HP Z420 Workstation

Performance Results


Gaming 30% Sail boat	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 27% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 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 73.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	29.8% 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	43.2% 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	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

System	HP Z420 Workstation (all builds)
Motherboard	Hewlett-Packard 1589
Memory	11.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161017
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	May 08 '22 at 15:00
Run Duration	198 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing as expected (43^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 v2-$635 10,921 User benchmarks, average bench 76% CPU0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	73.9% Very good	Memory 81.8 1-Core 96.7 2-Core 189 71% 122 Pts	4-Core 356 8-Core 545 56% 450 Pts	64-Core 684 42% 684 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 73.9% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% HP(103C 2B57) 2GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 457.51 Performing below potential (16^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	29.8% Poor	Lighting 38 Reflection 41 Parallax 40 31% 39.7 fps	MRender 33.3 Gravity 36.3 Splatting 31.9 28% 33.8 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 29.8% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX500 120GB-$15 37,154 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 64GB free (System drive) Firmware: R013 SusWrite @10s intervals: 352 40 38 38 38 29 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	43.2% Average	Read 457 Write 406 Mixed 15.9 SusWrite 89.2 53% 242 MB/s	4K Read 28 4K Write 23.8 4K Mixed 1.1 56% 17.6 MB/s	DQ Read 179 DQ Write 17.8 DQ Mixed 11.7 30% 69.4 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 43.2% Great: 86%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 29GB free Firmware: CC4C SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 120 116 130 119 123 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 51% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC46 SusWrite @10s intervals: 139 160 141 141 141 163 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	86.4% Excellent	Read 154 Write 117 Mixed 76 SusWrite 148 90% 124 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.4 96% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 86.4% Great: 113%
WD Elements 25A3 14TB 1,201 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 421GB free, PID 25a3 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 144 146 145 142 143 143 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	83.7% Excellent	Read 189 Write 193 Mixed 166 SusWrite 144 233% 173 MB/s	4K Read 9.8 4K Write 7.4 4K Mixed 1.5 339% 6.23 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 83.7% Great: 103%
WD My Passport 259D 2TB 3,839 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 522GB free, PID 259d Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 74 74 74 74 74 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	32.8% Below average	Read 74.3 Write 75.3 Mixed 48 SusWrite 73.8 92% 67.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 94% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 32.8% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M391B5173QH0-CMA 4x4GB 274 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1866 MHz Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	96.2% Outstanding	MC Read 41.2 MC Write 37.3 MC Mixed 36.2 109% 38.2 GB/s	SC Read 14.5 SC Write 13 SC Mixed 11.7 37% 13.1 GB/s	Latency 77.2 52% 77.2 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 96.2% Great: 103%

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System: HP Z420 Workstation

CPU
Xeon E5-1620 0Intel $345Bench 70%, 17,464 samples	1,499x
Xeon E5-1650 v2Intel $635Bench 76%, 10,921 samples	772x
Xeon E5-1620 v2Intel $345Bench 71%, 10,301 samples	686x

GPU
Quadro K2000NvidiaBench 7%, 13,526 samples	495x
Quadro K4000NvidiaBench 13%, 11,114 samples	304x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	261x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	183x
C400 RealSSD 256GBMicronBench 55%, 11,652 samples	128x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	112x

RAM
M391B5273DH0-CK0 4x4GBSamsungBench 72%, 618 samples	65x
M391B5273DH0-CK0 8x4GBSamsungBench 89%, 244 samples	56x
9JSF51272AZ-1G9E2 4x4GBMicronBench 78%, 366 samples	55x

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Total price: $373

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16