HP Z420 Workstation

Performance Results


Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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 76%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	92% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	84.6% 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 (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

12 months ago, 6 months ago, 6 months ago, 6 months ago, 6 months ago, 6 months ago, 6 months ago, 6 months ago, 6 months ago, 6 months ago, 6 months ago, 6 months ago, 5 months ago, 5 months ago, 5 months ago, 5 months ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	HP Z420 Workstation (all builds)
Motherboard	Hewlett-Packard 1589
Memory	7.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191029
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 02 '23 at 19:14
Run Duration	170 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	19%

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PC Performing as expected (48^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 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	76% Very good	Memory 88.6 1-Core 88 2-Core 174 69% 117 Pts	4-Core 343 8-Core 563 55% 453 Pts	64-Core 801 50% 801 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 76% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$290 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% MSI(1462 3755) CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 545.92 Performing below potential (72^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	92% Outstanding	Lighting 116 Reflection 166 Parallax 112 94% 131 fps	MRender 137 Gravity 99.8 Splatting 92.9 88% 110 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 92% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$52 296,814 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 39GB free (System drive) Firmware: 4B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 278 255 255 243 231 221 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	84.6% Excellent	Read 475 Write 452 Mixed 426 SusWrite 247 90% 400 MB/s	4K Read 34 4K Write 62.2 4K Mixed 25.2 117% 40.5 MB/s	DQ Read 387 DQ Write 319 DQ Mixed 222 202% 309 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 84.6% Great: 128%
Samsung 870 EVO 1TB-$105 129,044 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 858GB free Firmware: SVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 201 228 268 275 275 276 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	83% Excellent	Read 379 Write 271 Mixed 299 SusWrite 254 67% 301 MB/s	4K Read 33.4 4K Write 59.5 4K Mixed 43.2 138% 45.4 MB/s	DQ Read 222 DQ Write 188 DQ Mixed 209 156% 206 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 83% Great: 137%
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$52 296,814 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 233GB free Firmware: 4B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 314 362 438 324 293 294 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	99% Outstanding	Read 435 Write 445 Mixed 439 SusWrite 338 93% 414 MB/s	4K Read 35.7 4K Write 62.8 4K Mixed 43.8 144% 47.4 MB/s	DQ Read 389 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 360 272% 364 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 99% Great: 128%
Seagate Video SV35.6 Series 2TB-$121 12,330 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 1.5TB free Firmware: CV26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 164 176 200 199 197 200 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 204 Write 177 Mixed 85.3 SusWrite 189 120% 164 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.9 159% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M393B5170GB0-CK0 4x4GB 42 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (31^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	88.7% Excellent	MC Read 36.1 MC Write 36.5 MC Mixed 32 100% 34.9 GB/s	SC Read 14 SC Write 12.1 SC Mixed 11.9 36% 12.7 GB/s	Latency 72.5 55% 72.5 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 88.7% Great: 115%

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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	70	58	165	28.4"	1280 720	SNC3206 G32-001 SKP

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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	1,507x
Xeon E5-1650 v2Intel $635Bench 76%, 10,921 samples	782x
Xeon E5-1620 v2Intel $345Bench 71%, 10,301 samples	695x

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 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	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