HP Z420 Workstation

Performance Results


Gaming 57% Gunboat	Desktop 68% Battle cruiser	Workstation 53% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 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 61.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	92.4% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

Run History

14 months ago, 14 months ago.

System	HP Z420 Workstation (all builds)
Motherboard	Hewlett-Packard 1589
Memory	10.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130327
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 24 '23 at 00:26
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	PAK-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (41^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E5-2670-$53 4,803 User benchmarks, average bench 67% CPU0, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 3 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	61.5% Good	Memory 71.6 1-Core 77.4 2-Core 154 59% 101 Pts	4-Core 277 8-Core 475 46% 376 Pts	64-Core 736 46% 736 Pts
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 61.5% Great: 74%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% MSI(1462 C303) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 516.40 Performing below potential (44^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	92.4% Outstanding	Lighting 116 Reflection 128 Parallax 116 95% 120 fps	MRender 92.1 Gravity 121 Splatting 108 88% 107 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 92.4% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SM841 2.5" 7mm 128GB 4,859 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 118GB free Firmware: DXM01D0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 334 331 330 329 331 329 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	76.9% Very good	Read 444 Write 341 Mixed 252 SusWrite 331 77% 342 MB/s	4K Read 22.3 4K Write 46.9 4K Mixed 24.4 90% 31.2 MB/s	DQ Read 253 DQ Write 256 DQ Mixed 112 123% 207 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 76.9% Great: 99%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$32 107,978 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 37GB free Firmware: JC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 118 108 103 118 116 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	60% Good	Read 96 Write 109 Mixed 62.9 SusWrite 113 70% 95.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 1 176% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 60% Great: 70%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$109 43,695 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 245GB free Firmware: AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 84 82 81 82 84 81 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	42.4% Average	Read 65.2 Write 64.9 Mixed 60.1 SusWrite 82.4 50% 68.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.7 136% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 42.4% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M393B1K70CH0-CH9 2x8GB 66 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 2 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	42.8% Average	MC Read 16.5 MC Write 15.5 MC Mixed 14.4 44% 15.5 GB/s	SC Read 11.3 SC Write 10.3 SC Mixed 9.2 29% 10.3 GB/s	Latency 97.7 41% 97.7 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 42.8% Great: 52%

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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	1,508x
Xeon E5-1650 v2Intel $635Bench 76%, 10,921 samples	784x
Xeon E5-1620 v2Intel $345Bench 71%, 10,301 samples	695x

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 $76Bench 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 $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i3-12100F $95	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16