HP Z420 Workstation

Performance Results


Gaming 92% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 82% 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 73.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	121% 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.

High background CPU (24%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 months ago, 6 months ago, 6 months ago, 6 months ago.

System	HP Z420 Workstation (all builds)
Motherboard	Hewlett-Packard 1589
Memory	17.7 GB free of 22 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150527
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 09 '23 at 23:23
Run Duration	155 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	24%

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 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	73.7% Very good	Memory 81.5 1-Core 84.7 2-Core 192 68% 119 Pts	4-Core 355 8-Core 596 58% 476 Pts	64-Core 746 46% 746 Pts
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 73.7% 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 (44^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	121% Outstanding	Lighting 163 Reflection 129 Parallax 150 133% 148 fps	MRender 197 Gravity 130 Splatting 105 113% 144 fps
Poor: 115% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 127%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MTFDDAK512MBF-1A 512GB 258 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 20GB free (System drive) Firmware: M603 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 374 Write 357 Mixed 307 77% 346 MB/s	4K Read 27.8 4K Write 63.3 4K Mixed 31.6 116% 40.9 MB/s	DQ Read 354 DQ Write 314 DQ Mixed 243 207% 304 MB/s
Poor: 72% Great: 103%
Sandisk SD6SB2M- 512GB 24 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 42GB free Firmware: 706 SusWrite @10s intervals: 237 238 240 243 243 243 MB/s Performing below potential (13^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	63.2% Good	Read 226 Write 222 Mixed 162 SusWrite 241 48% 213 MB/s	4K Read 26.3 4K Write 39.3 4K Mixed 30.4 100% 32 MB/s	DQ Read 191 DQ Write 183 DQ Mixed 117 107% 164 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 63.2% Great: 88%
Crucial MX500 1TB-$84 202,785 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 108GB free Firmware: 045 SusWrite @10s intervals: 406 408 412 414 420 424 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	98.5% Outstanding	Read 368 Write 378 Mixed 345 SusWrite 414 85% 376 MB/s	4K Read 34.9 4K Write 65.5 4K Mixed 39.2 138% 46.5 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 339 DQ Mixed 151 170% 290 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 98.5% 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	81.5% Excellent	MC Read 33 MC Write 32.3 MC Mixed 30 91% 31.8 GB/s	SC Read 15.3 SC Write 12.9 SC Mixed 12.2 38% 13.5 GB/s	Latency 84.1 48% 84.1 ns
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 81.5% 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	71	59	60	25.6"	1280 720	HWP26F8 HP LP2475w

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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	1,521x
Xeon E5-1650 v2Intel $635Bench 76%, 10,921 samples	789x
Xeon E5-1620 v2Intel $345Bench 71%, 10,301 samples	698x

GPU
Quadro K2000NvidiaBench 7%, 13,526 samples	498x
Quadro K4000NvidiaBench 13%, 11,114 samples	307x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	263x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	185x
C400 RealSSD 256GBMicronBench 55%, 11,652 samples	129x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 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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