HP Z420 Workstation

Performance Results


Gaming 52% Yacht	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 50% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (21st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 79 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 68.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	68.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	47.8% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	256GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 256GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

Run History

6 months ago, 6 months ago.

System	HP Z420 Workstation (all builds)
Motherboard	Hewlett-Packard 1589
Memory	247.2 GB free of 256 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20131219
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Nov 28 '23 at 19:26
Run Duration	136 Seconds
Run User	LTU-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E5-2690 v2-$142 1,083 User benchmarks, average bench 71% CPU0, 1 CPU, 10 cores, 20 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	68.7% Good	Memory 79 1-Core 79.2 2-Core 158 62% 105 Pts	4-Core 315 8-Core 574 53% 445 Pts	64-Core 951 59% 951 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 68.7% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 5700-XT-$250 254,908 User benchmarks, average bench 98% Sapphire(1DA2 E409) Ram: 8GB, Driver: 23.11.1 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	68.6% Good	Lighting 88.6 Reflection 134 Parallax 149 72% 124 fps	MRender 76.7 Gravity 98 Splatting 57.6 62% 77.4 fps
Poor: 91% ↑ This bench: 68.6% Great: 104%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Micron C400 RealSSD 256GB 11,652 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 47GB free (System drive) Firmware: 070H SusWrite @10s intervals: 145 117 71 69 77 82 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	47.8% Average	Read 392 Write 199 Mixed 247 SusWrite 93.5 52% 233 MB/s	4K Read 19.3 4K Write 49.1 4K Mixed 14.1 73% 27.5 MB/s	DQ Read 110 DQ Write 103 DQ Mixed 23.5 40% 78.9 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 47.8% Great: 69%
Intel SSDSC2KB019T8 2TB 171 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2TB free Firmware: 0110 SusWrite @10s intervals: 385 382 380 381 381 384 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	80.8% Excellent	Read 357 Write 382 Mixed 341 SusWrite 382 83% 366 MB/s	4K Read 19.8 4K Write 50.2 4K Mixed 28.5 93% 32.8 MB/s	DQ Read 313 DQ Write 323 DQ Mixed 311 236% 316 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 80.8% Great: 95%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M386B4G70DM0-CMA4 8x31.9GB 13 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 8 of 8 slots used 255GB DIMM DDR3 1866 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	80.1% Excellent	MC Read 36.2 MC Write 31.5 MC Mixed 26.9 90% 31.5 GB/s	SC Read 13.2 SC Write 10.7 SC Mixed 9.8 32% 11.2 GB/s	Latency 80.8 50% 80.8 ns
Poor: 98% ↑ This bench: 80.1% Great: 107%

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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	17"	1280 720	SAM018F SyncMaster

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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	1,519x
Xeon E5-1650 v2Intel $635Bench 76%, 10,921 samples	787x
Xeon E5-1620 v2Intel $345Bench 71%, 10,301 samples	697x

GPU
Quadro K2000NvidiaBench 7%, 13,526 samples	497x
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 $76Bench 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 $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	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