HP Z420 Workstation

Performance Results


Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 19% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 72.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	12.6% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	70.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

System	HP Z420 Workstation (all builds)
Motherboard	Hewlett-Packard 1589
Memory	56.1 GB free of 64 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20191029
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Apr 27 '24 at 10:19
Run Duration	128 Seconds
Run User	VNM-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing as expected (55^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2 1,265 User benchmarks, average bench 69% CPU0, 1 CPU, 12 cores, 24 threads Base clock 2.7 GHz, turbo 3.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	72.3% Very good	Memory 86.2 1-Core 84.4 2-Core 164 66% 112 Pts	4-Core 315 8-Core 632 56% 474 Pts	64-Core 1,215 75% 1,215 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 72.3% Great: 75%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Quadro K4000 11,114 User benchmarks, average bench 13% HP(103C 079C) 3GB CLim: 810 MHz, MLim: 1404 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 474.82 Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	12.6% Very poor	Lighting 14 Reflection 18.3 Parallax 18.9 11% 17.1 fps	MRender 21.6 Gravity 18.3 Splatting 15.5 15% 18.5 fps
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 12.6% Great: 13%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MTFDDAK256TBN-1AR1ZABHA 256GB 2,468 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 110GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0012 SusWrite @10s intervals: 361 225 145 141 143 119 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	70.9% Very good	Read 331 Write 418 Mixed 355 SusWrite 189 73% 323 MB/s	4K Read 23.4 4K Write 61.3 4K Mixed 31.8 109% 38.8 MB/s	DQ Read 235 DQ Write 318 DQ Mixed 308 224% 287 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 70.9% Great: 94%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 400GB free Firmware: 1A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 74 76 74 74 74 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	64.6% Good	Read 150 Write 106 Mixed 126 SusWrite 74.7 85% 114 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.8 158% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 64.6% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 36JSF2G72PZ-1G9E1 4x16GB 87 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 4 of 8 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1866 MHz Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	109% Outstanding	MC Read 51.5 MC Write 42.1 MC Mixed 40.1 127% 44.6 GB/s	SC Read 13.6 SC Write 9.4 SC Mixed 9.4 31% 10.8 GB/s	Latency 74.9 53% 74.9 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 115%

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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	68	56	60	23.8"	1280 720	HPN340A HP N240

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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	1,503x
Xeon E5-1650 v2Intel $635Bench 76%, 10,921 samples	781x
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 $80Bench 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 i5-13600K $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 $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16