HP Z420 Workstation

Performance Results


Gaming 51% Yacht	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 51% 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 64.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	68.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	100% 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

8 months ago, 8 months ago, 7 months ago.

System	HP Z420 Workstation (all builds)
Motherboard	Hewlett-Packard 1589
Memory	27.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150209
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 06 '23 at 22:39
Run Duration	248 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	6%

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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 E5-2697 v2 1,265 User benchmarks, average bench 69% CPU0, 1 CPU, 12 cores, 24 threads Base clock 2.7 GHz, turbo 2.7 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	64.5% Good	Memory 76.4 1-Core 71.2 2-Core 142 58% 96.5 Pts	4-Core 283 8-Core 555 50% 419 Pts	64-Core 1,075 66% 1,075 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 64.5% Great: 75%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-Ti-$441 357,946 User benchmarks, average bench 156% Asus(1043 866A) CLim: 2280 MHz, MLim: 3729 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 537.13 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	68.1% Good	Lighting 13.2 Reflection 203 Parallax 251 11% 156 fps	MRender 267 Gravity 238 Splatting 173 180% 226 fps
Poor: 128% ↑ This bench: 68.1% Great: 174%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 870 EVO 1TB-$105 129,044 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 171GB free (System drive) Firmware: SVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 428 420 410 422 423 412 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	Read 460 Write 437 Mixed 422 SusWrite 419 98% 435 MB/s	4K Read 33.5 4K Write 50 4K Mixed 39.7 128% 41.1 MB/s	DQ Read 387 DQ Write 339 DQ Mixed 348 265% 358 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 137%
Samsung 870 EVO 1TB-$105 129,044 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 50GB free Firmware: SVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 432 433 434 429 404 418 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 462 Write 439 Mixed 427 SusWrite 425 99% 438 MB/s	4K Read 33.6 4K Write 50.7 4K Mixed 39.7 129% 41.3 MB/s	DQ Read 390 DQ Write 337 DQ Mixed 269 227% 332 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 137%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M391B1G73BH0-CK0 4x8GB 170 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 4 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	95.1% Outstanding	MC Read 43.2 MC Write 36.9 MC Mixed 36.3 111% 38.8 GB/s	SC Read 10.8 SC Write 8.1 SC Mixed 8.7 26% 9.2 GB/s	Latency 87.8 46% 87.8 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 95.1% Great: 92%

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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	71	60	144	27"	2560 1377	AUS2722 VG27A

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System: HP Z420 Workstation

CPU
Xeon E5-1620 0Intel $345Bench 70%, 17,464 samples	1,506x
Xeon E5-1650 v2Intel $635Bench 76%, 10,921 samples	782x
Xeon E5-1620 v2Intel $345Bench 71%, 10,301 samples	694x

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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $160	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16