HP Z420 Workstation

Performance Results


Gaming 80% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 70% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 81%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	92.7% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	102% 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	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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	HP Z420 Workstation (all builds)
Motherboard	Hewlett-Packard 1589
Memory	27.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180710
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 29 '19 at 19:19
Run Duration	151 Seconds
Run User	PRT-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (63^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 v2-$635 10,921 User benchmarks, average bench 76% CPU0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	81% Excellent	Memory 92.2 1-Core 98.9 2-Core 151 70% 114 Pts	4-Core 377 8-Core 593 60% 485 Pts	64-Core 735 46% 735 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 81% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% Asus(1043 8620) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 430.86 Performing below potential (44^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	92.7% Outstanding	Lighting 119 Reflection 131 Parallax 121 97% 123 fps	MRender 93.5 Gravity 117 Splatting 101 85% 104 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 92.7% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 179GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 374 304 304 304 304 304 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 476 Write 467 Mixed 408 SusWrite 316 94% 416 MB/s	4K Read 32.1 4K Write 85.3 4K Mixed 45 152% 54.1 MB/s	DQ Read 388 DQ Write 341 DQ Mixed 361 271% 363 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 124%
Samsung Spinpoint F3R 1TB 778 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 342GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 111 112 111 110 109 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	63.2% Good	Read 108 Write 122 Mixed 70.3 SusWrite 111 76% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 7.1 4K Mixed 1.3 309% 3.07 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 63.2% Great: 78%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$37 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1TB free Firmware: CC25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 164 174 174 174 174 174 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	Read 178 Write 143 Mixed 80.5 SusWrite 172 105% 143 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 138% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 114%
WD Black 750GB (2008)-$140 11,698 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 666GB free Firmware: 0K05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 109 109 109 109 108 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	63.9% Good	Read 114 Write 105 Mixed 78.5 SusWrite 108 75% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 193% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 63.9% Great: 65%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 18JSF51272AZ-1G9K 8x4GB 37 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 8 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1866 MHz Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	MC Read 45.1 MC Write 41.5 MC Mixed 39.9 120% 42.2 GB/s	SC Read 15.8 SC Write 12.9 SC Mixed 12.8 40% 13.8 GB/s	Latency 63.6 63% 63.6 ns
Poor: 85% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 139%

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Typical Z420 Workstation Builds (Compare 5,720 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 12%

Tree trunk

Desktop 67%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 11%

Tree trunk

System: HP Z420 Workstation

CPU
Xeon E5-1620 0Intel $345Bench 70%, 17,464 samples	1,510x
Xeon E5-1650 v2Intel $635Bench 76%, 10,921 samples	785x
Xeon E5-1620 v2Intel $345Bench 71%, 10,301 samples	695x

GPU
Quadro K2000NvidiaBench 7%, 13,526 samples	497x
Quadro K4000NvidiaBench 13%, 11,114 samples	307x
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 $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	112x

RAM
M391B5273DH0-CK0 4x4GBSamsungBench 72%, 618 samples	65x
M391B5273DH0-CK0 8x4GBSamsungBench 89%, 244 samples	57x
9JSF51272AZ-1G9E2 4x4GBMicronBench 78%, 366 samples	55x

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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $373

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $125	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 $44	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