HP Z420 Workstation

Performance Results


Gaming 11% Tree trunk	Desktop 70% Battleship	Workstation 10% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 75.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	7.13% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	33.3% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	HP Z420 Workstation (all builds)
Motherboard	Hewlett-Packard 1589
Memory	3.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131118
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Oct 23 '23 at 08:50
Run Duration	129 Seconds
Run User	DNK-User
Background CPU	17%

PC Performing as expected (52^nd 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 v2-$345 10,301 User benchmarks, average bench 71% CPU0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	75.1% Very good	Memory 92.2 1-Core 90.9 2-Core 183 72% 122 Pts	4-Core 314 8-Core 465 48% 390 Pts	64-Core 473 29% 473 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 75.1% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Quadro K2000 13,526 User benchmarks, average bench 7% HP(103C 094C) 2GB Ram: 2GB, Driver: 340.84 Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	7.13% Terrible	Lighting 8.2 Reflection 10.6 Parallax 11.1 7% 9.97 fps	MRender 11.7 Gravity 8.4 Splatting 9.5 8% 9.87 fps
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 7.13% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 26GB free (System drive) Firmware: 541ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 68 74 71 70 76 70 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	33.3% Below average	Read 102 Write 90.3 Mixed 96.7 SusWrite 71.6 20% 90.1 MB/s	4K Read 12.3 4K Write 47.8 4K Mixed 18.5 68% 26.2 MB/s	DQ Read 79.5 DQ Write 99.9 DQ Mixed 72.6 60% 84 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 33.3% Great: 73%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 335GB free Firmware: HP33 SusWrite @10s intervals: 146 149 149 148 148 149 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	87.1% Excellent	Read 156 Write 132 Mixed 80.9 SusWrite 148 95% 129 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.8 144% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 87.1% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M391B5173QH0-CMA 2x4GB 100 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 2 of 8 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1867 MHz clocked @ 1866 MHz Performing below potential (81^st percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	57.5% Above average	MC Read 24.1 MC Write 19.2 MC Mixed 18.9 59% 20.7 GB/s	SC Read 15 SC Write 13 SC Mixed 11.8 38% 13.3 GB/s	Latency 66.7 60% 66.7 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 57.5% Great: 62%

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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	52	25	70	0"	1680 1050	Default

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Typical Z420 Workstation Builds (Compare 5,691 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 12%

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Desktop 67%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 11%

Tree trunk

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 $80Bench 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 $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