HP Z420 Workstation

Performance Results


Gaming 102% UFO	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 96% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	123% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	106% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

System	HP Z420 Workstation (all builds)
Motherboard	Hewlett-Packard 1589
Memory	9.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colori
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191029
Uptime	1.3 Days
Run Date	Feb 27 '20 at 19:54
Run Duration	140 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing as expected (45^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E5-1680 v2 1,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% CPU0, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	80% Excellent	Memory 90.3 1-Core 92.5 2-Core 189 72% 124 Pts	4-Core 375 8-Core 745 66% 560 Pts	64-Core 939 58% 939 Pts
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 80% Great: 93%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Zotac(19DA 1474) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2088 MHz, MLim: 3002 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 441.87 Performing below potential (47^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	123% Outstanding	Lighting 159 Reflection 204 Parallax 211 130% 192 fps	MRender 134 Gravity 196 Splatting 138 127% 156 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 1TB-$66 202,785 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 89GB free (System drive) Firmware: 023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 450 448 421 439 437 431 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 480 Write 445 Mixed 421 SusWrite 438 100% 446 MB/s	4K Read 29.4 4K Write 80.6 4K Mixed 41.6 140% 50.5 MB/s	DQ Read 391 DQ Write 340 DQ Mixed 306 246% 346 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 125%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 2TB 13,609 User benchmarks, average bench 146% 38GB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 128 142 142 136 152 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	72.8% Very good	Read 122 Write 145 Mixed 52.5 SusWrite 131 82% 113 MB/s	4K Read 2 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.7 198% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 72.8% Great: 213%
Seagate ST31500541AS 1.5TB 9,968 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 688GB free Firmware: CC32 SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 71 74 74 74 75 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	44.3% Average	Read 80.7 Write 76.5 Mixed 47.7 SusWrite 73.5 51% 69.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.9 161% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 44.3% Great: 56%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M391B5773DH0-CK0 8x2GB 244 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 8 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	97.4% Outstanding	MC Read 42.4 MC Write 37.1 MC Mixed 36 110% 38.5 GB/s	SC Read 15.6 SC Write 12.1 SC Mixed 11.7 38% 13.1 GB/s	Latency 66.8 60% 66.8 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 97.4% Great: 94%

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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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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