HP Z420 Workstation

Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (34th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 66 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 71.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	16.1% 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	51.6% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	HP Z420 Workstation (all builds)
Motherboard	Hewlett-Packard 1589
Memory	10.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140325
Uptime	35.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 31 '23 at 10:39
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing below expectations (34^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 above expectations (65^th percentile)	71.2% Very good	Memory 86.8 1-Core 96.4 2-Core 169 70% 117 Pts	4-Core 302 8-Core 448 47% 375 Pts	64-Core 440 27% 440 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 71.2% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Quadro K2200-$440 13,860 User benchmarks, average bench 16% HP(103C 1097) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1124 MHz, MLim: 1252 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 531.41 Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	16.1% Very poor	Lighting 19.8 Reflection 16.8 Parallax 19.4 16% 18.7 fps	MRender 22.8 Gravity 21.8 Splatting 15.6 16% 20.1 fps
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 16.1% Great: 17%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba HG5d Q Series 256GB-$225 3,223 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 44GB free (System drive) Firmware: HTGAN102 SusWrite @10s intervals: 166 141 155 98 99 97 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	51.6% Above average	Read 248 Write 236 Mixed 224 SusWrite 126 47% 209 MB/s	4K Read 18.5 4K Write 39.4 4K Mixed 26.9 83% 28.3 MB/s	DQ Read 182 DQ Write 164 DQ Mixed 168 127% 171 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 51.6% Great: 106%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$38 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 551GB free Firmware: HP51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 126 127 128 128 127 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	63.8% Good	Read 95 Write 96 Mixed 62.3 SusWrite 127 70% 95.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 132% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 63.8% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT351R7CFR8C-PB 4x4GB 86 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	87.1% Excellent	MC Read 31.7 MC Write 37.6 MC Mixed 32.5 97% 33.9 GB/s	SC Read 14.4 SC Write 13.9 SC Mixed 12.1 38% 13.5 GB/s	Latency 70.7 57% 70.7 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 87.1% Great: 100%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

SkillBench Score 0: 0P 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	56	32	60	40.1"	1280 720	SAM0B60 SAMSUNG

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Workstation 11%

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System: HP Z420 Workstation

CPU
Xeon E5-1620 0Intel $345Bench 70%, 17,464 samples	1,504x
Xeon E5-1650 v2Intel $635Bench 76%, 10,921 samples	782x
Xeon E5-1620 v2Intel $345Bench 71%, 10,301 samples	692x

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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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $373

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $250	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $490	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	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) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16