HP Z420 Workstation

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 67% Battle cruiser	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 78.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	5.42% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

20 months ago, 20 months ago, 20 months ago, 20 months ago, 20 months ago, 20 months ago, 20 months ago, 19 months ago.

System	HP Z420 Workstation (all builds)
Motherboard	Hewlett-Packard 1589
Memory	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140325
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 14 '22 at 12:08
Run Duration	179 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (50^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 v2-$345 10,301 User benchmarks, average bench 71% CPU0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	78.6% Very good	Memory 86.3 1-Core 98.5 2-Core 197 73% 127 Pts	4-Core 391 8-Core 509 57% 450 Pts	64-Core 512 32% 512 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 78.6% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 6670 32,193 User benchmarks, average bench 6% PwrHis(1787 2309) 2GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.200.1062.1002 Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	5.42% Terrible	Lighting 7 Reflection 6.4 Parallax 6.8 6% 6.73 fps	MRender 5 Gravity 6.5 Splatting 6.2 5% 5.9 fps
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 5.42% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD WD1600HLFS-60G6U2 160GB 3,337 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 110GB free (System drive) Firmware: 04.04V03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 75 78 81 88 95 94 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	54.4% Above average	Read 104 Write 110 Mixed 71.4 SusWrite 85.4 68% 92.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 1.3 238% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 54.4% Great: 68%
WD WD15EVDS-73V9B1 1.5TB 2,082 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 1.5TB free Firmware: 01.00A01 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 99.2 Write 93.6 Mixed 65.7 64% 86.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.5 103% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 20% Great: 54%
WD WD10EURX 1TB-$25 53,598 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 40GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 71 74 74 75 74 74 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	51.8% Above average	Read 106 Write 117 Mixed 65.9 SusWrite 73.6 67% 90.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 0.9 179% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 51.8% Great: 87%
WD WD5000AAVS-00ZTB0 500GB 13,629 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 39GB free Firmware: 01.01B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 51 48 50 50 51 50 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	28.7% Poor	Read 49.2 Write 45.2 Mixed 35.7 SusWrite 50.2 33% 45.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.7 136% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 28.7% Great: 44%
Hitachi HUA721010KLA330 1TB-$28 10,651 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 440GB free Firmware: GKAOAB0A SusWrite @10s intervals: 55 53 56 55 55 55 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	30.8% Below average	Read 51.9 Write 62 Mixed 35.7 SusWrite 54.9 38% 51.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 1 178% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 30.8% Great: 46%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M391B1G73QH0-CMA 2x8GB 200 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1866 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	65.7% Good	MC Read 26.8 MC Write 23 MC Mixed 22.8 69% 24.2 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 13.9 SC Mixed 12.4 42% 14.7 GB/s	Latency 71 56% 71 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 65.7% Great: 66%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Typical Z420 Workstation Builds (Compare 5,667 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 12%

Tree trunk

Desktop 67%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 11%

Tree trunk

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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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $373

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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