HP Z420 Workstation

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 70.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	107% 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.

Very high background CPU (33%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 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	23.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190613
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Sep 01 '20 at 20:26
Run Duration	329 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	33%

PC Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E5-1650 0-$230 10,189 User benchmarks, average bench 73% CPU0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	70.2% Very good	Memory 84.4 1-Core 89.9 2-Core 177 69% 117 Pts	4-Core 302 8-Core 484 48% 393 Pts	64-Core 651 40% 651 Pts
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 70.2% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 487GB 751 User benchmarks, average bench 125% 327GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 586 545 473 331 351 314 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 911 Write 648 Mixed 416 SusWrite 433 134% 602 MB/s	4K Read 21.8 4K Write 56.6 4K Mixed 27.9 99% 35.4 MB/s	DQ Read 275 DQ Write 351 DQ Mixed 289 225% 305 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 214%
Hitachi HUA722020ALA330 2TB 7,666 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 1.5TB free Firmware: A28A SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 116 118 118 117 117 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	68.1% Good	Read 120 Write 112 Mixed 55.2 SusWrite 117 74% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.9 159% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 68.1% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M391B5273DH0-CK0 8x4GB 244 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 8 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	89.6% Excellent	MC Read 36.6 MC Write 36.3 MC Mixed 33.1 101% 35.3 GB/s	SC Read 13.2 SC Write 12.3 SC Mixed 11.9 36% 12.5 GB/s	Latency 72.7 55% 72.7 ns
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89.6% Great: 96%

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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%

Tree trunk

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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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