HP Z420 Workstation

Performance Results


Gaming 60% Gunboat	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 54% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (33rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 67 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 67.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	80.9% 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	83.2% 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	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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 (88%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	HP Z420 Workstation (all builds)
Motherboard	Hewlett-Packard 1589
Memory	58.7 GB free of 64 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160601
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 23 '20 at 22:29
Run Duration	173 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	88%

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PC Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E5-2670-$53 4,803 User benchmarks, average bench 67% CPU0, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 3 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	67.9% Good	Memory 77.7 1-Core 81.1 2-Core 158 62% 106 Pts	4-Core 313 8-Core 548 52% 430 Pts	64-Core 750 46% 750 Pts
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 67.9% Great: 74%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143 318,562 User benchmarks, average bench 76% EVGA(3842 1667) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 457.30 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	80.9% Excellent	Lighting 104 Reflection 94 Parallax 87 84% 94.8 fps	MRender 107 Gravity 90 Splatting 80.2 74% 92.2 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 80.9% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 1TB-$66 202,785 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 401GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR010 SusWrite @10s intervals: 394 408 404 391 397 395 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	83.2% Excellent	Read 468 Write 394 Mixed 358 SusWrite 398 91% 404 MB/s	4K Read 20.5 4K Write 47.4 4K Mixed 27 91% 31.6 MB/s	DQ Read 273 DQ Write 265 DQ Mixed 245 190% 261 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 83.2% Great: 125%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 1GB free Firmware: RVT01B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 489 Write 439 Mixed 428 101% 452 MB/s	4K Read 28.5 4K Write 54.2 4K Mixed 37.5 120% 40.1 MB/s	DQ Read 375 DQ Write 336 DQ Mixed 354 266% 355 MB/s
Poor: 74% Great: 129%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 368GB free Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 240 238 236 236 229 228 MB/s Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	66.3% Good	Read 256 Write 244 Mixed 241 SusWrite 234 55% 244 MB/s	4K Read 28.4 4K Write 37.3 4K Mixed 33 105% 32.9 MB/s	DQ Read 204 DQ Write 192 DQ Mixed 196 148% 197 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 66.3% Great: 129%
Samsung 860 1TB 2,531 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 931GB free Firmware: 4B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 241 241 240 241 238 238 MB/s Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	57.6% Above average	Read 193 Write 192 Mixed 202 SusWrite 240 47% 206 MB/s	4K Read 17.4 4K Write 40.5 4K Mixed 33.2 90% 30.4 MB/s	DQ Read 126 DQ Write 147 DQ Mixed 162 115% 145 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 57.6% Great: 116%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 36JSF2G72PZ-1G6E1 4x16GB 50 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 4 of 8 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	81.5% Excellent	MC Read 32.6 MC Write 33.9 MC Mixed 30.2 92% 32.2 GB/s	SC Read 13 SC Write 10.7 SC Mixed 10.4 32% 11.4 GB/s	Latency 84.8 47% 84.8 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 81.5% Great: 103%

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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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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $373

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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