HP Z420 Workstation

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 18% Surfboard	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 15% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 67.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	21% 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.

High background CPU (24%). 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	27.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130815
Uptime	12.3 Days
Run Date	Nov 28 '19 at 18:04
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	24%

PC Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E5-1620 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 below expectations (38^th percentile)	67.6% Good	Memory 85.3 1-Core 83.7 2-Core 174 67% 114 Pts	4-Core 271 8-Core 458 44% 365 Pts	64-Core 451 28% 451 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 67.6% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Quadro K5000 3,775 User benchmarks, average bench 21% Nvidia(10DE 0965) 3.5GB CLim: 705 MHz, MLim: 1350 MHz, Ram: 3.5GB, Driver: 416.78 Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	21% Poor	Lighting 24.7 Reflection 24 Parallax 32 20% 26.9 fps	MRender 33.2 Gravity 30.2 Splatting 22.2 23% 28.5 fps
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 21% Great: 22%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 354GB free (System drive) Firmware: HP34 SusWrite @10s intervals: 42 51 60 75 82 90 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	60.5% Good	Read 144 Write 182 Mixed 71.2 SusWrite 66.5 85% 116 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.5 126% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 60.5% Great: 112%
Hitachi HUA722020ALA330 2TB 1,342 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 2TB free Firmware: JKAOA3FB SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 112 122 122 121 120 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	66.2% Good	Read 112 Write 115 Mixed 54.8 SusWrite 119 73% 100 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 66.2% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT41GR7AFR4C-RD 4x8GB 598 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 4 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1867 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	71.5% Very good	MC Read 27.3 MC Write 30.1 MC Mixed 24.5 78% 27.3 GB/s	SC Read 13.5 SC Write 12.2 SC Mixed 11 35% 12.2 GB/s	Latency 71.7 56% 71.7 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 71.5% Great: 101%

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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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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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Total price: $373

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	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