HP Z420 Workstation

Performance Results


Gaming 30% Raft	Desktop 69% Battle cruiser	Workstation 32% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 65.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	40% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	37.8% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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 (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 months ago, 5 months ago.

System	HP Z420 Workstation (all builds)
Motherboard	Hewlett-Packard 1589
Memory	11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180710
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 18 '23 at 17:08
Run Duration	130 Seconds
Run User	BGR-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing as expected (46^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E5-2696 v2 376 User benchmarks, average bench 70% CPU0, 1 CPU, 12 cores, 24 threads Base clock 2.5 GHz, turbo 2.65 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	65.6% Good	Memory 82.5 1-Core 65.3 2-Core 131 57% 93.1 Pts	4-Core 262 8-Core 648 52% 455 Pts	64-Core 1,230 76% 1,230 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 65.6% Great: 75%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 380X-$120 20,573 User benchmarks, average bench 38% Sapphire(174B E308) CLim: 1040 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 21.Q1.2 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	40% Below average	Lighting 52 Reflection 48.5 Parallax 63.9 42% 54.8 fps	MRender 47.9 Gravity 51.2 Splatting 34.1 35% 44.4 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 40% Great: 40%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Team T2535T240G 240GB 3,019 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 26GB free (System drive) Firmware: R1025A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 208 122 80 60 59 43 MB/s Performing below potential (16^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	37.8% Below average	Read 222 Write 171 Mixed 76.7 SusWrite 95.3 31% 141 MB/s	4K Read 20.1 4K Write 29 4K Mixed 7.5 55% 18.9 MB/s	DQ Read 172 DQ Write 156 DQ Mixed 42.7 65% 123 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 37.8% Great: 93%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 136 137 143 137 141 138 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	64.6% Good	Read 86.5 Write 128 Mixed 69.3 SusWrite 139 78% 106 MB/s	4K Read 1.6 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0 76% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 64.6% Great: 90%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M391B1G73BH0-CK0 2x8GB 192 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	52.7% Above average	MC Read 21.6 MC Write 18.9 MC Mixed 17.8 56% 19.4 GB/s	SC Read 12.5 SC Write 9.5 SC Mixed 9.7 30% 10.6 GB/s	Latency 77.3 52% 77.3 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 52.7% Great: 61%

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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	47	11	60	22"	1280 720	LEN1146 L2240pwD

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System: HP Z420 Workstation

CPU
Xeon E5-1620 0Intel $345Bench 70%, 17,464 samples	1,510x
Xeon E5-1650 v2Intel $635Bench 76%, 10,921 samples	785x
Xeon E5-1620 v2Intel $345Bench 71%, 10,301 samples	696x

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 i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $124	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	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