HP Z420 Workstation

Performance Results


Gaming 10% Tree trunk	Desktop 63% Destroyer	Workstation 10% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (40th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 60 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 66.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	1.06% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	89.7% 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	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.

High background CPU (26%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

16 months ago, 16 months ago.

System	HP Z420 Workstation (all builds)
Motherboard	Hewlett-Packard 1589
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191029
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 28 '22 at 02:09
Run Duration	174 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	26%

PC Performing as expected (40^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 below expectations (30^th percentile)	66.9% Good	Memory 80.4 1-Core 93.4 2-Core 170 67% 115 Pts	4-Core 291 8-Core 410 44% 350 Pts	64-Core 440 27% 440 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 66.9% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 5450 66,079 User benchmarks, average bench 1% Device(1545 5450) 2GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	1.06% Terrible	Lighting 1.2 Reflection 2 Parallax 1.7 1% 1.63 fps	MRender 1.9 Gravity 0.5 Splatting 1.9 1% 1.43 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 1.06% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 870 EVO 1TB-$102 129,044 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 873GB free (System drive) Firmware: SVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 392 399 400 396 404 413 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	89.7% Excellent	Read 410 Write 393 Mixed 379 SusWrite 400 89% 396 MB/s	4K Read 29.3 4K Write 54.5 4K Mixed 37.6 121% 40.5 MB/s	DQ Read 327 DQ Write 157 DQ Mixed 211 165% 232 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 89.7% Great: 137%
WDC WD20EZBX-00AYRA0 2TB 20,788 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 2TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 203 207 207 204 208 212 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	27.6% Poor	Read 191 Write 192 Mixed 95.8 SusWrite 207 38% 171 MB/s	4K Read 12.7 4K Write 9.6 4K Mixed 1.2 26% 7.83 MB/s	DQ Read 1.6 DQ Write 14 DQ Mixed 1.1 3% 5.57 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 27.6% Great: 46%
WDC WD20EZBX-00AYRA0 2TB 20,788 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 2TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 230 229 229 228 228 231 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	31.6% Below average	Read 237 Write 215 Mixed 126 SusWrite 229 45% 202 MB/s	4K Read 14.6 4K Write 9.5 4K Mixed 1.2 29% 8.43 MB/s	DQ Read 1.8 DQ Write 14.5 DQ Mixed 1.8 3% 6.03 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 31.6% Great: 46%
Hitachi HDE721010SLA330 1TB-$84 9,234 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 783GB free Firmware: ST6OA3AA SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 106 104 105 105 105 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	62.3% Good	Read 113 Write 103 Mixed 63 SusWrite 105 70% 96 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.7 122% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 62.3% Great: 63%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Nanya NT4GC72B8PG0NF-DI 4x4GB 86 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (31^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	85.3% Excellent	MC Read 31.7 MC Write 36.7 MC Mixed 31.8 96% 33.4 GB/s	SC Read 14.2 SC Write 13.3 SC Mixed 12.4 38% 13.3 GB/s	Latency 79.8 50% 79.8 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 85.3% Great: 104%

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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	1,503x
Xeon E5-1650 v2Intel $635Bench 76%, 10,921 samples	781x
Xeon E5-1620 v2Intel $345Bench 71%, 10,301 samples	691x

GPU
Quadro K2000NvidiaBench 7%, 13,526 samples	497x
Quadro K4000NvidiaBench 13%, 11,114 samples	307x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	261x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	184x
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	57x
9JSF51272AZ-1G9E2 4x4GBMicronBench 78%, 366 samples	55x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16