HP Z420 Workstation

Performance Results


Gaming 86% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 75% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (39th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 61 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 67.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	123% 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	69.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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.

High background CPU (28%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

17 months ago, 17 months ago.

System	HP Z420 Workstation (all builds)
Motherboard	Hewlett-Packard 1589
Memory	57 GB free of 64 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160601
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Jan 03 '23 at 20:27
Run Duration	194 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	28%

PC Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E5-1650 0-$230 10,189 User benchmarks, average bench 73% CPU0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	67.3% Good	Memory 74 1-Core 84.1 2-Core 173 63% 110 Pts	4-Core 327 8-Core 480 50% 404 Pts	64-Core 664 41% 664 Pts
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 67.3% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 3609) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 526.47 Performing below potential (47^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	123% Outstanding	Lighting 166 Reflection 184 Parallax 173 136% 175 fps	MRender 128 Gravity 172 Splatting 121 114% 140 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MTFDDAK256MAY-1AH1ZABHA 256GB 909 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 122GB free (System drive) Firmware: M504 SusWrite @10s intervals: 245 217 217 223 183 167 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	69.7% Good	Read 398 Write 380 Mixed 283 SusWrite 209 71% 317 MB/s	4K Read 21.1 4K Write 51.2 4K Mixed 28.8 96% 33.7 MB/s	DQ Read 282 DQ Write 220 DQ Mixed 221 173% 241 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 69.7% Great: 105%
Samsung 830 128GB-$109 37,250 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 97GB free Firmware: CXM03B1Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 182 177 178 188 193 149 MB/s Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	46.3% Average	Read 233 Write 142 Mixed 174 SusWrite 178 41% 182 MB/s	4K Read 16.7 4K Write 31.8 4K Mixed 18.3 66% 22.3 MB/s	DQ Read 185 DQ Write 80.4 DQ Mixed 117 91% 127 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 46.3% Great: 76%
Kxg60znv256g NVMe TOSHIBA 256GB 4,018 User benchmarks, average bench 184% 126GB free Firmware: 10604103 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 266 258 256 273 279 285 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	74.4% Very good	Read 340 Write 275 Mixed 304 SusWrite 270 67% 297 MB/s	4K Read 25.9 4K Write 39.1 4K Mixed 30.7 99% 31.9 MB/s	DQ Read 342 DQ Write 255 DQ Mixed 296 222% 298 MB/s
Poor: 106% ↑ This bench: 74.4% Great: 242%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 909GB free Firmware: HP34 SusWrite @10s intervals: 171 179 180 180 179 179 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 174 Write 138 Mixed 83.7 SusWrite 178 105% 144 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.9 161% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 112%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 888GB free Firmware: HP34 SusWrite @10s intervals: 168 175 176 185 184 185 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 180 Write 177 Mixed 72.1 SusWrite 179 111% 152 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 1 182% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 112%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 811GB free Firmware: HP34 SusWrite @10s intervals: 163 177 177 185 187 188 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 183 Write 152 Mixed 73.9 SusWrite 179 107% 147 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 1 178% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 18KSF1G72AZ-1G6E1 Samsung M391B1G73QH0-CMA 18KSF1G72AZ-1G6E1 Samsung M391B1G73QH0-CMA Samsung M391B1G73QH0-CMA 18KSF1G72AZ-1G6E1 Samsung M391B1G73QH0-CMA 18KSF1G72AZ-1G6E1 64GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 1600, 1866, 1600, 1866, 1866, 1600, 1866, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	87.1% Excellent	MC Read 34.5 MC Write 36.7 MC Mixed 32.4 99% 34.5 GB/s	SC Read 14.1 SC Write 13 SC Mixed 11.6 37% 12.9 GB/s	Latency 92.5 43% 92.5 ns
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 87.1% Great: 85%

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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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $48