HP Z420 Workstation

Performance Results


Gaming 30% Sail boat	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 28% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 73.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	28.6% 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	99.7% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.

Run History

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System	HP Z420 Workstation (all builds)
Motherboard	Hewlett-Packard 1589
Memory	27.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161017
Uptime	1.9 Days
Run Date	Feb 06 '23 at 19:39
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing above expectations (63^rd 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 v2-$635 10,921 User benchmarks, average bench 76% CPU0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	73.7% Very good	Memory 87.4 1-Core 90.9 2-Core 178 70% 119 Pts	4-Core 324 8-Core 557 53% 440 Pts	64-Core 700 43% 700 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 73.7% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-Ti-$59 946,701 User benchmarks, average bench 29% Gigabyte(1458 3732) CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 516.94 Performing below potential (59^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	28.6% Poor	Lighting 36.1 Reflection 40.3 Parallax 38.1 29% 38.2 fps	MRender 37.3 Gravity 37.4 Splatting 26.8 27% 33.8 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 28.6% Great: 33%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$52 296,814 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 101GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 341 302 306 300 298 296 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	99.7% Outstanding	Read 493 Write 459 Mixed 447 SusWrite 307 96% 426 MB/s	4K Read 38 4K Write 64.6 4K Mixed 46.3 151% 49.6 MB/s	DQ Read 371 DQ Write 258 DQ Mixed 330 242% 320 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 99.7% Great: 128%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 831GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 202 199 204 199 202 204 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 197 Write 165 Mixed 79.1 SusWrite 202 117% 161 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.9 171% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 18JSF51272AZ-1G9K 8x4GB 37 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 8 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1866 MHz Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	MC Read 46 MC Write 42.7 MC Mixed 41 124% 43.2 GB/s	SC Read 16.8 SC Write 13 SC Mixed 12.9 41% 14.2 GB/s	Latency 70.1 57% 70.1 ns
Poor: 85% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 139%

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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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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