HP Z420 Workstation

Performance Results


Gaming 68% Battle cruiser	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 61% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (18th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 82 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 73.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	87.4% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	62.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

System	HP Z420 Workstation (all builds)
Motherboard	Hewlett-Packard 1589
Memory	9.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180710
Uptime	2.3 Days
Run Date	Oct 07 '20 at 21:26
Run Duration	184 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing way below expectations (18^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 as expected (40^th percentile)	73.5% Very good	Memory 87.8 1-Core 90.2 2-Core 180 70% 119 Pts	4-Core 320 8-Core 516 51% 418 Pts	64-Core 817 51% 817 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 73.5% 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: 456.55 Performing below potential (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	87.4% Excellent	Lighting 104 Reflection 129 Parallax 129 85% 121 fps	MRender 109 Gravity 127 Splatting 104 92% 113 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 87.4% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WDBNCE0010PNC 1TB 21,221 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 535GB free (System drive) Firmware: 401120RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 135 124 141 143 145 147 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	62.9% Good	Read 344 Write 366 Mixed 267 SusWrite 139 63% 279 MB/s	4K Read 26.9 4K Write 63.2 4K Mixed 36.1 120% 42.1 MB/s	DQ Read 32.9 DQ Write 98.6 DQ Mixed 41.5 39% 57.7 MB/s
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 62.9% Great: 117%
Crucial MTFDDAK128MAY-1AH1ZABHA 128GB 1,012 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 24GB free Firmware: M504 SusWrite @10s intervals: 141 130 143 141 145 146 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	52.3% Above average	Read 286 Write 306 Mixed 193 SusWrite 141 52% 231 MB/s	4K Read 22.8 4K Write 47 4K Mixed 29.4 97% 33.1 MB/s	DQ Read 26.8 DQ Write 55.4 DQ Mixed 34.5 28% 38.9 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 52.3% Great: 101%
Samsung MZ7TE512HMHP-000 512GB 3,033 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 129GB free Firmware: EXT06L0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 141 129 146 144 146 147 MB/s Performing below potential (13^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	54% Above average	Read 238 Write 223 Mixed 184 SusWrite 142 44% 196 MB/s	4K Read 28.5 4K Write 52.3 4K Mixed 29.4 108% 36.7 MB/s	DQ Read 35.9 DQ Write 72.8 DQ Mixed 34.8 32% 47.8 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 54% Great: 100%
Crucial MX300 525GB-$150 105,037 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 137GB free Firmware: M0CR040 SusWrite @10s intervals: 141 130 143 141 144 145 MB/s Performing below potential (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	49.6% Average	Read 211 Write 226 Mixed 206 SusWrite 141 44% 196 MB/s	4K Read 20.9 4K Write 51.4 4K Mixed 29.3 96% 33.9 MB/s	DQ Read 24.8 DQ Write 81.6 DQ Mixed 36.7 33% 47.7 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 49.6% Great: 99%
WD My Passport 0820 1TB 16,483 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 110GB free, PID 0820 SusWrite @10s intervals: 24 24 24 24 25 25 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	15% Very poor	Read 28.2 Write 24.5 Mixed 20.2 SusWrite 24.2 32% 24.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 90% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 15% 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)	76.3% Very good	MC Read 32 MC Write 30 MC Mixed 26.4 84% 29.5 GB/s	SC Read 12.6 SC Write 12.2 SC Mixed 10.9 34% 11.9 GB/s	Latency 69.8 57% 69.8 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 76.3% Great: 79%

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Workstation 11%

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System: HP Z420 Workstation

CPU
Xeon E5-1620 0Intel $345Bench 70%, 17,464 samples	1,513x
Xeon E5-1650 v2Intel $635Bench 76%, 10,921 samples	785x
Xeon E5-1620 v2Intel $345Bench 71%, 10,301 samples	696x

GPU
Quadro K2000NvidiaBench 7%, 13,526 samples	497x
Quadro K4000NvidiaBench 13%, 11,114 samples	307x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	262x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	184x
C400 RealSSD 256GBMicronBench 55%, 11,652 samples	128x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	112x

RAM
M391B5273DH0-CK0 4x4GBSamsungBench 72%, 618 samples	65x
M391B5273DH0-CK0 8x4GBSamsungBench 89%, 244 samples	58x
9JSF51272AZ-1G9E2 4x4GBMicronBench 78%, 366 samples	55x

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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $373

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $170	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16