HP Z420 Workstation

Performance Results


Gaming 76% Battleship	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 72.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	96.7% 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	90.6% 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.

Very high background CPU (50%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

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	23.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180710
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Aug 17 '19 at 06:01
Run Duration	152 Seconds
Run User	PRT-User
Background CPU	50%

PC Performing as expected (55^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E5-1650 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 below expectations (30^th percentile)	72.8% Very good	Memory 84.8 1-Core 98.1 2-Core 194 72% 126 Pts	4-Core 328 8-Core 557 54% 443 Pts	64-Core 657 41% 657 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 72.8% 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: 1949 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 431.60 Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	96.7% Outstanding	Lighting 124 Reflection 135 Parallax 125 101% 128 fps	MRender 94.9 Gravity 125 Splatting 105 89% 108 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 96.7% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 91GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 354 198 189 194 189 186 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	90.6% Outstanding	Read 459 Write 419 Mixed 396 SusWrite 218 84% 373 MB/s	4K Read 29.7 4K Write 73.5 4K Mixed 41.4 137% 48.2 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 341 DQ Mixed 359 270% 362 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 90.6% Great: 124%
Samsung Spinpoint F3R 1TB 778 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 342GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 111 112 111 109 109 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	64.9% Good	Read 114 Write 116 Mixed 73 SusWrite 111 76% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 7.5 4K Mixed 0.9 272% 3.07 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 64.9% Great: 78%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$38 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1TB free Firmware: CC25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 164 171 172 173 173 172 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	99.1% Outstanding	Read 175 Write 132 Mixed 77.3 SusWrite 171 102% 139 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 99.1% Great: 114%
WD Black 750GB (2008)-$140 11,698 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 666GB free Firmware: 0K05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 108 109 109 109 109 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	64.1% Good	Read 114 Write 106 Mixed 80.2 SusWrite 108 76% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 191% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 64.1% 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 (42^nd percentile)	103% Outstanding	MC Read 43 MC Write 41.6 MC Mixed 38.9 118% 41.2 GB/s	SC Read 15.4 SC Write 12.7 SC Mixed 12.6 39% 13.6 GB/s	Latency 72 56% 72 ns
Poor: 85% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 139%

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System: HP Z420 Workstation

CPU
Xeon E5-1620 0Intel $345Bench 70%, 17,464 samples	1,508x
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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	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) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	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