HP Z420 Workstation

Performance Results


Gaming 57% Gunboat	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 53% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (25th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 75 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 75%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	70.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	56.9% 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, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	HP Z420 Workstation (all builds)
Motherboard	Hewlett-Packard 1589
Memory	10.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180710
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Jun 10 '20 at 13:14
Run Duration	189 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E5-2687W 0-$1,335 868 User benchmarks, average bench 74% CPU0, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	75% Very good	Memory 89 1-Core 89.9 2-Core 176 70% 118 Pts	4-Core 329 8-Core 600 56% 465 Pts	64-Core 893 55% 893 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 75% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3366) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 446.14 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	70.1% Very good	Lighting 79.9 Reflection 89.6 Parallax 74.9 65% 81.5 fps	MRender 109 Gravity 80 Splatting 102 80% 97.1 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 70.1% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WDBNCE0010PNC 1TB 21,221 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 571GB free (System drive) Firmware: 401120RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 136 139 135 136 135 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	56.9% Above average	Read 344 Write 356 Mixed 252 SusWrite 134 61% 271 MB/s	4K Read 22.4 4K Write 54.8 4K Mixed 30.8 102% 36 MB/s	DQ Read 30.6 DQ Write 98.6 DQ Mixed 29.1 32% 52.8 MB/s
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 56.9% Great: 117%
Crucial MTFDDAK128MAY-1AH1ZABHA 128GB 1,012 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 37GB free Firmware: M504 SusWrite @10s intervals: 130 138 138 135 135 134 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	49.8% Average	Read 274 Write 307 Mixed 194 SusWrite 135 51% 228 MB/s	4K Read 21 4K Write 46.6 4K Mixed 27.7 92% 31.8 MB/s	DQ Read 25.2 DQ Write 55.2 DQ Mixed 32.6 27% 37.7 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 49.8% Great: 101%
Samsung MZ7TE512HMHP-000 512GB 3,033 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 181GB free Firmware: EXT06L0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 130 139 140 137 137 137 MB/s Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	47.9% Average	Read 224 Write 210 Mixed 152 SusWrite 137 40% 181 MB/s	4K Read 25.6 4K Write 39.3 4K Mixed 25.2 92% 30 MB/s	DQ Read 33 DQ Write 69.7 DQ Mixed 33.4 30% 45.4 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 47.9% Great: 100%
Crucial MX300 525GB-$150 105,037 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 137GB free Firmware: M0CR040 SusWrite @10s intervals: 130 138 138 135 135 134 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	45.2% Average	Read 205 Write 218 Mixed 196 SusWrite 135 42% 188 MB/s	4K Read 19.6 4K Write 38.4 4K Mixed 26.5 84% 28.2 MB/s	DQ Read 23.5 DQ Write 81.6 DQ Mixed 34.7 32% 46.6 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 45.2% Great: 99%
WD My Passport 0820 1TB 16,483 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 100GB free, PID 0820 SusWrite @10s intervals: 19 19 19 19 19 19 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	11.3% Very poor	Read 18.8 Write 18.3 Mixed 16.5 SusWrite 18.9 25% 18.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.7 73% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 11.3% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT351R7CFR4C-PB 4x4GB 25 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	77% Very good	MC Read 32.8 MC Write 30.3 MC Mixed 25.8 85% 29.6 GB/s	SC Read 13.8 SC Write 12.4 SC Mixed 10.8 35% 12.3 GB/s	Latency 68.4 58% 68.4 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 77% Great: 79%

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System: HP Z420 Workstation

CPU
Xeon E5-1620 0Intel $345Bench 70%, 17,464 samples	1,521x
Xeon E5-1650 v2Intel $635Bench 76%, 10,921 samples	789x
Xeon E5-1620 v2Intel $345Bench 71%, 10,301 samples	698x

GPU
Quadro K2000NvidiaBench 7%, 13,526 samples	498x
Quadro K4000NvidiaBench 13%, 11,114 samples	307x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	263x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	185x
C400 RealSSD 256GBMicronBench 55%, 11,652 samples	129x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	113x

RAM
M391B5273DH0-CK0 4x4GBSamsungBench 72%, 618 samples	65x
M391B5273DH0-CK0 8x4GBSamsungBench 89%, 244 samples	58x
HMT41GU7AFR8C-RD 4x8GBHynixBench 89%, 207 samples	56x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $145
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $89
Intel Core i5-13600K $249	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $369