HP Z420 Workstation

Performance Results


Gaming 90% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 80% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (22nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 78 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 74%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	120% 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.
Memory	22GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 22GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (49%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 months ago, 5 months ago, 5 months ago, 5 months ago.

System	HP Z420 Workstation (all builds)
Motherboard	Hewlett-Packard 1589
Memory	14.9 GB free of 22 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150527
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Dec 09 '23 at 07:21
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	49%

PC Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E5-1660 v2 516 User benchmarks, average bench 82% CPU0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	74% Very good	Memory 80 1-Core 94.7 2-Core 192 70% 122 Pts	4-Core 366 8-Core 589 59% 478 Pts	64-Core 746 46% 746 Pts
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 74% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 4060-$293 48,534 User benchmarks, average bench 122% Asus(1043 8930) ≥ 4GB CLim: 3105 MHz, MLim: 4250 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 546.29 Performing below potential (37^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	120% Outstanding	Lighting 162 Reflection 115 Parallax 150 132% 142 fps	MRender 197 Gravity 129 Splatting 105 113% 144 fps
Poor: 115% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 127%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MTFDDAK512MBF-1A 512GB 258 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 21GB free (System drive) Firmware: M603 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 364 Write 352 Mixed 296 75% 337 MB/s	4K Read 27.6 4K Write 65 4K Mixed 36.4 123% 43 MB/s	DQ Read 290 DQ Write 302 DQ Mixed 239 195% 277 MB/s
Poor: 72% Great: 103%
Sandisk SD6SB2M- 512GB 24 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 42GB free Firmware: 706 SusWrite @10s intervals: 276 141 142 130 103 102 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	69.5% Good	Read 358 Write 333 Mixed 186 SusWrite 149 57% 257 MB/s	4K Read 29.4 4K Write 55.2 4K Mixed 29.7 112% 38.1 MB/s	DQ Read 308 DQ Write 224 DQ Mixed 128 133% 220 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 69.5% Great: 88%
Crucial MX500 1TB-$74 202,785 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 108GB free Firmware: 045 SusWrite @10s intervals: 235 232 229 238 239 239 MB/s Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	69.4% Good	Read 234 Write 218 Mixed 219 SusWrite 235 51% 227 MB/s	4K Read 33.2 4K Write 46 4K Mixed 33.9 118% 37.7 MB/s	DQ Read 208 DQ Write 200 DQ Mixed 136 121% 181 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 69.4% Great: 125%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT351U7AFR8C-H9 Micron 9JSF25672AZ-1G6M1 HMT351U7AFR8C-H9 Micron 9JSF25672AZ-1G6M1 HMT325U7BFR8C-PB Micron 9JSF25672AZ-1G6M1 Micron 9JSF25672AZ-1G6M1 HMT351U7A... 22GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 1333, 1600, 1333, 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600, 1333 MHz 4096, 2048, 4096, 2048, 2048, 2048, 2048, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	70.9% Very good	MC Read 28.1 MC Write 26.9 MC Mixed 26.3 77% 27.1 GB/s	SC Read 13.9 SC Write 13.1 SC Mixed 11.9 37% 13 GB/s	Latency 81.8 49% 81.8 ns
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 70.9% Great: 83%

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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	60	25.6"	1280 720	HWP26F8 HP LP2475w

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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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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $373

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