HP Z420 Workstation

Performance Results


Gaming 37% Jet ski	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 33% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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 68.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	44.3% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	32.4% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	HP Z420 Workstation (all builds)
Motherboard	Hewlett-Packard 1589
Memory	20.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150209
Uptime	5.8 Days
Run Date	Sep 24 '23 at 14:39
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	PSE-User
Background CPU	16%

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PC Performing as expected (45^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 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	68.2% Good	Memory 79.8 1-Core 90.4 2-Core 177 67% 116 Pts	4-Core 306 8-Core 520 50% 413 Pts	64-Core 631 39% 631 Pts
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 68.2% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 570-$130 473,685 User benchmarks, average bench 45% Sapphire(1DA2 E353) ≥ 4GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 31.0.12027.9001 Performing below potential (44^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	44.3% Average	Lighting 54.7 Reflection 59.5 Parallax 84.5 45% 66.2 fps	MRender 59.4 Gravity 61.5 Splatting 43.7 44% 54.9 fps
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 44.3% Great: 49%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
APS-SL3N-480 480GB 709 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 45GB free (System drive) Firmware: S0424A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 11 246 183 9.4 64 3.1 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	32.4% Below average	Read 439 Write 368 Mixed 23.8 SusWrite 86.1 50% 229 MB/s	4K Read 14.4 4K Write 8.7 4K Mixed 0.7 27% 7.93 MB/s	DQ Read 92.7 DQ Write 11.7 DQ Mixed 0.8 14% 35.1 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 32.4% Great: 98%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 672GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 178 175 179 179 181 182 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	98.4% Outstanding	Read 164 Write 166 Mixed 82 SusWrite 179 108% 148 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 135% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 98.4% Great: 112%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 150GB free Firmware: 1H19 SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 112 112 107 114 114 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	61.7% Good	Read 103 Write 100 Mixed 69.7 SusWrite 112 71% 96.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 134% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 61.7% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT41GU7AFR8C-PB 4x8GB 138 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 4 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	84.7% Excellent	MC Read 33.7 MC Write 35.4 MC Mixed 30.9 95% 33.3 GB/s	SC Read 14.2 SC Write 12.2 SC Mixed 10.9 36% 12.4 GB/s	Latency 80.6 50% 80.6 ns
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 84.7% Great: 101%

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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	69	55	60	0.7"	1280 720	STD0001

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System: HP Z420 Workstation

CPU
Xeon E5-1620 0Intel $345Bench 70%, 17,464 samples	1,502x
Xeon E5-1650 v2Intel $635Bench 76%, 10,921 samples	780x
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	56x
9JSF51272AZ-1G9E2 4x4GBMicronBench 78%, 366 samples	55x

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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $373

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16