HP Z420 Workstation

Performance Results


Gaming 24% Surfboard	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 22% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	22% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 10 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	HP Z420 Workstation (all builds)
Motherboard	Hewlett-Packard 1589
Memory	6 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20131118
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 21 '21 at 16:34
Run Duration	152 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing as expected (50^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E5-1650 0-$230 10,189 User benchmarks, average bench 73% CPU0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	75.6% Very good	Memory 88.8 1-Core 83.9 2-Core 169 68% 114 Pts	4-Core 337 8-Core 539 54% 438 Pts	64-Core 646 40% 646 Pts
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 75.6% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Quadro K5000 3,775 User benchmarks, average bench 21% Nvidia(10DE 0965) ≥ 4GB CLim: 705 MHz, MLim: 1350 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 385.41 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	22% Poor	Lighting 25.5 Reflection 27.4 Parallax 32.6 21% 28.5 fps	MRender 37.1 Gravity 31.1 Splatting 24.2 24% 30.8 fps
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 22% Great: 22%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 1 Volume 487GB 114 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 247GB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 251 252 252 252 252 252 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	92.4% Outstanding	Read 703 Write 257 Mixed 179 SusWrite 252 76% 348 MB/s	4K Read 19.6 4K Write 156 4K Mixed 20.8 139% 65.5 MB/s	DQ Read 193 DQ Write 191 DQ Mixed 51.3 77% 145 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 92.4% Great: 127%
Intel Raid 1 Volume 475GB 222 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 346GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 42 42 43 45 46 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	19.5% Very poor	Read 24.3 Write 54.7 Mixed 24.5 SusWrite 43.4 27% 36.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.5 83% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 19.5% Great: 116%
Verbatim Store n Go V3 USB 3.0 16GB-$7 2,535 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 15GB free, PID 0243 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 17 22 22 22 22 18 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	9.88% Terrible	Read 24.3 Write 19 Mixed 7.8 SusWrite 20.6 23% 17.9 MB/s	4K Read 6.6 4K Write 0.1 4K Mixed 0.1 31% 2.27 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 9.88% Great: 35%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT325U7EFR8C-RD 4x2GB 178 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 4 of 8 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1867 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (37^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	80.9% Excellent	MC Read 33.5 MC Write 32.5 MC Mixed 28.4 90% 31.5 GB/s	SC Read 13.4 SC Write 11.7 SC Mixed 10.7 34% 11.9 GB/s	Latency 68.7 58% 68.7 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 80.9% Great: 96%

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System: HP Z420 Workstation

CPU
Xeon E5-1620 0Intel $345Bench 70%, 17,464 samples	1,519x
Xeon E5-1650 v2Intel $635Bench 76%, 10,921 samples	787x
Xeon E5-1620 v2Intel $345Bench 71%, 10,301 samples	697x

GPU
Quadro K2000NvidiaBench 7%, 13,526 samples	498x
Quadro K4000NvidiaBench 13%, 11,114 samples	307x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	263x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	184x
C400 RealSSD 256GBMicronBench 55%, 11,652 samples	129x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	113x

RAM
M391B5273DH0-CK0 4x4GBSamsungBench 72%, 618 samples	65x
M391B5273DH0-CK0 8x4GBSamsungBench 89%, 244 samples	58x
HMT41GU7AFR8C-RD 4x8GBHynixBench 89%, 207 samples	56x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	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 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16