HP Z420 Workstation

Performance Results


Gaming 21% Surfboard	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 19% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 82%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very 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	115% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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, 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	13.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191029
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 14 '19 at 03:19
Run Duration	131 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd 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 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	82% Excellent	Memory 91.9 1-Core 97.2 2-Core 194 75% 128 Pts	4-Core 389 8-Core 613 62% 501 Pts	64-Core 722 45% 722 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 82% Great: 85%

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: 353.30 Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	13.2% Very poor	Lighting 15.7 Reflection 14.3 Parallax 18.2 13% 16.1 fps	MRender 20.9 Gravity 14.1 Splatting 16.8 14% 17.3 fps
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 13.2% Great: 13%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 383GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 460 464 464 467 395 356 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 488 Write 457 Mixed 429 SusWrite 434 102% 452 MB/s	4K Read 39.2 4K Write 79.7 4K Mixed 51.5 168% 56.8 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 338 DQ Mixed 356 268% 359 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 129%
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 111GB free Firmware: S1Z40102 SusWrite @10s intervals: 242 242 95 43 56 40 MB/s Performing below potential (38^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	57.8% Above average	Read 254 Write 237 Mixed 236 SusWrite 120 48% 212 MB/s	4K Read 29.5 4K Write 58.2 4K Mixed 23.2 105% 37 MB/s	DQ Read 201 DQ Write 193 DQ Mixed 47.6 77% 147 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 57.8% Great: 100%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 9JSF51272AZ-1G9E2 4x4GB 366 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1866 MHz Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	MC Read 42.7 MC Write 38.9 MC Mixed 37.5 113% 39.7 GB/s	SC Read 14.7 SC Write 12.6 SC Mixed 11.9 37% 13.1 GB/s	Latency 64.2 62% 64.2 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 102%

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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	1,500x
Xeon E5-1650 v2Intel $635Bench 76%, 10,921 samples	775x
Xeon E5-1620 v2Intel $345Bench 71%, 10,301 samples	688x

GPU
Quadro K2000NvidiaBench 7%, 13,526 samples	496x
Quadro K4000NvidiaBench 13%, 11,114 samples	305x
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 $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 $269	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 $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