HP Z420 Workstation

Performance Results


Gaming 14% Tree trunk	Desktop 69% Battle cruiser	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	6.5% 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	48.4% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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	11.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120309
Uptime	5 Days
Run Date	Apr 15 '20 at 15:20
Run Duration	146 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E5-1650 0-$230 10,189 User benchmarks, average bench 73% CPU0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.15 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	73% Very good	Memory 90.2 1-Core 84.4 2-Core 166 68% 113 Pts	4-Core 302 8-Core 495 49% 399 Pts	64-Core 641 40% 641 Pts
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 73% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Quadro 2000 15,855 User benchmarks, average bench 6% HP(103C 084A) 1GB CLim: 625 MHz, MLim: 652 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 377.83 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	6.5% Terrible	Lighting 7.63 Reflection 8.92 Parallax 6.31 6% 7.62 fps	MRender 9.81 Gravity 7.77 Splatting 8.35 7% 8.64 fps
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 6.5% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Extreme 480GB-$300 1,286 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 236GB free (System drive) Firmware: R201 SusWrite @10s intervals: 183 170 151 158 151 154 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	48.4% Average	Read 259 Write 258 Mixed 290 SusWrite 161 55% 242 MB/s	4K Read 23.9 4K Write 17.8 4K Mixed 17.8 68% 19.8 MB/s	DQ Read 231 DQ Write 98.4 DQ Mixed 129 105% 153 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 48.4% Great: 66%
Micron C400 RealSSD 128GB 11,312 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 79GB free Firmware: 0809 SusWrite @10s intervals: 188 199 189 200 199 198 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	63.2% Good	Read 420 Write 191 Mixed 235 SusWrite 195 58% 260 MB/s	4K Read 21.7 4K Write 50.8 4K Mixed 16.6 81% 29.7 MB/s	DQ Read 296 DQ Write 175 DQ Mixed 57.3 90% 176 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 63.2% Great: 70%
H/W RAID 5 12TB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 6TB free, PID 8220 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 180 170 182 182 183 183 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	71.2% Very good	Read 214 Write 187 Mixed 106 SusWrite 180 226% 172 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 0.2 4K Mixed 0.3 23% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 71.2% Great: 71%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT351U7CFR8C-PB 4x4GB 494 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	95.4% Outstanding	MC Read 38.4 MC Write 39.3 MC Mixed 35.5 108% 37.7 GB/s	SC Read 14.4 SC Write 11.2 SC Mixed 11.7 36% 12.4 GB/s	Latency 66.9 60% 66.9 ns
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 95.4% Great: 95%

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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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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $373

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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