HP Z420 Workstation

Performance Results


Gaming 72% Battleship	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (37th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 63 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 70.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	94.5% 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	128GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 128GB 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 (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

System	HP Z420 Workstation (all builds)
Motherboard	Hewlett-Packard 1589
Memory	122 GB free of 128 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191029
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 13 '23 at 00:54
Run Duration	216 Seconds
Run User	DNK-User
Background CPU	12%

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PC Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E5-2687W 0-$1,335 868 User benchmarks, average bench 74% CPU0, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.35 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	70.3% Very good	Memory 75.4 1-Core 80.3 2-Core 175 63% 110 Pts	4-Core 351 8-Core 600 58% 476 Pts	64-Core 858 53% 858 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 70.3% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$271 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% EVGA(3842 2068) CLim: 2190 MHz, MLim: 3600 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 537.58 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	94.5% Outstanding	Lighting 118 Reflection 133 Parallax 117 97% 123 fps	MRender 140 Gravity 102 Splatting 97.2 91% 113 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 94.5% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 22GB free (System drive) Firmware: 4B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 472 Write 453 Mixed 428 101% 451 MB/s	4K Read 26.8 4K Write 50.6 4K Mixed 32.9 110% 36.8 MB/s	DQ Read 325 DQ Write 251 DQ Mixed 287 215% 288 MB/s
Poor: 74% Great: 129%
Samsung 980 PRO with Heatsink 1TB 10,731 User benchmarks, average bench 376% 316GB free Firmware: 5B2QGXA7 SusWrite @10s intervals: 755 1365 1806 1703 1768 1768 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	236% Outstanding	Read 2,008 Write 1,892 Mixed 1872 SusWrite 1,528 411% 1,825 MB/s	4K Read 40.1 4K Write 60.6 4K Mixed 49.1 156% 49.9 MB/s	DQ Read 377 DQ Write 240 DQ Mixed 328 239% 315 MB/s
Poor: 236% ↑ This bench: 236% Great: 477%
Samsung 870 EVO 500GB-$64 60,851 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 349GB free Firmware: 2B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 461 473 477 476 441 347 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 487 Write 465 Mixed 440 SusWrite 446 104% 459 MB/s	4K Read 33.1 4K Write 53.7 4K Mixed 38.9 128% 41.9 MB/s	DQ Read 352 DQ Write 288 DQ Mixed 314 236% 318 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 130%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT42GR7AFR4C-PB 8x16GB 20 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 8 of 8 slots used 128GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	87.1% Excellent	MC Read 34.5 MC Write 36.2 MC Mixed 33 99% 34.6 GB/s	SC Read 14 SC Write 12.4 SC Mixed 11 36% 12.5 GB/s	Latency 89.8 45% 89.8 ns
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 87.1% Great: 102%

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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	59	60	23.8"	1920 1080	DELA0BE DELL P2415Q

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System: HP Z420 Workstation

CPU
Xeon E5-1620 0Intel $345Bench 70%, 17,464 samples	1,519x
Xeon E5-1650 v2Intel $635Bench 76%, 10,921 samples	788x
Xeon E5-1620 v2Intel $345Bench 71%, 10,301 samples	698x

GPU
Quadro K2000NvidiaBench 7%, 13,526 samples	498x
Quadro K4000NvidiaBench 13%, 11,114 samples	307x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	263x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	184x
C400 RealSSD 256GBMicronBench 55%, 11,652 samples	129x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	113x

RAM
M391B5273DH0-CK0 4x4GBSamsungBench 72%, 618 samples	65x
M391B5273DH0-CK0 8x4GBSamsungBench 89%, 244 samples	58x
HMT41GU7AFR8C-RD 4x8GBHynixBench 89%, 207 samples	56x

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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $373

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $48

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $29	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