HP Z420 Workstation

Performance Results


Gaming 50% Yacht	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 42% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (39th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 61 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 68.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	68.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	48.9% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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.

Very high background CPU (61%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	HP Z420 Workstation (all builds)
Motherboard	Hewlett-Packard 1589
Memory	18.2 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190613
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Sep 25 '21 at 20:41
Run Duration	171 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	61%

PC Performing below expectations (39^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 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	68.7% Good	Memory 76.2 1-Core 91.1 2-Core 197 68% 121 Pts	4-Core 337 8-Core 444 50% 391 Pts	64-Core 492 30% 492 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 68.7% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Quadro P4000 12,628 User benchmarks, average bench 67% HP(103C 11A3) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1708 MHz, MLim: 1901 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 461.09 Performing below potential (74^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	68.2% Good	Lighting 80.2 Reflection 92.2 Parallax 93.8 65% 88.7 fps	MRender 87.5 Gravity 87.2 Splatting 93.9 74% 89.5 fps
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 68.2% Great: 70%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Micron C400 RealSSD 256GB 11,652 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 105GB free (System drive) Firmware: 070H SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 168 161 165 148 153 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	48.9% Average	Read 365 Write 186 Mixed 234 SusWrite 154 52% 235 MB/s	4K Read 16.6 4K Write 46.9 4K Mixed 13.8 68% 25.8 MB/s	DQ Read 110 DQ Write 103 DQ Mixed 23.8 41% 79 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 48.9% Great: 69%
Micron C400 RealSSD 256GB 11,652 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 8GB free Firmware: 070H Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 366 Write 201 Mixed 236 59% 268 MB/s	4K Read 18.2 4K Write 52.3 4K Mixed 14.1 73% 28.2 MB/s	DQ Read 116 DQ Write 109 DQ Mixed 24 42% 82.7 MB/s
Poor: 41% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M391B5273DH0-CK0 6x4GB 16 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 6 of 8 slots used 24GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (13^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	62.5% Good	MC Read 24.8 MC Write 22.2 MC Mixed 23 67% 23.3 GB/s	SC Read 14.8 SC Write 14.1 SC Mixed 12 39% 13.6 GB/s	Latency 88 46% 88 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 62.5% Great: 90%

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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%	0	9	7	60	24.1"	1280 720	HWP301E HP LA2405x

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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	1,503x
Xeon E5-1650 v2Intel $635Bench 76%, 10,921 samples	781x
Xeon E5-1620 v2Intel $345Bench 71%, 10,301 samples	691x

GPU
Quadro K2000NvidiaBench 7%, 13,526 samples	497x
Quadro K4000NvidiaBench 13%, 11,114 samples	307x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	261x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	184x
C400 RealSSD 256GBMicronBench 55%, 11,652 samples	128x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	112x

RAM
M391B5273DH0-CK0 4x4GBSamsungBench 72%, 618 samples	65x
M391B5273DH0-CK0 8x4GBSamsungBench 89%, 244 samples	57x
9JSF51272AZ-1G9E2 4x4GBMicronBench 78%, 366 samples	55x

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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $373

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16