HP Z420 Workstation

Performance Results


Gaming 27% Raft	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 24% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 65.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	29.9% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	112% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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, 2 years ago.

System	HP Z420 Workstation (all builds)
Motherboard	Hewlett-Packard 1589
Memory	14.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191029
Uptime	5.9 Days
Run Date	Feb 23 '22 at 03:58
Run Duration	200 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing as expected (44^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 0-$230 10,189 User benchmarks, average bench 73% CPU0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	65.4% Good	Memory 80.8 1-Core 83.3 2-Core 167 65% 110 Pts	4-Core 271 8-Core 470 45% 370 Pts	64-Core 600 37% 600 Pts
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 65.4% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 480-$75 261,163 User benchmarks, average bench 46% AMD(1002 0B37) CLim: 1266 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 21.30.23.01 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	29.9% Poor	Lighting 32.3 Reflection 54.6 Parallax 38.6 26% 41.8 fps	MRender 59.9 Gravity 39.5 Splatting 39.3 37% 46.2 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 29.9% Great: 53%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 570GB 18 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 190GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 518 490 544 534 508 517 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 895 Write 648 Mixed 374 SusWrite 519 136% 609 MB/s	4K Read 23.8 4K Write 46.9 4K Mixed 26.1 94% 32.3 MB/s	DQ Read 367 DQ Write 318 DQ Mixed 340 256% 342 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 124%
Intel S3500 Series 800GB-$299 340 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 403GB free Firmware: 0370 SusWrite @10s intervals: 221 236 233 235 238 238 MB/s Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	65.7% Good	Read 222 Write 238 Mixed 200 SusWrite 234 50% 223 MB/s	4K Read 25.8 4K Write 58.3 4K Mixed 32.1 111% 38.7 MB/s	DQ Read 193 DQ Write 173 DQ Mixed 187 139% 184 MB/s
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 65.7% Great: 100%
Seagate IronWolf 6TB (2017)-$121 553 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2TB free Firmware: SC60 SusWrite @10s intervals: 156 167 167 166 166 161 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 56% Great: 110%
Seagate Expansion Desk 5TB 1,232 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 922GB free, PID 3322 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 100 100 101 102 100 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	67.1% Good	Read 69.3 Write 90.9 Mixed 59.7 SusWrite 99.1 112% 79.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 11.5 4K Mixed 0.7 417% 4.23 MB/s	DQ Read 0.4 DQ Write 13.2 DQ Mixed 0.9 481% 4.83 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 67.1% Great: 76%
Generic STORAGE DEVICE 498GB 408GB free, PID 0747 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 66 34 22 18 18 18 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	32.6% Below average	Read 79.7 Write 53.8 Mixed 69.7 SusWrite 29.4 75% 58.1 MB/s	4K Read 9.8 4K Write 4 4K Mixed 4.6 329% 6.13 MB/s

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M393B5170EH1-CH9 8x4GB 138 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 8 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	80.6% Excellent	MC Read 32.2 MC Write 32.7 MC Mixed 29.8 90% 31.6 GB/s	SC Read 13.5 SC Write 11.4 SC Mixed 11.2 34% 12 GB/s	Latency 79 51% 79 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 80.6% Great: 86%

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System: HP Z420 Workstation

CPU
Xeon E5-1620 0Intel $345Bench 70%, 17,464 samples	1,508x
Xeon E5-1650 v2Intel $635Bench 76%, 10,921 samples	784x
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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i3-12100F $95	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	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