HP Z420 Workstation

Performance Results


Gaming 53% Yacht	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 48% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 71.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	65.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	63.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	HP Z420 Workstation (all builds)
Motherboard	Hewlett-Packard 1589
Memory	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191029
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 18 '20 at 14:51
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E5-2670-$53 4,803 User benchmarks, average bench 67% CPU0, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	71.9% Very good	Memory 85 1-Core 79.3 2-Core 158 64% 107 Pts	4-Core 317 8-Core 574 54% 445 Pts	64-Core 803 50% 803 Pts
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 71.9% Great: 74%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1650S (Super)-$300 180,577 User benchmarks, average bench 59% MSI(1462 8D95) CLim: 2280 MHz, MLim: 3750 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 445.87 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	65.2% Good	Lighting 83.1 Reflection 80.3 Parallax 77.3 68% 80.3 fps	MRender 85.8 Gravity 77.8 Splatting 62.3 60% 75.3 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 65.2% Great: 62%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM830 128GB 13,767 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 22GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2D1Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 205 207 192 199 215 153 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	63.9% Good	Read 445 Write 246 Mixed 252 SusWrite 195 63% 285 MB/s	4K Read 19.1 4K Write 53.1 4K Mixed 20.4 83% 30.9 MB/s	DQ Read 299 DQ Write 102 DQ Mixed 154 126% 185 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 63.9% Great: 73%
WD WD6000HLHX-01JJPV0 600GB 6,863 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 54GB free Firmware: 5G04 SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 93 94 94 93 93 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	55.8% Above average	Read 100 Write 95.3 Mixed 69 SusWrite 93.3 66% 89.5 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 3.4 4K Mixed 1.2 242% 1.9 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 55.8% Great: 80%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 2TB 35,039 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 733GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 148 148 148 152 158 169 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	85.6% Excellent	Read 144 Write 122 Mixed 119 SusWrite 154 100% 135 MB/s	4K Read 5.7 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.6 317% 2.33 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 85.6% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M393B5773DH0-YK0 8x2GB 30 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 8 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	87.4% Excellent	MC Read 35.1 MC Write 36 MC Mixed 32.5 99% 34.5 GB/s	SC Read 13.3 SC Write 10.9 SC Mixed 10.6 33% 11.6 GB/s	Latency 71.9 56% 71.9 ns
Poor: 84% ↑ This bench: 87.4% Great: 99%

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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	1,499x
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