HP Z420 Workstation

Performance Results


Gaming 12% Tree trunk	Desktop 65% Destroyer	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 73.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	4.02% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	63.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	HP Z420 Workstation (all builds)
Motherboard	Hewlett-Packard 1589
Memory	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180710
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Nov 21 '19 at 16:44
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E5-2670-$53 4,803 User benchmarks, average bench 67% CPU0, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 2.85 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	73.2% Very good	Memory 86.4 1-Core 65.1 2-Core 164 62% 105 Pts	4-Core 324 8-Core 562 54% 443 Pts	64-Core 802 50% 802 Pts
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 73.2% Great: 74%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Quadro K600 8,087 User benchmarks, average bench 3% HP(103C 094B) 1GB CLim: 875 MHz, MLim: 445 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 372.95 Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	4.02% Terrible	Lighting 4.43 Reflection 4.12 Parallax 4.47 4% 4.34 fps	MRender 5.05 Gravity 5.03 Splatting 7.04 5% 5.71 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.02% Great: 4%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Liteonit LCT-128M3S 128GB 2,346 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 40GB free (System drive) Firmware: VQDA SusWrite @10s intervals: 208 209 193 178 209 208 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	63.8% Good	Read 432 Write 202 Mixed 224 SusWrite 201 59% 265 MB/s	4K Read 21.4 4K Write 30.2 4K Mixed 21.5 76% 24.4 MB/s	DQ Read 284 DQ Write 205 DQ Mixed 165 145% 218 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 63.8% Great: 82%
WD WD6000HLHX-01JJPV0 600GB 6,863 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 558GB free Firmware: 04.05G04 SusWrite @10s intervals: 140 138 139 142 141 140 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	81.3% Excellent	Read 143 Write 134 Mixed 82.5 SusWrite 140 92% 125 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 3.1 4K Mixed 1.3 248% 1.83 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 81.3% Great: 80%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 2TB 35,039 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 1TB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 163 176 177 188 202 202 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	89.4% Excellent	Read 127 Write 93 Mixed 56.2 SusWrite 185 84% 115 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.4 109% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 89.4% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M393B5773DH0-YK0 8x2GB 30 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 8 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	88.2% Excellent	MC Read 36.2 MC Write 35.8 MC Mixed 32.2 99% 34.7 GB/s	SC Read 13.8 SC Write 11.3 SC Mixed 11.3 35% 12.1 GB/s	Latency 71 56% 71 ns
Poor: 84% ↑ This bench: 88.2% Great: 99%

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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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Workstation 11%

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System: HP Z420 Workstation

CPU
Xeon E5-1620 0Intel $345Bench 70%, 17,464 samples	1,503x
Xeon E5-1650 v2Intel $635Bench 76%, 10,921 samples	781x
Xeon E5-1620 v2Intel $345Bench 71%, 10,301 samples	692x

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 i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16