HP Z420 Workstation

Performance Results


Gaming 26% Raft	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 23% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	20.4% 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	88.9% 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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

System	HP Z420 Workstation (all builds)
Motherboard	Hewlett-Packard 1589
Memory	9.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20191029
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 01 '24 at 16:25
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	PAK-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v2-$635 10,921 User benchmarks, average bench 76% CPU0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	80.7% Excellent	Memory 92.4 1-Core 97.7 2-Core 190 74% 127 Pts	4-Core 373 8-Core 580 59% 477 Pts	64-Core 719 44% 719 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 80.7% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 660-$170 123,956 User benchmarks, average bench 20% Gigabyte(1458 354E) 2GB CLim: 1254 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 471.96 Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	20.4% Poor	Lighting 22.9 Reflection 26.8 Parallax 32.1 19% 27.3 fps	MRender 34 Gravity 29.5 Splatting 25.7 24% 29.7 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 20.4% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Lexar NQ100 240GB 312 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 102GB free (System drive) Firmware: 155 SusWrite @10s intervals: 419 405 401 388 388 34 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	88.9% Excellent	Read 442 Write 422 Mixed 409 SusWrite 339 91% 403 MB/s	4K Read 33.7 4K Write 63.5 4K Mixed 37.6 133% 44.9 MB/s	DQ Read 135 DQ Write 288 DQ Mixed 194 153% 206 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 88.9% Great: 108%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$37 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 484GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 107 108 107 108 108 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	74.2% Very good	Read 151 Write 156 Mixed 85.7 SusWrite 107 92% 125 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 139% 1 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 74.2% Great: 113%
Hitachi HDS721032CLA362 320GB-$150 10,092 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 125GB free Firmware: A3GH SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 80 78 77 78 79 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	45% Average	Read 78.7 Write 85.9 Mixed 48.8 SusWrite 77.9 54% 72.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.7 129% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 45% Great: 50%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M393B5173QH0-CMA 4x4GB 283 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1866 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	99.2% Outstanding	MC Read 41.9 MC Write 38.8 MC Mixed 37.1 112% 39.3 GB/s	SC Read 16.1 SC Write 13.1 SC Mixed 10.6 38% 13.3 GB/s	Latency 66.4 60% 66.4 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 99.2% Great: 99%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 7: 0P 0R 1G 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
7%	11%	47	213	56	60	21.5"	1280 720	DELD047 DELL U2212HM

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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