HP Z420 Workstation

Performance Results


Gaming 82% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 79% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	102% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	96.8% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (23%). 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.

System	HP Z420 Workstation (all builds)
Motherboard	Hewlett-Packard 1589
Memory	28.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130815
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 20 '20 at 22:11
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	23%

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PC Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E5-2680 v2 1,619 User benchmarks, average bench 71% CPU0, 1 CPU, 10 cores, 20 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	75.9% Very good	Memory 88.3 1-Core 85.6 2-Core 172 68% 115 Pts	4-Core 342 8-Core 673 60% 508 Pts	64-Core 1,037 64% 1,037 Pts
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 75.9% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060S (Super)-$510 319,148 User benchmarks, average bench 100% Gigabyte(1458 4009) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2175 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 451.48 Performing below potential (73^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	102% Outstanding	Lighting 125 Reflection 123 Parallax 134 102% 128 fps	MRender 177 Gravity 113 Splatting 103 104% 131 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SM841 2.5" 7mm 256GB 2,869 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 33GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1D0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 448 413 360 305 329 299 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	96.8% Outstanding	Read 464 Write 439 Mixed 314 SusWrite 359 88% 394 MB/s	4K Read 30.6 4K Write 71.2 4K Mixed 37.6 132% 46.5 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 310 DQ Mixed 152 167% 282 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 96.8% Great: 107%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$34 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 45GB free Firmware: CC56 SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 119 109 111 120 124 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	63.7% Good	Read 104 Write 81.5 Mixed 76 SusWrite 117 70% 94.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.8 146% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 63.7% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT41GR7AFR4C-RD 4x8GB 598 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 4 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1867 MHz clocked @ 1866 MHz Performing below potential (69^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	90.9% Outstanding	MC Read 43.9 MC Write 33 MC Mixed 31.5 103% 36.1 GB/s	SC Read 12.8 SC Write 10.8 SC Mixed 9.6 32% 11.1 GB/s	Latency 69.3 58% 69.3 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 90.9% Great: 101%

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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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Gaming 12%

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Desktop 67%

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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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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 $40	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