HP Z420 Workstation

Performance Results


Gaming 27% Raft	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 24% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 74.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	30.4% 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	63.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 10 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Run History

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

System	HP Z420 Workstation (all builds)
Motherboard	Hewlett-Packard 1589
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20150527
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 30 '22 at 08:53
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing as expected (53^rd 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 Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	74.9% Very good	Memory 81.9 1-Core 92.1 2-Core 183 69% 119 Pts	4-Core 366 8-Core 577 58% 472 Pts	64-Core 694 43% 694 Pts
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 74.9% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280-$185 33,175 User benchmarks, average bench 30% Sapphire(174B A003) CLim: 940 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 21.5.1 Performing below potential (67^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	30.4% Below average	Lighting 40.5 Reflection 34.6 Parallax 53.3 33% 42.8 fps	MRender 30.3 Gravity 41.6 Splatting 23.8 25% 31.9 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 30.4% Great: 34%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 105GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFK61K1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 377 138 62 63 63 62 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	63.7% Good	Read 448 Write 276 Mixed 300 SusWrite 128 64% 288 MB/s	4K Read 27.4 4K Write 54.8 4K Mixed 21.4 98% 34.5 MB/s	DQ Read 146 DQ Write 246 DQ Mixed 26.8 68% 139 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 63.7% Great: 100%
Nvme Patriot M.2 P300 256GB 96 User benchmarks, average bench 159% 231GB free Firmware: EDFM Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 739 804 410 315 316 317 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	121% Outstanding	Read 767 Write 514 Mixed 626 SusWrite 483 134% 597 MB/s	4K Read 20.9 4K Write 68.6 4K Mixed 36.4 115% 42 MB/s	DQ Read 574 DQ Write 530 DQ Mixed 609 441% 571 MB/s
Poor: 96% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 198%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$23 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 460GB free Firmware: HP74 SusWrite @10s intervals: 130 130 126 130 130 130 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	75.9% Very good	Read 135 Write 88.3 Mixed 69.5 SusWrite 129 78% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.8 138% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 75.9% Great: 88%
Hitachi HUS724030AL 3TB 50 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 1.5TB free Firmware: AA70 SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 93 92 93 92 94 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile)	38.8% Below average	Read 42 Write 125 Mixed 46.5 SusWrite 92.6 56% 76.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.4 106% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 38.8% Great: 99%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M393B1G73QH0-CMA 2x8GB 18 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1866 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (18^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	52.2% Above average	MC Read 20.6 MC Write 18.1 MC Mixed 17.6 54% 18.8 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 12.5 SC Mixed 10.5 36% 12.6 GB/s	Latency 77 52% 77 ns
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 52.2% Great: 66%

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Gaming 12%

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Desktop 67%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 11%

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System: HP Z420 Workstation

CPU
Xeon E5-1620 0Intel $345Bench 70%, 17,464 samples	1,519x
Xeon E5-1650 v2Intel $635Bench 76%, 10,921 samples	787x
Xeon E5-1620 v2Intel $345Bench 71%, 10,301 samples	698x

GPU
Quadro K2000NvidiaBench 7%, 13,526 samples	498x
Quadro K4000NvidiaBench 13%, 11,114 samples	307x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	263x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	184x
C400 RealSSD 256GBMicronBench 55%, 11,652 samples	129x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	113x

RAM
M391B5273DH0-CK0 4x4GBSamsungBench 72%, 618 samples	65x
M391B5273DH0-CK0 8x4GBSamsungBench 89%, 244 samples	58x
HMT41GU7AFR8C-RD 4x8GBHynixBench 89%, 207 samples	56x

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Total price: $373

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $29	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