HP Z420 Workstation

Performance Results


Gaming 23% Surfboard	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 22% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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 71.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	21.4% 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	42.7% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	HP Z420 Workstation (all builds)
Motherboard	Hewlett-Packard 1589
Memory	19.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120717
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Apr 16 '21 at 02:57
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing as expected (48^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E5-2690 0 4,842 User benchmarks, average bench 71% CPU0, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	71.3% Very good	Memory 84.4 1-Core 88.5 2-Core 177 68% 117 Pts	4-Core 314 8-Core 600 54% 457 Pts	64-Core 877 54% 877 Pts
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 71.3% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Quadro K4200-$820 7,330 User benchmarks, average bench 21% Nvidia(10DE 1096) ≥ 4GB CLim: 888 MHz, MLim: 1350 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 461.92 Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	21.4% Poor	Lighting 23.6 Reflection 27.8 Parallax 35.3 19% 28.9 fps	MRender 38.9 Gravity 29.8 Splatting 27.6 26% 32.1 fps
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 21.4% Great: 22%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 480GB-$38 237,487 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 237GB free (System drive) Firmware: B1D1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 310 263 293 290 271 319 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	42.7% Average	Read 169 Write 97.8 Mixed 85.3 SusWrite 291 36% 161 MB/s	4K Read 12.7 4K Write 18.6 4K Mixed 10.3 42% 13.9 MB/s	DQ Read 14.8 DQ Write 230 DQ Mixed 127 97% 124 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 42.7% Great: 102%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$24 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 233GB free Firmware: HP73 SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 118 115 119 119 119 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	67% Good	Read 116 Write 61 Mixed 50.9 SusWrite 118 63% 86.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.7 126% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 67% Great: 88%
Kingston DataTraveler 2.0 32GB 6,329 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 9GB free, PID 1665 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 6.2 5.3 4.5 4.4 4.4 4.5 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	6.17% Terrible	Read 28.2 Write 2.7 Mixed 10.7 SusWrite 4.9 12% 11.6 MB/s	4K Read 4.3 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0.2 23% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 6.17% Great: 9%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT41GR7AFR4C-RD 4x8GB 598 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 4 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1778 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (43^rd percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	83.9% Excellent	MC Read 35.3 MC Write 33.8 MC Mixed 28.9 93% 32.7 GB/s	SC Read 15.4 SC Write 12.5 SC Mixed 11.2 37% 13 GB/s	Latency 72.7 55% 72.7 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 83.9% Great: 101%

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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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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