HP Z420 Workstation

Performance Results


Gaming 31% Sail boat	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 28% Raft


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 72.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	32.1% 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	72.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 (29%). 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, 3 years ago.

System	HP Z420 Workstation (all builds)
Motherboard	Hewlett-Packard 1589
Memory	25.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120309
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Feb 23 '21 at 13:56
Run Duration	134 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	29%

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 E5-2670-$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 way above expectations (94^th percentile)	72.5% Very good	Memory 86.6 1-Core 70.6 2-Core 158 63% 105 Pts	4-Core 316 8-Core 553 52% 435 Pts	64-Core 725 45% 725 Pts
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 72.5% Great: 74%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280X-$500 94,130 User benchmarks, average bench 35% Asus(1043 0418) 3GB CLim: 925 MHz, MLim: 1375 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 20.4.2 Performing below potential (18^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	32.1% Below average	Lighting 43.2 Reflection 33.6 Parallax 55.7 35% 44.2 fps	MRender 29.5 Gravity 45.8 Splatting 23.2 26% 32.8 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 32.1% Great: 39%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 500GB-$55 237,241 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 353GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 297 319 318 297 321 303 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	72.3% Very good	Read 350 Write 326 Mixed 331 SusWrite 309 74% 329 MB/s	4K Read 29.2 4K Write 53.3 4K Mixed 35.2 118% 39.2 MB/s	DQ Read 36.1 DQ Write 88 DQ Mixed 47.8 40% 57.3 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 72.3% Great: 125%
WD Black 640GB (2008)-$25 19,988 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 595GB free Firmware: 05.00K05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 96 99 99 99 97 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	53.9% Above average	Read 89.5 Write 89.5 Mixed 63.8 SusWrite 97.9 63% 85.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1 181% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 53.9% Great: 65%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT351U7CFR8C-PB 8x4GB 176 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 8 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	89.9% Excellent	MC Read 37.8 MC Write 36.3 MC Mixed 32.5 102% 35.5 GB/s	SC Read 14.2 SC Write 11.2 SC Mixed 10.5 34% 12 GB/s	Latency 70.8 56% 70.8 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 89.9% Great: 95%

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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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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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $15	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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