HP Z420 Workstation

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 70.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	80.5% 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.

Very high background CPU (42%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

1 month ago, 1 month ago.

System	HP Z420 Workstation (all builds)
Motherboard	Hewlett-Packard 1589
Memory	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161017
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 24 '24 at 22:21
Run Duration	129 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	42%

PC Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E5-1620 0-$345 17,464 User benchmarks, average bench 70% CPU0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	70.7% Very good	Memory 82.3 1-Core 86.9 2-Core 194 69% 121 Pts	4-Core 341 8-Core 356 46% 348 Pts	64-Core 476 30% 476 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 70.7% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 760-$209 161,132 User benchmarks, average bench 26% EVGA(3842 3768) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1306 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 474.82 Relative performance n/a - GPU benchmark error
Poor: 24% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
T-force 480GB 480GB 226 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 344GB free (System drive) Firmware: V1027A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 303 362 377 399 420 399 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	80.5% Excellent	Read 452 Write 382 Mixed 369 SusWrite 377 89% 395 MB/s	4K Read 24 4K Write 64.8 4K Mixed 21.5 98% 36.8 MB/s	DQ Read 141 DQ Write 313 DQ Mixed 41.8 85% 165 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 80.5% Great: 101%
WD RE4 1TB (2010)-$54 23,775 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 931GB free Firmware: 12.V07 SusWrite @10s intervals: 123 126 127 129 128 125 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	78.2% Very good	Read 146 Write 122 Mixed 110 SusWrite 126 93% 126 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1 210% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 78.2% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M391B5773DH0-CK0 8x2GB 244 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 8 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	84.7% Excellent	MC Read 32 MC Write 36.2 MC Mixed 30.9 94% 33 GB/s	SC Read 15 SC Write 13.2 SC Mixed 11.7 38% 13.3 GB/s	Latency 74.6 54% 74.6 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 84.7% Great: 94%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

SkillBench Score 48: 0P 4R 8G 4B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
48%	15%	105	215	57	60	23.8"	1280 720	SKG2405 H24V13

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System: HP Z420 Workstation

CPU
Xeon E5-1620 0Intel $345Bench 70%, 17,464 samples	1,502x
Xeon E5-1650 v2Intel $635Bench 76%, 10,921 samples	780x
Xeon E5-1620 v2Intel $345Bench 71%, 10,301 samples	691x

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 $79Bench 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 $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16