HP Z420 Workstation

Performance Results


Gaming 24% Surfboard	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 22% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (36th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 64 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 71.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	21.7% 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	30% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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 (24%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	HP Z420 Workstation (all builds)
Motherboard	Hewlett-Packard 1589
Memory	17.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140325
Uptime	1.2 Days
Run Date	Mar 03 '21 at 14:36
Run Duration	147 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	24%

PC Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E5-1620 v2-$345 10,301 User benchmarks, average bench 71% CPU0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	71.3% Very good	Memory 82.3 1-Core 87.9 2-Core 197 70% 122 Pts	4-Core 326 8-Core 500 51% 413 Pts	64-Core 506 31% 506 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 71.3% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD FirePro W7000 1,338 User benchmarks, average bench 22% HP(103C 030C) ≥ 4GB Ram: 4GB, Driver: 20.Q3 Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	21.7% Poor	Lighting 26.5 Reflection 34.5 Parallax 41.3 22% 34.1 fps	MRender 28.6 Gravity 29.4 Splatting 23.2 22% 27.1 fps
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 21.7% Great: 25%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Crucial BX500 240GB-$29 142,801 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 28GB free (System drive) Firmware: R013 SusWrite @10s intervals: 310 76 6.7 70 6.8 36 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	30% Below average	Read 446 Write 388 Mixed 9.7 SusWrite 84.2 51% 232 MB/s	4K Read 15.4 4K Write 5.2 4K Mixed 0.3 26% 6.97 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 30% Great: 92%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 17GB free Firmware: 3B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 90 88 89 89 89 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	55.5% Above average	Read 104 Write 97.4 Mixed 69.1 SusWrite 89.3 66% 90 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.9 162% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 55.5% Great: 69%
Seagate ST3500630AS 500GB-$102 29,256 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 76GB free Firmware: K SusWrite @10s intervals: 54 55 55 55 55 55 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	30% Poor	Read 49 Write 50.7 Mixed 37 SusWrite 55 35% 47.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.5 112% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 30% Great: 43%
WD VelociRaptor 1TB-$268 8,165 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 184GB free Firmware: 6A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 131 132 131 139 141 141 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	79.9% Very good	Read 142 Write 142 Mixed 105 SusWrite 136 97% 131 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 4.3 4K Mixed 1.6 316% 2.43 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 79.9% Great: 117%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M391B1G73QH0-CMA Micron 18JSF1G72AZ-1G9E1 Micron 18JSF1G72AZ-1G9E1 M391B1G73QH0-CMA 32GB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 109% 1866, 1866, 1866, 1866 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (13^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	98% Outstanding	MC Read 37.6 MC Write 40.4 MC Mixed 39.7 112% 39.2 GB/s	SC Read 13.5 SC Write 10.7 SC Mixed 12.2 35% 12.1 GB/s	Latency 76.3 52% 76.3 ns
Poor: 98% ↑ This bench: 98% Great: 113%

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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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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $373

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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 $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