HP Z420 Workstation

Performance Results


Gaming 91% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 85% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (32nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 68 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 68.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	128% 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.
Boot Drive	44.4% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	128GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 128GB 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). 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	77.9 GB free of 128 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191029
Uptime	14.5 Days
Run Date	Mar 30 '24 at 23:50
Run Duration	259 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	13%

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PC Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E5-2680 0 2,104 User benchmarks, average bench 69% CPU0, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 2.7 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	68.5% Good	Memory 77.3 1-Core 83.7 2-Core 164 63% 108 Pts	4-Core 322 8-Core 617 56% 470 Pts	64-Core 787 49% 787 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 68.5% Great: 75%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti-$340 442,467 User benchmarks, average bench 128% Nvidia(10DE 153C) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 551.86 Performing below potential (57^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	128% Outstanding	Lighting 179 Reflection 168 Parallax 163 146% 170 fps	MRender 184 Gravity 135 Splatting 116 115% 145 fps
Poor: 116% ↑ This bench: 128% Great: 136%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Ct1000mx 50 1TB 2,171 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 576GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR SusWrite @10s intervals: 139 136 137 138 135 137 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	44.4% Average	Read 299 Write 226 Mixed 258 SusWrite 137 52% 230 MB/s	4K Read 15.8 4K Write 21.1 4K Mixed 18.6 59% 18.5 MB/s	DQ Read 135 DQ Write 116 DQ Mixed 114 89% 122 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 44.4% Great: 115%
Intel X25-E Extreme 64GB 175 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 7GB free Firmware: 045C8862 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 202 Write 166 Mixed 190 42% 186 MB/s	4K Read 13.6 4K Write 21.7 4K Mixed 15.9 52% 17.1 MB/s	DQ Read 151 DQ Write 121 DQ Mixed 121 95% 131 MB/s
Poor: 29% Great: 56%
Intel 320 Series 300GB-$289 2,154 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 232GB free Firmware: 4PC10302 SusWrite @10s intervals: 199 196 198 191 185 185 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	40.9% Average	Read 217 Write 189 Mixed 172 SusWrite 192 43% 193 MB/s	4K Read 14 4K Write 19.3 4K Mixed 15.3 51% 16.2 MB/s	DQ Read 139 DQ Write 67.2 DQ Mixed 65.4 58% 90.5 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 40.9% Great: 54%
WD Black SN770 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB 54,201 User benchmarks, average bench 449% 403GB free Firmware: 731100WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1562 1519 1509 1343 1251 1297 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	181% Outstanding	Read 1,463 Write 1,214 Mixed 1,384 SusWrite 1,414 308% 1,368 MB/s	4K Read 22.8 4K Write 33.3 4K Mixed 19.3 77% 25.1 MB/s	DQ Read 353 DQ Write 228 DQ Mixed 322 232% 301 MB/s
Poor: 249% ↑ This bench: 181% Great: 623%
Samsung 860 Pro 2TB-$474 2,198 User benchmarks, average bench 111% 261GB free Firmware: RVM0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 142 140 141 141 138 139 MB/s Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	45.5% Average	Read 289 Write 236 Mixed 243 SusWrite 140 51% 227 MB/s	4K Read 16.5 4K Write 22.4 4K Mixed 20.2 63% 19.7 MB/s	DQ Read 137 DQ Write 116 DQ Mixed 127 95% 127 MB/s
Poor: 84% ↑ This bench: 45.5% Great: 131%
Hitachi HDS721010CLA630 1TB 13,178 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 328GB free Firmware: JP4OA41A SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 115 118 115 116 115 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	63.9% Good	Read 108 Write 119 Mixed 62.5 SusWrite 115 74% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.8 144% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 63.9% Great: 76%
Hitachi HDS721010CLA630 1TB 13,178 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 511GB free Firmware: JP4OA41A SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 114 118 116 117 115 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	69.4% Good	Read 127 Write 116 Mixed 59 SusWrite 115 76% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.9 157% 1 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 69.4% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M393B2G70BH0-YK0 8x16GB 46 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 8 of 8 slots used 128GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (17^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	81.8% Excellent	MC Read 31.4 MC Write 35.4 MC Mixed 30.7 93% 32.5 GB/s	SC Read 13.2 SC Write 10.6 SC Mixed 8.8 31% 10.9 GB/s	Latency 86.6 46% 86.6 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 81.8% Great: 98%

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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	1339	764	165	26.9"	2560 1377	GBT2707 AORUS FI27Q-P

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System: HP Z420 Workstation

CPU
Xeon E5-1620 0Intel $345Bench 70%, 17,464 samples	1,501x
Xeon E5-1650 v2Intel $635Bench 76%, 10,921 samples	776x
Xeon E5-1620 v2Intel $345Bench 71%, 10,301 samples	688x

GPU
Quadro K2000NvidiaBench 7%, 13,526 samples	496x
Quadro K4000NvidiaBench 13%, 11,114 samples	305x
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 $80Bench 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 $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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