HP Z420 Workstation

Performance Results


Gaming 76% Battleship	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 70% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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 74%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	96.1% 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	88.7% 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.

Run History

11 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, 5 months ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	HP Z420 Workstation (all builds)
Motherboard	Hewlett-Packard 1589
Memory	11.9 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 19:47
Run Duration	169 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	6%

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PC Performing as expected (47^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 as expected (52^nd percentile)	74% Very good	Memory 83.5 1-Core 84 2-Core 172 66% 113 Pts	4-Core 348 8-Core 620 58% 484 Pts	64-Core 854 53% 854 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 74% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$324 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% MSI(1462 3755) CLim: 2250 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 545.92 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	96.1% Outstanding	Lighting 121 Reflection 177 Parallax 129 99% 142 fps	MRender 137 Gravity 106 Splatting 97.4 91% 114 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 96.1% 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: 296 279 315 314 312 284 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	88.7% Excellent	Read 473 Write 322 Mixed 317 SusWrite 300 79% 353 MB/s	4K Read 27.3 4K Write 62.5 4K Mixed 32.4 116% 40.7 MB/s	DQ Read 387 DQ Write 321 DQ Mixed 251 216% 320 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 88.7% Great: 128%
Samsung 870 EVO 1TB-$90 129,044 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 858GB free Firmware: SVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 209 224 280 281 283 283 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	81.5% Excellent	Read 381 Write 266 Mixed 303 SusWrite 260 68% 303 MB/s	4K Read 33.5 4K Write 52.7 4K Mixed 41.3 132% 42.5 MB/s	DQ Read 220 DQ Write 188 DQ Mixed 208 155% 205 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 81.5% Great: 137%
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$52 296,814 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 233GB free Firmware: 4B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 328 362 462 312 295 294 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	92.5% Outstanding	Read 469 Write 453 Mixed 412 SusWrite 342 94% 419 MB/s	4K Read 25.5 4K Write 64.3 4K Mixed 35.1 118% 41.6 MB/s	DQ Read 388 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 358 270% 363 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 92.5% Great: 128%
Seagate Video SV35.6 Series 2TB-$150 12,330 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 1.5TB free Firmware: CV26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 170 170 202 201 201 198 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 197 Write 178 Mixed 85.2 SusWrite 190 119% 163 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 152% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 111% 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 (37^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	91.5% Outstanding	MC Read 38.1 MC Write 37.4 MC Mixed 32.8 103% 36.1 GB/s	SC Read 14.8 SC Write 12.4 SC Mixed 10.8 36% 12.7 GB/s	Latency 72.3 55% 72.3 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 91.5% 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	71	59	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	1,501x
Xeon E5-1650 v2Intel $635Bench 76%, 10,921 samples	780x
Xeon E5-1620 v2Intel $345Bench 71%, 10,301 samples	690x

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 $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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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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16