HP Z420 Workstation

Performance Results


Gaming 23% Surfboard	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 20% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 64.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	33.3% 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	66.3% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (70%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

18 months ago, 18 months ago, 18 months ago, 18 months ago.

System	HP Z420 Workstation (all builds)
Motherboard	Hewlett-Packard 1589
Memory	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130207
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 17 '22 at 00:48
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	EGY-User
Background CPU	70%

PC Performing as expected (48^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 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	64.9% Good	Memory 81.4 1-Core 87.5 2-Core 156 65% 108 Pts	4-Core 262 8-Core 441 43% 352 Pts	64-Core 472 29% 472 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 64.9% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% MSI(1462 3201) 2GB CLim: 1443 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 516.94 Performing below potential (65^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	33.3% Below average	Lighting 42.7 Reflection 44.3 Parallax 39.8 35% 42.3 fps	MRender 37 Gravity 40.3 Splatting 35 30% 37.4 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 33.3% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Team T253X2128G 128GB 2,128 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 58GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFM61.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 255 112 70 58 122 69 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	66.3% Good	Read 449 Write 326 Mixed 327 SusWrite 114 68% 304 MB/s	4K Read 25.9 4K Write 48.7 4K Mixed 25.1 97% 33.2 MB/s	DQ Read 251 DQ Write 275 DQ Mixed 186 161% 237 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 66.3% Great: 91%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$23 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 92GB free Firmware: KC66 SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 88 88 88 87 89 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	53.9% Above average	Read 100 Write 95 Mixed 60.5 SusWrite 87.6 63% 85.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.7 124% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 53.9% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT42GR7MFR4A-PB 1x16GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 1 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	29.5% Poor	MC Read 10.2 MC Write 9.4 MC Mixed 9 27% 9.53 GB/s	SC Read 9.1 SC Write 9.5 SC Mixed 7.9 25% 8.83 GB/s	Latency 77.9 51% 77.9 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 29.5% Great: 31%

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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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Workstation 11%

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System: HP Z420 Workstation

CPU
Xeon E5-1620 0Intel $345Bench 70%, 17,464 samples	1,520x
Xeon E5-1650 v2Intel $635Bench 76%, 10,921 samples	788x
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 $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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