HP Z420 Workstation

Performance Results


Gaming 11% Tree trunk	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	4.8% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	96.5% 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	48GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 48GB 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, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	HP Z420 Workstation (all builds)
Motherboard	Hewlett-Packard 1589
Memory	42.2 GB free of 48 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191029
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Jan 16 '22 at 22:13
Run Duration	177 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E5-2667 v2 1,324 User benchmarks, average bench 75% CPU0, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	77.8% Very good	Memory 85.7 1-Core 105 2-Core 204 76% 132 Pts	4-Core 376 8-Core 676 63% 526 Pts	64-Core 992 61% 992 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 77.8% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Quadro K620-$170 16,214 User benchmarks, average bench 11% Nvidia(10DE 1098) 2GB CLim: 1124 MHz, MLim: 450 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 511.09 Relative performance (0^th percentile)	4.8% Terrible	Lighting 5.6 Reflection 15.4 Parallax 5.8 5% 8.93 fps	MRender 6.7 Gravity 6 Splatting 6.5 5% 6.4 fps
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 4.8% Great: 11%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$76 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 396GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 335 320 289 298 300 295 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	96.5% Outstanding	Read 482 Write 451 Mixed 381 SusWrite 306 91% 405 MB/s	4K Read 37.3 4K Write 77.4 4K Mixed 35.6 143% 50.1 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 295 DQ Mixed 241 207% 306 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 96.5% Great: 129%
Seagate ST3000NM0053 3TB 816 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2.5TB free Firmware: G00A SusWrite @10s intervals: 169 166 169 170 170 170 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	97.8% Outstanding	Read 172 Write 171 Mixed 85.3 SusWrite 169 109% 149 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1.1 224% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 97.8% Great: 101%
Sandisk Extreme 55AE 1TB 51 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 931GB free Firmware: 3000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 37 37 37 37 37 37 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 9% Great: 45%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M393B1G70QH0-CMA 6x8GB 29 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 6 of 8 slots used 48GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1866 MHz Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	69.1% Good	MC Read 28.8 MC Write 23.2 MC Mixed 24.8 73% 25.6 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 14.3 SC Mixed 13.2 44% 15.2 GB/s	Latency 71.5 56% 71.5 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 69.1% Great: 105%

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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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Typical Z420 Workstation Builds (Compare 5,705 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 12%

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Desktop 67%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 11%

Tree trunk

System: HP Z420 Workstation

CPU
Xeon E5-1620 0Intel $345Bench 70%, 17,464 samples	1,505x
Xeon E5-1650 v2Intel $635Bench 76%, 10,921 samples	782x
Xeon E5-1620 v2Intel $345Bench 71%, 10,301 samples	693x

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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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $373

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $515	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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 $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16