HP Z420 Workstation

Performance Results


Gaming 55% Yacht	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 51% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	70.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	46.5% 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.

System	HP Z420 Workstation (all builds)
Motherboard	Hewlett-Packard 1589
Memory	28.7 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 21 '21 at 01:21
Run Duration	181 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing as expected (46^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 3.1 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	72% Very good	Memory 80.3 1-Core 75.5 2-Core 152 61% 103 Pts	4-Core 343 8-Core 597 57% 470 Pts	64-Core 852 53% 852 Pts
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 72% 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: 391.35 Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	70.7% Very good	Lighting 88.8 Reflection 101 Parallax 89.5 72% 93.1 fps	MRender 88.2 Gravity 86.5 Splatting 75.4 67% 83.4 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 70.7% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SA400S37960G 960GB 56,609 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 842GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFK61F1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 240 253 200 223 251 128 MB/s Performing below potential (22^nd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	46.5% Average	Read 152 Write 98.5 Mixed 274 SusWrite 216 42% 185 MB/s	4K Read 28.3 4K Write 18.7 4K Mixed 18.8 77% 21.9 MB/s	DQ Read 162 DQ Write 19.3 DQ Mixed 34.7 40% 71.9 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 46.5% Great: 102%
Asmedia ASMT1153e 128GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 20GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 27 29 29 29 29 28 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	12.1% Very poor	Read 30.3 Write 26.3 Mixed 28.2 SusWrite 28.4 6% 28.3 MB/s	4K Read 8.4 4K Write 10.3 4K Mixed 6.9 27% 8.53 MB/s	DQ Read 21.9 DQ Write 18.6 DQ Mixed 19 15% 19.8 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 12.1% Great: 76%
WD WD10EURX 1TB-$25 53,598 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 667GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 130 129 129 129 129 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	71.1% Very good	Read 120 Write 130 Mixed 60.8 SusWrite 127 80% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1 194% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 71.1% Great: 87%
WD WD1502FYPS-01U1B1 1.5TB 643 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 1TB free Firmware: 04.01G01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 100 101 100 101 100 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	55.6% Above average	Read 95 Write 88.7 Mixed 74 SusWrite 98.6 66% 89.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 168% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 55.6% Great: 61%

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 (47^th percentile)	73.9% Very good	MC Read 30.9 MC Write 29.9 MC Mixed 25.6 82% 28.8 GB/s	SC Read 13.4 SC Write 10.4 SC Mixed 9.3 32% 11 GB/s	Latency 79.9 50% 79.9 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 73.9% Great: 106%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	6	27	7	60	61.5"	1536 960	OEM0000 42W_LCD_TV

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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 $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