HP Z420 Workstation

Performance Results


Gaming 80% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 74% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (35th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 65 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 72.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	105% 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	188% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

System	HP Z420 Workstation (all builds)
Motherboard	Hewlett-Packard 1589
Memory	60.4 GB free of 64 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191029
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 01 '23 at 13:35
Run Duration	216 Seconds
Run User	DNK-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E5-2687W 0-$1,335 868 User benchmarks, average bench 74% CPU0, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	72.2% Very good	Memory 80.2 1-Core 85.4 2-Core 175 66% 113 Pts	4-Core 346 8-Core 555 55% 451 Pts	64-Core 874 54% 874 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 72.2% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6686) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 536.23 Performing below potential (75^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	105% Outstanding	Lighting 132 Reflection 188 Parallax 116 108% 145 fps	MRender 114 Gravity 141 Splatting 120 102% 125 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 202GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 913 1180 1356 1361 1221 819 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	188% Outstanding	Read 1524 Write 1,423 Mixed 724 SusWrite 1,142 270% 1,203 MB/s	4K Read 28.7 4K Write 69.1 4K Mixed 38.1 129% 45.3 MB/s	DQ Read 411 DQ Write 360 DQ Mixed 378 286% 383 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 188% Great: 283%
Samsung 980 PRO with Heatsink 1TB 52 User benchmarks, average bench 394% 1TB free Firmware: 5B2QGXA7 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1718 1906 1904 1892 1906 1906 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	263% Outstanding	Read 1,947 Write 1,877 Mixed 1857 SusWrite 1,872 426% 1,888 MB/s	4K Read 44.4 4K Write 70.7 4K Mixed 54.2 174% 56.4 MB/s	DQ Read 444 DQ Write 294 DQ Mixed 394 287% 377 MB/s
Poor: 263% ↑ This bench: 263% Great: 508%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$140 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 458GB free Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 287 376 426 457 458 462 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	97.6% Outstanding	Read 456 Write 460 Mixed 428 SusWrite 411 99% 439 MB/s	4K Read 28.7 4K Write 63.3 4K Mixed 38.1 126% 43.4 MB/s	DQ Read 356 DQ Write 317 DQ Mixed 332 250% 335 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 97.6% Great: 133%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT42GR7AFR4C-PB 4x16GB 16 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 4 of 8 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	86.3% Excellent	MC Read 35.2 MC Write 35.4 MC Mixed 31.6 97% 34.1 GB/s	SC Read 13.9 SC Write 12.2 SC Mixed 11.2 36% 12.4 GB/s	Latency 80.6 50% 80.6 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 86.3% Great: 101%

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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	71	59	240	24.5"	1920 1080	BNQ7F58 ZOWIE XL LCD

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Gaming 12%

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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	1,507x
Xeon E5-1650 v2Intel $635Bench 76%, 10,921 samples	782x
Xeon E5-1620 v2Intel $345Bench 71%, 10,301 samples	695x

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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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $373

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	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