HP Z420 Workstation

Performance Results


Gaming 50% Yacht	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 47% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (40th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 60 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 73.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	61.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	47.8% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

High background CPU (24%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	HP Z420 Workstation (all builds)
Motherboard	Hewlett-Packard 1589
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140325
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 02 '22 at 02:23
Run Duration	181 Seconds
Run User	ZAF-User
Background CPU	24%

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PC Performing as expected (40^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E5-2690 0 4,039 User benchmarks, average bench 72% CPU0, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 3.05 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	73.1% Very good	Memory 80.9 1-Core 64.1 2-Core 157 60% 101 Pts	4-Core 352 8-Core 634 62% 493 Pts	64-Core 933 63% 933 Pts
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 73.1% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1650S (Super)-$409 151,195 User benchmarks, average bench 60% MSI(1462 8D95) CLim: 2235 MHz, MLim: 3040 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 457.51 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	61.6% Good	Lighting 79.2 Reflection 80.1 Parallax 76.5 64% 78.6 fps	MRender 60.3 Gravity 75.2 Splatting 61.8 59% 65.8 fps
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 61.6% Great: 63%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
P3-256 256GB 2,053 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 159GB free (System drive) Firmware: H190117D SusWrite @10s intervals: 194 191 192 178 196 197 MB/s Performing below potential (23^rd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	47.8% Average	Read 243 Write 175 Mixed 186 SusWrite 191 45% 199 MB/s	4K Read 16.4 4K Write 35.2 4K Mixed 19.1 68% 23.6 MB/s	DQ Read 81.8 DQ Write 161 DQ Mixed 119 91% 121 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 47.8% Great: 96%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 486,336 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 20GB free Firmware: 18.01H18 SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 84 89 83 90 73 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	49.8% Average	Read 90.1 Write 89.1 Mixed 60.2 SusWrite 83.3 59% 80.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 142% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 49.8% Great: 70%
Hitachi Travelstar 5K750 750GB-$52 38,019 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 39GB free Firmware: JE4OA60A SusWrite @10s intervals: 16 17 18 17 17 18 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	15.5% Very poor	Read 36.9 Write 12.2 Mixed 15.7 SusWrite 17.1 15% 20.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 0.3 4K Mixed 0.4 67% 0.37 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 15.5% Great: 52%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M391B5173QH0-CMA 4x4GB 265 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1866 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (32^nd percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	77.5% Very good	MC Read 32.5 MC Write 31.2 MC Mixed 26.7 86% 30.1 GB/s	SC Read 14.1 SC Write 11.6 SC Mixed 10.9 35% 12.2 GB/s	Latency 78.8 51% 78.8 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 77.5% Great: 103%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 11: 2R 0G 1B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware.

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
11%	10%	30	13	5	60	27"	2560 1440	DELD065 DELL U2715H

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Desktop 79%

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Workstation 38%

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System: HP Z420 Workstation

CPU
Xeon E5-1620 0Intel $345Bench 73%, 15,950 samples	2,644x
Xeon E5-1620 v2Intel $345Bench 73%, 10,181 samples	1,277x
Xeon E5-1650 v2Intel $635Bench 78%, 10,151 samples	1,158x

GPU
RX 580AMD $260Bench 55%, 787,457 samples	771x
Quadro K2000NvidiaBench 8%, 12,713 samples	740x
Quadro K4000NvidiaBench 13%, 10,073 samples	449x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $33Bench 66%, 397,594 samples	318x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 106%, 758,178 samples	237x
C400 RealSSD 256GBMicronBench 55%, 11,095 samples	228x

RAM
M393B5170FH0-YH9 4x4GBSamsungBench 78%, 397 samples	254x
36KDYS1G72PZ-1G4M 2x8GBMicronBench 44%, 212 samples	175x
M391B5273DH0-CK0 4x4GBSamsungBench 72%, 604 samples	101x

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Value: 58% - Above average

Total price: $638

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $278	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $400	Crucial MX500 250GB $45
Intel Core i5-12400F $160	Nvidia RTX 3070 $500	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $200
Intel Core i7-12700K $350	Nvidia RTX 3050 $250	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $38	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $68	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $72	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $71	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $470	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16