

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $29	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16