HP Z420 Workstation

Performance Results


Gaming 22% Surfboard	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 21% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 64.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	23.5% 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	95.1% 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	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.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	HP Z420 Workstation (all builds)
Motherboard	Hewlett-Packard 1589
Memory	10 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191029
Uptime	2 Days
Run Date	May 07 '21 at 20:28
Run Duration	132 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E5-2665 0 1,061 User benchmarks, average bench 67% CPU0, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 2.4 GHz, turbo 2.85 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	64.6% Good	Memory 79.6 1-Core 77.9 2-Core 156 62% 104 Pts	4-Core 269 8-Core 486 45% 378 Pts	64-Core 745 46% 745 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 64.6% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 560-$500 60,738 User benchmarks, average bench 22% MSI(1462 8A91) CLim: 1256 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 21.3.1 Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	23.5% Poor	Lighting 29.5 Reflection 28.7 Parallax 45.5 24% 34.6 fps	MRender 28.2 Gravity 32.4 Splatting 23.4 22% 28 fps
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 23.5% Great: 25%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 245GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 304 305 303 305 301 301 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	95.1% Outstanding	Read 475 Write 451 Mixed 437 SusWrite 303 94% 417 MB/s	4K Read 29.5 4K Write 69.5 4K Mixed 40.2 133% 46.4 MB/s	DQ Read 388 DQ Write 334 DQ Mixed 354 267% 359 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 95.1% Great: 129%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 244GB free Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 304 306 305 306 301 302 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	97% Outstanding	Read 469 Write 454 Mixed 400 SusWrite 304 91% 406 MB/s	4K Read 31.3 4K Write 69.8 4K Mixed 43.1 140% 48.1 MB/s	DQ Read 387 DQ Write 332 DQ Mixed 356 268% 358 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 97% Great: 129%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M391B5173QH0-CMA 4x4GB 274 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1866 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (28^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	75.4% Very good	MC Read 32.1 MC Write 29.7 MC Mixed 26.5 84% 29.4 GB/s	SC Read 13.3 SC Write 11 SC Mixed 10.1 33% 11.5 GB/s	Latency 81.3 49% 81.3 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 75.4% Great: 103%

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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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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