HP Z420 Workstation

Performance Results


Gaming 27% Raft	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 23% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	21.3% 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	76% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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	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 22:09
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (80^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 (100^th percentile)	83.5% Excellent	Memory 93.2 1-Core 108 2-Core 181 76% 127 Pts	4-Core 409 8-Core 520 59% 464 Pts	64-Core 522 32% 522 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 83.5% 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 (94^th percentile)	21.3% Poor	Lighting 23.9 Reflection 38.8 Parallax 33.1 20% 31.9 fps	MRender 34.9 Gravity 30.5 Splatting 26.8 25% 30.7 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 21.3% 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: 198 309 308 306 307 308 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	76% Very good	Read 375 Write 301 Mixed 293 SusWrite 289 71% 315 MB/s	4K Read 26.7 4K Write 79.6 4K Mixed 15.9 103% 40.7 MB/s	DQ Read 325 DQ Write 282 DQ Mixed 260 207% 289 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 76% Great: 96%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 876GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 129 177 177 179 180 175 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 181 Write 142 Mixed 95.5 SusWrite 169 108% 147 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1.2 233% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 101% 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 way above expectations (96^th percentile)	95.9% Outstanding	MC Read 35.8 MC Write 39 MC Mixed 36.7 106% 37.2 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 14.9 SC Mixed 13.4 44% 15.5 GB/s	Latency 61.6 65% 61.6 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 95.9% 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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Workstation 11%

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System: HP Z420 Workstation

CPU
Xeon E5-1620 0Intel $345Bench 70%, 17,464 samples	1,507x
Xeon E5-1650 v2Intel $635Bench 76%, 10,921 samples	782x
Xeon E5-1620 v2Intel $345Bench 71%, 10,301 samples	695x

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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	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