HP Z420 Workstation

Performance Results


Gaming 56% Gunboat	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 53% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 72.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	71.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	53.7% 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

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	HP Z420 Workstation (all builds)
Motherboard	Hewlett-Packard 1589
Memory	28.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191029
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 12 '21 at 17:36
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing as expected (50^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 above expectations (69^th percentile)	72.7% Very good	Memory 83.8 1-Core 87.5 2-Core 174 68% 115 Pts	4-Core 331 8-Core 656 58% 494 Pts	64-Core 852 53% 852 Pts
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 72.7% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% PNY(196E 1511) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 461.72 Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	71.3% Very good	Lighting 89 Reflection 101 Parallax 89.6 72% 93.3 fps	MRender 89.5 Gravity 86.3 Splatting 79 69% 84.9 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 71.3% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk Z400s 2.5 7MM 128GB 973 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 38GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z2329012 SusWrite @10s intervals: 162 167 164 174 174 173 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	53.7% Above average	Read 375 Write 160 Mixed 176 SusWrite 169 49% 220 MB/s	4K Read 20.4 4K Write 48.2 4K Mixed 12.1 72% 26.9 MB/s	DQ Read 159 DQ Write 175 DQ Mixed 76.2 82% 137 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 53.7% Great: 69%
WD WD1502FYPS-01U1B1 1.5TB 643 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 1TB free Firmware: 04.01G01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 99 100 101 101 100 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	55.3% Above average	Read 93.2 Write 86.2 Mixed 63.2 SusWrite 99.2 63% 85.4 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.8 173% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 55.3% Great: 61%
Generic- SD/MMC/MS/MSPRO 8GB 41 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 7GB free, PID 0181 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 11 11 11 11 11 11 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	6.31% Terrible	Read 19.5 Write 9.5 Mixed 7.5 SusWrite 11.3 15% 11.9 MB/s	4K Read 4.3 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 16% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 6.31% Great: 10%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M393B1G70QH0-YK0 4x8GB 70 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 4 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	75.2% Very good	MC Read 31.1 MC Write 30.4 MC Mixed 25.7 83% 29.1 GB/s	SC Read 13.7 SC Write 11.7 SC Mixed 10.3 34% 11.9 GB/s	Latency 73.8 54% 73.8 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 75.2% Great: 106%

Take a copy of your results How to check your in-game FPS

System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Custom PC Builder (Explore upgrades for this PC) Build your perfect PC: compare component prices, popularity, speed and value for money

CHOOSE AN UPGRADE:

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

MBD

Typical Z420 Workstation Builds (Compare 5,656 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 12%

Tree trunk

Desktop 67%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 11%

Tree trunk

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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

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 $131	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