HP Z420 Workstation

Performance Results


Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 70% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 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 71.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	105% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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, 2 years ago.

System	HP Z420 Workstation (all builds)
Motherboard	Hewlett-Packard 1589
Memory	15.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191029
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 26 '21 at 02:05
Run Duration	249 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E5-1650 0-$230 10,189 User benchmarks, average bench 73% CPU0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	71.5% Very good	Memory 84.7 1-Core 94.5 2-Core 168 69% 116 Pts	4-Core 315 8-Core 534 52% 424 Pts	64-Core 678 42% 678 Pts
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 71.5% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% Gigabyte(1458 37C2) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing below potential (60^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	105% Outstanding	Lighting 128 Reflection 116 Parallax 129 105% 124 fps	MRender 179 Gravity 124 Splatting 105 108% 136 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Nvme INTEL SSDPEDMX02 2TB 22 User benchmarks, average bench 167% 900GB free Firmware: 0291 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 846 804 963 1109 1094 1086 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	132% Outstanding	Read 396 Write 1,373 Mixed 528 SusWrite 984 188% 820 MB/s	4K Read 18 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 28.5 119% 50.5 MB/s	DQ Read 450 DQ Write 469 DQ Mixed 335 286% 418 MB/s
Poor: 92% ↑ This bench: 132% Great: 246%
Samsung 840 Evo 1TB-$199 23,857 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 262GB free (System drive) Firmware: DB6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 4,779 Write 4,407 Mixed 4,542 1,022% 4,576 MB/s	4K Read 261 4K Write 140 4K Mixed 160 674% 187 MB/s	DQ Read 434 DQ Write 334 DQ Mixed 365 278% 378 MB/s
Poor: 78% Great: 126%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$37 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: HP33 SusWrite @10s intervals: 155 164 164 166 164 164 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	91.1% Outstanding	Read 155 Write 109 Mixed 89.7 SusWrite 163 95% 129 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.7 133% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 91.1% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$37 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 942GB free Firmware: HP33 SusWrite @10s intervals: 132 133 134 136 135 137 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	66.7% Good	Read 98.2 Write 67.3 Mixed 62.2 SusWrite 135 66% 90.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.6 117% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 66.7% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M391B5273DH0-CK0 8x4GB 244 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 8 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	91.3% Outstanding	MC Read 37.9 MC Write 36.5 MC Mixed 33.5 103% 36 GB/s	SC Read 14.4 SC Write 12.9 SC Mixed 11.9 37% 13.1 GB/s	Latency 72.3 55% 72.3 ns
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 91.3% Great: 96%

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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	1,520x
Xeon E5-1650 v2Intel $635Bench 76%, 10,921 samples	788x
Xeon E5-1620 v2Intel $345Bench 71%, 10,301 samples	698x

GPU
Quadro K2000NvidiaBench 7%, 13,526 samples	498x
Quadro K4000NvidiaBench 13%, 11,114 samples	307x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	263x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	184x
C400 RealSSD 256GBMicronBench 55%, 11,652 samples	129x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	113x

RAM
M391B5273DH0-CK0 4x4GBSamsungBench 72%, 618 samples	65x
M391B5273DH0-CK0 8x4GBSamsungBench 89%, 244 samples	58x
HMT41GU7AFR8C-RD 4x8GBHynixBench 89%, 207 samples	56x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $48