HP Z420 Workstation

Performance Results


Gaming 65% Destroyer	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 55% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (38th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 62 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 66.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	89.2% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	HP Z420 Workstation (all builds)
Motherboard	Hewlett-Packard 1589
Memory	60.2 GB free of 64 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120717
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 01 '22 at 00:52
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	CHE-User
Background CPU	15%

Watch Gameplay: 2060 + 9600K How to compare your gameplay

PC Performing below expectations (38^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 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	66.8% Good	Memory 79.2 1-Core 97.6 2-Core 189 70% 122 Pts	4-Core 294 8-Core 485 48% 390 Pts	64-Core 487 30% 487 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 66.8% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$290 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% Zotac(19DA 1527) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing below potential (43^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	89.2% Excellent	Lighting 111 Reflection 108 Parallax 109 91% 109 fps	MRender 136 Gravity 98.2 Splatting 89.9 86% 108 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 89.2% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$125 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 206GB free Firmware: EXM02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 204 399 435 458 477 479 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	96.4% Outstanding	Read 462 Write 395 Mixed 355 SusWrite 409 91% 405 MB/s	4K Read 26.8 4K Write 62.8 4K Mixed 34.6 118% 41.4 MB/s	DQ Read 390 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 346 265% 359 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 96.4% Great: 124%
Hitachi HDS721010CLA630 1TB 13,178 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 365GB free (System drive) Firmware: JP4OA41A SusWrite @10s intervals: 53 81 79 86 83 96 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	33.2% Below average	Read 36.2 Write 104 Mixed 43 SusWrite 79.6 48% 65.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.2 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.4 73% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 33.2% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M393B1G70QH0-YK0 8x8GB 40 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 8 of 8 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	89.5% Excellent	MC Read 33.3 MC Write 38.9 MC Mixed 33.6 101% 35.3 GB/s	SC Read 14.5 SC Write 13.5 SC Mixed 12.6 39% 13.5 GB/s	Latency 82.1 49% 82.1 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 89.5% Great: 97%

Take a copy of your results

System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Custom PC Builder (Explore upgrades for this PC) Build your perfect PC: compare component prices, popularity, speed and value for money

CHOOSE AN UPGRADE:

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

MBD

Typical Z420 Workstation Builds (Compare 5,710 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 12%

Tree trunk

Desktop 67%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 11%

Tree trunk

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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $373

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

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