HP Z420 Workstation

Performance Results


Gaming 50% Yacht	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 43% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 71%, 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	54.5% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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	13.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120309
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Jul 11 '20 at 03:23
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	13%

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PC Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E5-1620 0-$345 17,464 User benchmarks, average bench 70% CPU0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	71% Very good	Memory 91.6 1-Core 99.7 2-Core 190 75% 127 Pts	4-Core 273 8-Core 498 46% 385 Pts	64-Core 500 31% 500 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 71% Great: 77%

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: 2115 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 451.67 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	61.4% Good	Lighting 80.5 Reflection 75.5 Parallax 73.2 66% 76.4 fps	MRender 67.5 Gravity 74.2 Splatting 57.2 53% 66.3 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 61.4% Great: 62%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 520 Series 120GB-$199 19,348 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 27GB free (System drive) Firmware: 400i SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 110 112 119 116 122 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	54.5% Above average	Read 288 Write 157 Mixed 199 SusWrite 116 42% 190 MB/s	4K Read 22.6 4K Write 69.1 4K Mixed 28.6 108% 40.1 MB/s	DQ Read 32.9 DQ Write 93.3 DQ Mixed 36.5 36% 54.2 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 54.5% Great: 88%
Hitachi HDS721010CLA630 1TB 13,178 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 691GB free Firmware: JP4OA41A SusWrite @10s intervals: 130 127 130 133 132 133 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	73.8% Very good	Read 127 Write 116 Mixed 65.1 SusWrite 131 80% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.8 146% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 73.8% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M391B5773DH0-CK0 8x2GB 244 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 8 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	92.1% Outstanding	MC Read 34.1 MC Write 39.5 MC Mixed 33.9 102% 35.8 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 14.3 SC Mixed 13.2 41% 14.3 GB/s	Latency 64.7 62% 64.7 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 92.1% Great: 94%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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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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