HP Z420 Workstation

Performance Results


Gaming 89% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 71% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 71.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	121% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	59.2% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

17 months ago, 16 months ago, 16 months ago, 16 months ago.

System	HP Z420 Workstation (all builds)
Motherboard	Hewlett-Packard 1589
Memory	3.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130701
Uptime	6.2 Days
Run Date	Nov 26 '22 at 14:23
Run Duration	126 Seconds
Run User	LTU-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing as expected (49^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 above expectations (73^rd percentile)	71.9% Very good	Memory 90.2 1-Core 94.9 2-Core 173 71% 119 Pts	4-Core 292 8-Core 410 44% 351 Pts	64-Core 439 27% 439 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 71.9% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 6700-XT-$480 20,231 User benchmarks, average bench 122% XFX(1EAE 6601) ≥ 4GB Ram: 12GB, Driver: 22.20.27.07 Performing below potential (37^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	121% Outstanding	Lighting 133 Reflection 135 Parallax 306 108% 191 fps	MRender 245 Gravity 147 Splatting 199 161% 197 fps
Poor: 113% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 129%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel SSDSCKJF180A5L 180GB 327 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 48GB free (System drive) Firmware: LTVi SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 134 169 141 175 154 MB/s Performing below potential (29^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	59.2% Above average	Read 197 Write 152 Mixed 198 SusWrite 148 39% 174 MB/s	4K Read 27.8 4K Write 55.5 4K Mixed 31.3 112% 38.2 MB/s	DQ Read 191 DQ Write 159 DQ Mixed 118 104% 156 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 59.2% Great: 82%
Jmicron Generic 180GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 24GB free Firmware: 0209 SusWrite @10s intervals: 28 30 30 30 30 30 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 17% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT325U7EFR8C-PB 4x2GB 122 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 4 of 8 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	78% Very good	MC Read 28.6 MC Write 33 MC Mixed 27.7 85% 29.8 GB/s	SC Read 14.4 SC Write 14.2 SC Mixed 12.3 39% 13.6 GB/s	Latency 66.9 60% 66.9 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 78% Great: 86%

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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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Gaming 12%

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Desktop 67%

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Workstation 11%

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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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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 $179	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