HP Z420 Workstation

Performance Results


Gaming 24% Surfboard	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 22% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 75.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	21% 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	87.4% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

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	5.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit farver
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20131219
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 17 '21 at 21:59
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (76^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 v2-$345 10,301 User benchmarks, average bench 71% CPU0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	75.5% Very good	Memory 92.2 1-Core 104 2-Core 179 74% 125 Pts	4-Core 319 8-Core 496 50% 407 Pts	64-Core 497 31% 497 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 75.5% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 660-$170 123,956 User benchmarks, average bench 20% EVGA(3842 2667) 3GB CLim: 1280 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 472.12 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	21% Poor	Lighting 23.7 Reflection 38.5 Parallax 32.6 19% 31.6 fps	MRender 34.5 Gravity 30.1 Splatting 26.4 24% 30.3 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 21% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
TK0120GECQL 120GB 17 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 76GB free (System drive) Firmware: HPG3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 299 303 299 312 307 298 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	87.4% Excellent	Read 353 Write 276 Mixed 283 SusWrite 303 68% 304 MB/s	4K Read 27.1 4K Write 75.2 4K Mixed 38.5 130% 46.9 MB/s	DQ Read 359 DQ Write 285 DQ Mixed 253 208% 299 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 87.4% Great: 96%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$39 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 885GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 174 177 177 179 180 175 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	99.8% Outstanding	Read 171 Write 163 Mixed 96.3 SusWrite 177 111% 152 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.2 238% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 99.8% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT325U7EFR8C-RD 4x2GB 178 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 4 of 8 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1866 MHz Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	91.7% Outstanding	MC Read 34.7 MC Write 38.7 MC Mixed 33.2 102% 35.5 GB/s	SC Read 17.2 SC Write 13.9 SC Mixed 12.8 42% 14.6 GB/s	Latency 63.8 63% 63.8 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 91.7% Great: 96%

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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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System: HP Z420 Workstation

CPU
Xeon E5-1620 0Intel $345Bench 70%, 17,464 samples	1,513x
Xeon E5-1650 v2Intel $635Bench 76%, 10,921 samples	785x
Xeon E5-1620 v2Intel $345Bench 71%, 10,301 samples	696x

GPU
Quadro K2000NvidiaBench 7%, 13,526 samples	497x
Quadro K4000NvidiaBench 13%, 11,114 samples	307x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	262x

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	58x
9JSF51272AZ-1G9E2 4x4GBMicronBench 78%, 366 samples	55x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $170	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16