HP Z420 Workstation

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 11% Tree trunk	Desktop 58% Gunboat	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 63.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	8.83% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	HP Z420 Workstation (all builds)
Motherboard	Hewlett-Packard 1589
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130701
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 20 '21 at 20:14
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing as expected (55^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 0-$345 17,464 User benchmarks, average bench 70% CPU0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	63.7% Good	Memory 66.4 1-Core 63.9 2-Core 180 57% 104 Pts	4-Core 329 8-Core 467 50% 398 Pts	64-Core 488 30% 488 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 63.7% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
ATI FirePro V5800 (FireGL) Graphics Adapter 675 User benchmarks, average bench 9% HP(103C 2306) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	8.83% Terrible	Lighting 11.9 Reflection 11.3 Parallax 10.5 10% 11.2 fps	MRender 9.4 Gravity 9.4 Splatting 7.8 7% 8.87 fps
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 8.83% Great: 10%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$23 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 203GB free (System drive) Firmware: HPH3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 23 14 17 30 30 35 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	10.5% Very poor	Read 11.7 Write 26.7 Mixed 12 SusWrite 24.7 14% 18.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.2 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.2 44% 0.37 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 10.5% Great: 88%
WD Blue 320GB (2008)-$39 64,707 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 298GB free Firmware: 1B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 76 75 77 78 76 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	45.2% Average	Read 80.9 Write 73.2 Mixed 55.9 SusWrite 76.3 53% 71.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.9 169% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 45.2% Great: 60%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 436GB free Firmware: JC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 113 115 116 116 114 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	69.4% Good	Read 127 Write 118 Mixed 63.6 SusWrite 115 78% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1 179% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 69.4% Great: 68%
WD WD25 00JS-58NCB1 250GB 17,984 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 9GB free Firmware: 2E04 SusWrite @10s intervals: 58 56 56 57 57 57 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	32.3% Below average	Read 55.1 Write 58.2 Mixed 38.4 SusWrite 57 38% 52.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.9 155% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 32.3% Great: 35%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M391B5273DH0-CK0 4x4GB 618 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	86.6% Excellent	MC Read 32.9 MC Write 37.9 MC Mixed 32.7 99% 34.5 GB/s	SC Read 13.9 SC Write 13.2 SC Mixed 12.2 37% 13.1 GB/s	Latency 110 36% 110 ns
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 86.6% Great: 95%

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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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $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