HP Z420 Workstation

Performance Results


Gaming 32% Sail boat	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 29% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 80.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	29.4% 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	103% 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	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.

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System	HP Z420 Workstation (all builds)
Motherboard	Hewlett-Packard 1589
Memory	24.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191029
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Mar 16 '20 at 22:55
Run Duration	178 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	25%

PC Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v2-$635 10,921 User benchmarks, average bench 76% CPU0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	80.9% Excellent	Memory 90.2 1-Core 93.9 2-Core 187 72% 124 Pts	4-Core 386 8-Core 604 61% 495 Pts	64-Core 748 46% 748 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 80.9% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-$99 269,381 User benchmarks, average bench 26% EVGA(3842 6152) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 432.00 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	29.4% Poor	Lighting 36.3 Reflection 27.2 Parallax 33.2 30% 32.2 fps	MRender 37.1 Gravity 34.9 Splatting 34.4 29% 35.5 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 29.4% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 153GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 406 292 299 299 301 301 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 466 Write 445 Mixed 353 SusWrite 316 89% 395 MB/s	4K Read 37.4 4K Write 65.7 4K Mixed 49.8 155% 51 MB/s	DQ Read 387 DQ Write 339 DQ Mixed 361 271% 362 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 124%
Samsung Portable SSD T5 500GB 14,526 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 329GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 12 12 12 12 12 12 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	10.6% Very poor	Read 33.2 Write 29.7 Mixed 31.2 SusWrite 11.7 6% 26.5 MB/s	4K Read 7.5 4K Write 8.3 4K Mixed 7.5 25% 7.77 MB/s	DQ Read 15.5 DQ Write 15.4 DQ Mixed 15.5 12% 15.5 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 10.6% Great: 97%
Samsung Portable SSD T5 500GB 14,526 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 314GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 12 12 12 12 12 12 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	10.8% Very poor	Read 33 Write 29.8 Mixed 31 SusWrite 11.7 6% 26.4 MB/s	4K Read 7.8 4K Write 8.1 4K Mixed 7.6 26% 7.83 MB/s	DQ Read 15.3 DQ Write 15.4 DQ Mixed 15.5 12% 15.4 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 10.8% Great: 97%
USB 3.0 MassStorage 500GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 19% 146GB free, PID 5000 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 11 11 11 11 11 11 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	31.5% Below average	Read 31 Write 25.5 Mixed 27.5 SusWrite 10.9 31% 23.7 MB/s	4K Read 7.8 4K Write 7.4 4K Mixed 7.5 536% 7.57 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 31.5% Great: 34%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Nanya NT4GC72B8PG0NF-DI 8x4GB 39 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 8 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	97.1% Outstanding	MC Read 41 MC Write 37.2 MC Mixed 36.3 109% 38.2 GB/s	SC Read 15.4 SC Write 13.3 SC Mixed 13.5 40% 14.1 GB/s	Latency 66.9 60% 66.9 ns
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 97.1% Great: 98%

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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	1,505x
Xeon E5-1650 v2Intel $635Bench 76%, 10,921 samples	782x
Xeon E5-1620 v2Intel $345Bench 71%, 10,301 samples	693x

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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	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