HP Z420 Workstation

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 24% Surfboard	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 21% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 76.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	22.4% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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 (35%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

System	HP Z420 Workstation (all builds)
Motherboard	Hewlett-Packard 1589
Memory	17.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161017
Uptime	10.3 Days
Run Date	Sep 19 '19 at 07:20
Run Duration	155 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	35%

PC Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E5-1660 v2 516 User benchmarks, average bench 82% CPU0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	76.8% Very good	Memory 77.8 1-Core 103 2-Core 206 73% 129 Pts	4-Core 418 8-Core 539 61% 479 Pts	64-Core 772 48% 772 Pts
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 76.8% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Quadro K5000 3,775 User benchmarks, average bench 21% HP(103C 0965) ≥ 4GB CLim: 705 MHz, MLim: 1350 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 376.33 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	22.4% Poor	Lighting 27.1 Reflection 23.8 Parallax 31.4 22% 27.5 fps	MRender 35.2 Gravity 29.5 Splatting 22 23% 28.9 fps
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 22.4% Great: 22%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free (System drive) Firmware: HP51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 163 175 182 184 183 184 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 182 Write 161 Mixed 75.8 SusWrite 178 109% 149 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 130% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: HP51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 205 212 213 211 212 213 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	117% Outstanding	Read 197 Write 176 Mixed 83.5 SusWrite 211 122% 167 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 149% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: HP51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 188 194 196 192 197 197 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 193 Write 147 Mixed 74.2 SusWrite 194 111% 152 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 142% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 114%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 2TB 3,591 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 1.5TB free, PID b207 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 27 27 27 27 27 27 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	16.6% Very poor	Read 30.5 Write 25.8 Mixed 22.2 SusWrite 27.1 35% 26.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.8 97% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 16.6% Great: 51%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M391B1G73QH0-CMA 4x8GB 203 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 4 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1866 MHz Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	108% Outstanding	MC Read 45.4 MC Write 43.7 MC Mixed 41.1 124% 43.4 GB/s	SC Read 14.4 SC Write 13.6 SC Mixed 13 39% 13.7 GB/s	Latency 84.8 47% 84.8 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 113%

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Gaming 12%

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Desktop 67%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 11%

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System: HP Z420 Workstation

CPU
Xeon E5-1620 0Intel $345Bench 70%, 17,464 samples	1,499x
Xeon E5-1650 v2Intel $635Bench 76%, 10,921 samples	772x
Xeon E5-1620 v2Intel $345Bench 71%, 10,301 samples	686x

GPU
Quadro K2000NvidiaBench 7%, 13,526 samples	495x
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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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $373

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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