HP Z420 Workstation

Performance Results


Gaming 53% Yacht	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 46% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	61.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	108% 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	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	HP Z420 Workstation (all builds)
Motherboard	Hewlett-Packard 1589
Memory	6.1 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191029
Uptime	10 Days
Run Date	Mar 08 '21 at 11:21
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing above expectations (66^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 v2-$635 10,921 User benchmarks, average bench 76% CPU0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	76.6% Very good	Memory 90.3 1-Core 101 2-Core 201 76% 131 Pts	4-Core 340 8-Core 518 53% 429 Pts	64-Core 717 44% 717 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 76.6% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1650S (Super)-$300 180,577 User benchmarks, average bench 59% MSI(1462 8D95) CLim: 2115 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 461.72 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	61.7% Good	Lighting 80.5 Reflection 112 Parallax 76.8 66% 89.6 fps	MRender 64.5 Gravity 74.7 Splatting 61.1 54% 66.8 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 61.7% Great: 62%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 500GB-$46 237,241 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 177GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 410 435 438 444 444 452 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 495 Write 446 Mixed 429 SusWrite 437 102% 452 MB/s	4K Read 33.3 4K Write 73.6 4K Mixed 44.7 147% 50.5 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 294 240% 340 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 125%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$23 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 36GB free Firmware: HP73 SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 110 112 110 111 111 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	48.5% Average	Read 58.7 Write 66.8 Mixed 43.6 SusWrite 110 51% 69.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.6 111% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 48.5% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT451U7AFR8C-RD 3x4GB 23 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 3 of 8 slots used 12GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1866 MHz Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	80.5% Excellent	MC Read 36.1 MC Write 28.3 MC Mixed 28.3 88% 30.9 GB/s	SC Read 15 SC Write 13 SC Mixed 12.4 38% 13.5 GB/s	Latency 66.8 60% 66.8 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 80.5% Great: 81%

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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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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 $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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