HP Z420 Workstation

Performance Results


Gaming 54% Yacht	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 48% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 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 79.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	61.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	36.9% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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.

System	HP Z420 Workstation (all builds)
Motherboard	Hewlett-Packard 1589
Memory	14 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150209
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 26 '20 at 23:19
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (84^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 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	79.1% Very good	Memory 88.4 1-Core 98.2 2-Core 192 74% 126 Pts	4-Core 376 8-Core 596 60% 486 Pts	64-Core 706 44% 706 Pts
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 79.1% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1650S (Super)-$300 180,577 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Gigabyte(1458 401A) CLim: 2220 MHz, MLim: 3350 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 445.87 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	61.4% Good	Lighting 80 Reflection 78.8 Parallax 73.7 65% 77.5 fps	MRender 73 Gravity 70.9 Splatting 58 54% 67.3 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 61.4% Great: 62%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ VERTEX2 60GB 4,861 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 20GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.33 SusWrite @10s intervals: 55 59 60 59 60 57 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	36.9% Below average	Read 152 Write 78.5 Mixed 104 SusWrite 58.1 22% 98.2 MB/s	4K Read 19.6 4K Write 31 4K Mixed 20.8 73% 23.8 MB/s	DQ Read 139 DQ Write 73.9 DQ Mixed 88.2 70% 100 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 36.9% Great: 51%
WD WD1002FBYS-02A6B0 1TB 28,278 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 931GB free Firmware: 03.00C12 SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 106 106 107 107 106 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	62.9% Good	Read 112 Write 104 Mixed 63.2 SusWrite 106 71% 96.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 191% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 62.9% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M391B5773DH0-CK0 Hynix HMT325U7EFR8C-PB M391B5773DH0-CK0 Hynix HMT325U7EFR8C-PB Hynix HMT325U7EFR8C-PB M391B5773DH0-CK0 Hynix HMT325U7EFR8C-PB M391B5773... 16GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 2048, 2048, 2048, 2048, 2048, 2048, 2048, 2048 MB Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	89.8% Excellent	MC Read 36.3 MC Write 36.5 MC Mixed 32.5 100% 35.1 GB/s	SC Read 15.3 SC Write 13.4 SC Mixed 12 39% 13.6 GB/s	Latency 69.2 58% 69.2 ns
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 89.8% Great: 90%

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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 $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