HP Z420 Workstation

Performance Results


Gaming 75% Battleship	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 66% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (25th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 75 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 63.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	113% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	65.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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.

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Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	HP Z420 Workstation (all builds)
Motherboard	Hewlett-Packard 1589
Memory	45.7 GB free of 64 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160601
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 17 '21 at 11:40
Run Duration	192 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	30%

PC Performing below expectations (25^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, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	63.6% Good	Memory 67.1 1-Core 87.9 2-Core 178 62% 111 Pts	4-Core 323 8-Core 492 50% 408 Pts	64-Core 628 39% 628 Pts
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 63.6% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$499 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 3609) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing below potential (12^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	113% Outstanding	Lighting 148 Reflection 165 Parallax 157 120% 157 fps	MRender 120 Gravity 163 Splatting 114 107% 132 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MTFDDAK256MAY-1AH1ZABHA 256GB 909 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 50GB free (System drive) Firmware: M504 SusWrite @10s intervals: 175 159 144 144 143 137 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	65.7% Good	Read 305 Write 305 Mixed 234 SusWrite 150 56% 249 MB/s	4K Read 17.6 4K Write 58 4K Mixed 29.2 95% 34.9 MB/s	DQ Read 352 DQ Write 306 DQ Mixed 224 196% 294 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 65.7% Great: 105%
Samsung 830 128GB-$109 37,250 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 101GB free Firmware: CXM03B1Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 139 143 144 146 148 150 MB/s Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	41.8% Average	Read 184 Write 185 Mixed 165 SusWrite 145 38% 170 MB/s	4K Read 14.5 4K Write 39.7 4K Mixed 16.7 64% 23.6 MB/s	DQ Read 185 DQ Write 78.5 DQ Mixed 115 90% 126 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 41.8% Great: 76%
Kxg60znv256g NVMe TOSHIBA 256GB 4,018 User benchmarks, average bench 184% 200GB free Firmware: 10604103 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 195 205 206 210 211 215 MB/s Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	74% Very good	Read 274 Write 236 Mixed 253 SusWrite 207 54% 242 MB/s	4K Read 28.4 4K Write 50.5 4K Mixed 32.9 112% 37.3 MB/s	DQ Read 389 DQ Write 317 DQ Mixed 441 306% 382 MB/s
Poor: 106% ↑ This bench: 74% Great: 242%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 924GB free Firmware: HP34 SusWrite @10s intervals: 153 169 172 172 171 174 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	97% Outstanding	Read 170 Write 132 Mixed 81.3 SusWrite 168 101% 138 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 151% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 97% Great: 112%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 887GB free Firmware: HP34 SusWrite @10s intervals: 131 145 147 150 151 154 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	94% Outstanding	Read 182 Write 125 Mixed 76.5 SusWrite 146 97% 132 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 153% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 94% Great: 112%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 867GB free Firmware: HP34 SusWrite @10s intervals: 131 145 147 149 151 153 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	90.8% Outstanding	Read 171 Write 130 Mixed 72.8 SusWrite 146 95% 130 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.9 162% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 90.8% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 18KSF1G72AZ-1G6E1 Samsung M391B1G73QH0-CMA 18KSF1G72AZ-1G6E1 Samsung M391B1G73QH0-CMA Samsung M391B1G73QH0-CMA 18KSF1G72AZ-1G6E1 Samsung M391B1G73QH0-CMA 18KSF1G72AZ-1G6E1 64GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 1600, 1866, 1600, 1866, 1866, 1600, 1866, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	81.8% Excellent	MC Read 32 MC Write 35.3 MC Mixed 31 94% 32.8 GB/s	SC Read 11.4 SC Write 12.1 SC Mixed 9.9 32% 11.1 GB/s	Latency 108 37% 108 ns
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 81.8% Great: 85%

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Gaming 12%

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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	1,496x
Xeon E5-1650 v2Intel $635Bench 76%, 10,921 samples	772x
Xeon E5-1620 v2Intel $345Bench 71%, 10,301 samples	685x

GPU
Quadro K2000NvidiaBench 7%, 13,526 samples	494x
Quadro K4000NvidiaBench 13%, 11,114 samples	304x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	260x

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 $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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