HP Z420 Workstation

Performance Results


Gaming 45% Yacht	Desktop 67% Battle cruiser	Workstation 45% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (35th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 65 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 60.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	72% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	37.5% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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.

Run History

11 months ago, 10 months ago.

System	HP Z420 Workstation (all builds)
Motherboard	Hewlett-Packard 1589
Memory	6.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150116
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	May 29 '23 at 13:26
Run Duration	127 Seconds
Run User	EGY-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E5-2670 v2 831 User benchmarks, average bench 67% CPU0, 1 CPU, 10 cores, 20 threads Base clock 2.5 GHz, turbo 2.9 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	60.4% Good	Memory 75 1-Core 74.4 2-Core 141 58% 96.8 Pts	4-Core 248 8-Core 499 44% 373 Pts	64-Core 945 58% 945 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 60.4% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$239 428,800 User benchmarks, average bench 71% MSI(1462 C75A) CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 457.51 Performing below potential (67^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	72% Very good	Lighting 90.4 Reflection 87.4 Parallax 81.2 74% 86.3 fps	MRender 108 Gravity 79.8 Splatting 70.7 69% 86.2 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 72% Great: 76%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk PLUS 1000GB 44,528 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 759GB free (System drive) Firmware: UH4504RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 66 97 95 98 155 MB/s Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	37.5% Below average	Read 229 Write 211 Mixed 191 SusWrite 106 41% 184 MB/s	4K Read 18.2 4K Write 28.6 4K Mixed 13.3 60% 20 MB/s	DQ Read 102 DQ Write 78 DQ Mixed 32.9 40% 71.1 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 37.5% Great: 58%
WD WD5000AVDS-63U7B1 500GB 24,608 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 33GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 44 47 47 47 46 47 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	27.1% Poor	Read 48 Write 49.7 Mixed 41 SusWrite 46.4 34% 46.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.4 76% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 27.1% Great: 52%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M393B1G70BH0-CK0 2x8GB 31 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 2 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	47% Average	MC Read 20.5 MC Write 16 MC Mixed 15.3 49% 17.3 GB/s	SC Read 11.2 SC Write 10.3 SC Mixed 8.8 29% 10.1 GB/s	Latency 90.4 44% 90.4 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 47% Great: 50%

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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	1,503x
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 $79Bench 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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Total price: $373

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	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