HP Z420 Workstation

Performance Results


Gaming 73% Battleship	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 60% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 67%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	104% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	81.1% 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	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 (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	HP Z420 Workstation (all builds)
Motherboard	Hewlett-Packard 1589
Memory	11.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131118
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 19 '23 at 07:18
Run Duration	134 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing as expected (50^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 below expectations (30^th percentile)	67% Good	Memory 82.8 1-Core 95.4 2-Core 189 71% 122 Pts	4-Core 278 8-Core 424 44% 351 Pts	64-Core 430 27% 430 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 67% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3060-$255 447,556 User benchmarks, average bench 100% MSI(1462 397D) CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3750 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 545.84 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	104% Outstanding	Lighting 138 Reflection 128 Parallax 124 113% 130 fps	MRender 142 Gravity 100 Splatting 96.4 90% 113 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 525GB-$150 105,037 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 348GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR060 SusWrite @10s intervals: 247 389 417 252 255 253 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	81.1% Excellent	Read 451 Write 458 Mixed 381 SusWrite 302 90% 398 MB/s	4K Read 23 4K Write 58.2 4K Mixed 31.9 106% 37.7 MB/s	DQ Read 263 DQ Write 252 DQ Mixed 288 208% 267 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 81.1% Great: 99%
Crucial MX500 2TB-$155 44,787 User benchmarks, average bench 108% 1.5TB free Firmware: M3CR046 SusWrite @10s intervals: 241 363 434 440 449 445 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	97.7% Outstanding	Read 351 Write 419 Mixed 383 SusWrite 395 88% 387 MB/s	4K Read 33.7 4K Write 66.1 4K Mixed 45.7 145% 48.5 MB/s	DQ Read 324 DQ Write 311 DQ Mixed 158 162% 264 MB/s
Poor: 83% ↑ This bench: 97.7% Great: 125%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9965432-082.A00LF 4x4GB 50 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	76.1% Very good	MC Read 28 MC Write 32.5 MC Mixed 27.3 84% 29.3 GB/s	SC Read 14.4 SC Write 13.7 SC Mixed 11.6 38% 13.2 GB/s	Latency 77 52% 77 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 76.1% Great: 89%

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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	29.5"	1280 720	SPT0C0D C305W-2560UN

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Gaming 12%

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Desktop 67%

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Workstation 11%

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System: HP Z420 Workstation

CPU
Xeon E5-1620 0Intel $345Bench 70%, 17,464 samples	1,501x
Xeon E5-1650 v2Intel $635Bench 76%, 10,921 samples	780x
Xeon E5-1620 v2Intel $345Bench 71%, 10,301 samples	689x

GPU
Quadro K2000NvidiaBench 7%, 13,526 samples	496x
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 $75Bench 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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16