HP Z420 Workstation

Performance Results


Gaming 92% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 80% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 72.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	125% 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.
Boot Drive	41% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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.

Run History

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System	HP Z420 Workstation (all builds)
Motherboard	Hewlett-Packard 1589
Memory	61.2 GB free of 64 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colors, 1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130509
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 24 '19 at 19:54
Run Duration	110 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E5-1650 0-$230 10,189 User benchmarks, average bench 73% CPU0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	72.2% Very good	Memory 83.1 1-Core 84.3 2-Core 169 66% 112 Pts	4-Core 331 8-Core 540 53% 436 Pts	64-Core 647 40% 647 Pts
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 72.2% Great: 81%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% EVGA(3842 5671) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 418.91 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	98.1% Outstanding	Lighting 126 Reflection 134 Parallax 119 102% 126 fps	MRender 96.8 Gravity 126 Splatting 106 90% 110 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 98.1% Great: 101%
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6696) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 418.91 Performing below potential (59^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	125% Outstanding	Lighting 169 Reflection 187 Parallax 203 138% 186 fps	MRender 124 Gravity 186 Splatting 127 118% 145 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 125% Great: 133%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 500GB-$49 237,241 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 386GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 219 216 221 219 218 216 MB/s Performing below potential (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	41% Average	Read 222 Write 213 Mixed 217 SusWrite 218 49% 217 MB/s	4K Read 25 4K Write 9.2 4K Mixed 13 59% 15.7 MB/s	DQ Read 33 DQ Write 17.4 DQ Mixed 46.5 29% 32.3 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 41% Great: 125%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M393B1K70DH0-YH9 8x8GB 124 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 8 of 8 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	83.1% Excellent	MC Read 32.9 MC Write 33.5 MC Mixed 31.3 93% 32.6 GB/s	SC Read 13.8 SC Write 11.6 SC Mixed 11 35% 12.1 GB/s	Latency 75 53% 75 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 83.1% Great: 126%

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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	1,500x
Xeon E5-1650 v2Intel $635Bench 76%, 10,921 samples	775x
Xeon E5-1620 v2Intel $345Bench 71%, 10,301 samples	688x

GPU
Quadro K2000NvidiaBench 7%, 13,526 samples	496x
Quadro K4000NvidiaBench 13%, 11,114 samples	305x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	261x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	184x
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 $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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