HP Z420 Workstation

Performance Results


Gaming 71% Battleship	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 64% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (14th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 86 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 69.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	98.7% 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	59.3% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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 (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	HP Z420 Workstation (all builds)
Motherboard	Hewlett-Packard 1589
Memory	18.3 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140325
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 19 '22 at 18:31
Run Duration	220 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v2-$635 10,921 User benchmarks, average bench 76% CPU0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	69.2% Good	Memory 81.8 1-Core 86.3 2-Core 160 65% 109 Pts	4-Core 306 8-Core 541 51% 423 Pts	64-Core 724 45% 724 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 69.2% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3060-$283 447,556 User benchmarks, average bench 100% EVGA(3842 3652) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3750 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 511.09 Performing below potential (38^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	98.7% Outstanding	Lighting 128 Reflection 115 Parallax 133 105% 125 fps	MRender 140 Gravity 101 Splatting 88.4 87% 110 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 98.7% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SSD 1TB 9,059 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 506GB free (System drive) Firmware: KB.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 205 229 234 219 32 32 MB/s Performing below potential (18^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	59.3% Above average	Read 211 Write 200 Mixed 208 SusWrite 158 44% 194 MB/s	4K Read 25.4 4K Write 59.7 4K Mixed 29.9 108% 38.3 MB/s	DQ Read 177 DQ Write 170 DQ Mixed 139 114% 162 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 59.3% Great: 103%
P4-480 480GB 851 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 142GB free Firmware: 124 SusWrite @10s intervals: 8.4 9.7 10 8.9 5.4 4.8 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	44.6% Average	Read 458 Write 5.7 Mixed 9.8 SusWrite 7.9 25% 120 MB/s	4K Read 48.9 4K Write 5 4K Mixed 11.2 91% 21.7 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 44.6% Great: 106%
P4-240 240GB 2,162 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 14GB free Firmware: 026 SusWrite @10s intervals: 2.8 2.7 3.2 3.9 2.7 3 MB/s Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	21.8% Poor	Read 233 Write 2.8 Mixed 5.5 SusWrite 3 13% 61 MB/s	4K Read 23.1 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 5.8 43% 10.2 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 21.8% Great: 94%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 845GB free Firmware: 1A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 138 131 135 140 141 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	67.2% Good	Read 100 Write 144 Mixed 70.8 SusWrite 134 82% 112 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 170% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 67.2% Great: 109%
Seagate Backup+ Hub BK 10TB 80 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 5TB free Firmware: D781 SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 110 113 113 113 110 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 18% Great: 102%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 459GB free Firmware: 1A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 35 40 36 34 40 33 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	47.3% Average	Read 128 Write 84.5 Mixed 68.7 SusWrite 36.5 59% 79.3 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 0.9 200% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 47.3% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT351U7EFR8C-PB HMT451U7BFR8C-PB HMT451U7BFR8C-PB HMT451U7AFR8C-PB Samsung M391B5173QH0-YK0 Samsung M391B5173QH0-YK0 24GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	75.2% Very good	MC Read 30.8 MC Write 28.5 MC Mixed 27.5 83% 28.9 GB/s	SC Read 14.4 SC Write 12.7 SC Mixed 11.6 37% 12.9 GB/s	Latency 77.2 52% 77.2 ns
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 75.2% Great: 75%

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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: 0R 2G 5B (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%	11%	64	105	1	60	31.5"	1920 1080	HPN351A HP 32 Display

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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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Total price: $373

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $239	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $139	Nvidia RTX 4070 $515	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