HP Z420 Workstation

Performance Results


Gaming 18% Surfboard	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 72.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	13.2% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	57.8% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 (22%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	HP Z420 Workstation (all builds)
Motherboard	Hewlett-Packard 1589
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131118
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 11 '19 at 23:32
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	22%

PC Performing as expected (60^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 above expectations (73^rd percentile)	72.4% Very good	Memory 88.5 1-Core 91 2-Core 189 72% 123 Pts	4-Core 304 8-Core 484 48% 394 Pts	64-Core 495 31% 495 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 72.4% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Quadro K4000 11,114 User benchmarks, average bench 13% HP(103C 079C) 3GB CLim: 810 MHz, MLim: 1404 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 431.70 Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	13.2% Very poor	Lighting 15 Reflection 14.2 Parallax 18.8 12% 16 fps	MRender 21 Gravity 18.3 Splatting 16.7 15% 18.6 fps
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 13.2% Great: 13%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Micron C400 RealSSD 256GB 11,652 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 204GB free (System drive) Firmware: 070H SusWrite @10s intervals: 216 223 220 209 213 218 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	57.8% Above average	Read 387 Write 225 Mixed 248 SusWrite 217 60% 269 MB/s	4K Read 19 4K Write 66.8 4K Mixed 14.5 83% 33.4 MB/s	DQ Read 113 DQ Write 106 DQ Mixed 23.5 41% 80.6 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 57.8% Great: 69%
Samsung 860 256GB 78 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 195GB free Firmware: 1B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 235 238 235 233 235 237 MB/s Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	64.8% Good	Read 251 Write 238 Mixed 230 SusWrite 235 54% 239 MB/s	4K Read 28.7 4K Write 42.8 4K Mixed 32 107% 34.5 MB/s	DQ Read 175 DQ Write 140 DQ Mixed 158 118% 158 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 64.8% Great: 126%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 133GB free Firmware: CC44 SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 76 76 80 76 76 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	45.9% Average	Read 83.3 Write 68.9 Mixed 48.9 SusWrite 76.7 51% 69.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.8 143% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 45.9% Great: 68%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$23 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 465GB free Firmware: KC47 SusWrite @10s intervals: 131 133 133 135 134 134 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	75.3% Very good	Read 129 Write 127 Mixed 67.8 SusWrite 133 84% 114 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.8 140% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 75.3% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M391B5273DH0-CK0 4x4GB 618 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	90.5% Outstanding	MC Read 33.8 MC Write 38.4 MC Mixed 33.6 101% 35.3 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 13.8 SC Mixed 13.2 40% 14.2 GB/s	Latency 69 58% 69 ns
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 90.5% Great: 95%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $179	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