HP Z420 Workstation

Performance Results


Gaming 18% Surfboard	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 70.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	20.3% 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	39% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	HP Z420 Workstation (all builds)
Motherboard	Hewlett-Packard 1589
Memory	11.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140325
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 18 '19 at 18:50
Run Duration	140 Seconds
Run User	HUN-User
Background CPU	21%

PC Performing as expected (54^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 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	70.1% Very good	Memory 80.9 1-Core 80.7 2-Core 187 66% 116 Pts	4-Core 321 8-Core 478 50% 399 Pts	64-Core 483 30% 483 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 70.1% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 950-$100 111,509 User benchmarks, average bench 26% Asus(1043 8554) CLim: 1544 MHz, MLim: 1652 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 417.1 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	20.3% Poor	Lighting 23.8 Reflection 12.2 Parallax 12.4 19% 16.1 fps	MRender 27.5 Gravity 26.9 Splatting 26.8 22% 27.1 fps
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 20.3% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Afox 240GB 240GB 383 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 72GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 350 36 4 47 81 21 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	39% Below average	Read 437 Write 383 Mixed 30.3 SusWrite 89.9 52% 235 MB/s	4K Read 21.4 4K Write 15.8 4K Mixed 1.4 43% 12.9 MB/s	DQ Read 202 DQ Write 7.1 DQ Mixed 19.3 35% 76.1 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 39% Great: 97%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 639GB free Firmware: 02.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 146 150 149 124 148 146 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	88.1% Excellent	Read 163 Write 140 Mixed 79.5 SusWrite 144 96% 132 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.2 239% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 88.1% Great: 109%
WD WD1002FBYS-02A6B0 1TB 28,278 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 734GB free Firmware: 03.00C09 SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 101 100 85 101 101 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	55.2% Above average	Read 94.5 Write 96.5 Mixed 69.7 SusWrite 97.3 66% 89.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 188% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 55.2% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M393B1K70CH0-CH9 2x8GB 66 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 2 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	46.1% Average	MC Read 17.5 MC Write 16.2 MC Mixed 14.8 46% 16.2 GB/s	SC Read 13 SC Write 13.4 SC Mixed 10.3 35% 12.2 GB/s	Latency 78.9 51% 78.9 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 46.1% Great: 52%

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System: HP Z420 Workstation

CPU
Xeon E5-1620 0Intel $345Bench 70%, 17,464 samples	1,498x
Xeon E5-1650 v2Intel $635Bench 76%, 10,921 samples	772x
Xeon E5-1620 v2Intel $345Bench 71%, 10,301 samples	685x

GPU
Quadro K2000NvidiaBench 7%, 13,526 samples	494x
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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $275	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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