HP Z420 Workstation

Performance Results


Gaming 60% Destroyer	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 51% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (37th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 63 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 69.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	78.6% 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	81.5% 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	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

23 months ago, 23 months ago, 23 months ago, 23 months ago, 23 months ago, 23 months ago, 23 months ago, 23 months ago, 23 months ago.

System	HP Z420 Workstation (all builds)
Motherboard	Hewlett-Packard 1589
Memory	29.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130207
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Jul 01 '22 at 03:42
Run Duration	140 Seconds
Run User	NZL-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E5-1620 0-$345 17,464 User benchmarks, average bench 70% CPU0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	69.3% Good	Memory 83.5 1-Core 98.7 2-Core 141 66% 108 Pts	4-Core 298 8-Core 489 48% 393 Pts	64-Core 488 30% 488 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 69.3% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$278 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 5173) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 516.59 Performing below potential (50^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	78.6% Very good	Lighting 96.2 Reflection 109 Parallax 111 78% 105 fps	MRender 94.3 Gravity 97.3 Splatting 97.3 79% 96.3 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 78.6% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 870 EVO 500GB-$65 60,851 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 183GB free (System drive) Firmware: SVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 200 333 354 357 352 358 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	81.5% Excellent	Read 389 Write 369 Mixed 335 SusWrite 326 80% 355 MB/s	4K Read 29.9 4K Write 70.8 4K Mixed 41.4 136% 47.4 MB/s	DQ Read 43.4 DQ Write 113 DQ Mixed 57.4 50% 71.2 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 81.5% Great: 130%
WD Red 2TB (2012)-$82 64,359 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 844GB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 115 116 115 116 115 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	64.8% Good	Read 113 Write 110 Mixed 77.4 SusWrite 112 76% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.9 172% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 64.8% Great: 86%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT351U7CFR8C-PB Samsung M391B5273DH0-CK0 HMT351U7CFR8C-PB Samsung M391B5273DH0-CK0 Samsung M391B5273DH0-CK0 HMT351U7CFR8C-PB Samsung M391B5273DH0-CK0 HMT351U7C... 32GB 15 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (33^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	91.3% Outstanding	MC Read 33.9 MC Write 39.3 MC Mixed 33.8 102% 35.7 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 14.3 SC Mixed 13.4 42% 14.6 GB/s	Latency 74.3 54% 74.3 ns
Poor: 84% ↑ This bench: 91.3% Great: 99%

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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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System: HP Z420 Workstation

CPU
Xeon E5-1620 0Intel $345Bench 70%, 17,464 samples	1,521x
Xeon E5-1650 v2Intel $635Bench 76%, 10,921 samples	789x
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	185x
C400 RealSSD 256GBMicronBench 55%, 11,652 samples	129x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 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 $290	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $145
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $89
Intel Core i5-13600K $249	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $369