HP Z420 Workstation

Performance Results


Gaming 25% Surfboard	Desktop 65% Battle cruiser	Workstation 22% 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 59.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	36.9% 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	69.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 (99%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	HP Z420 Workstation (all builds)
Motherboard	Hewlett-Packard 1589
Memory	13.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180710
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 02 '18 at 00:02
Run Duration	140 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	99%

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 E5-1620 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 way below expectations (6^th percentile)	59.9% Above average	Memory 73.7 1-Core 65.1 2-Core 125 54% 88 Pts	4-Core 249 8-Core 495 44% 372 Pts	64-Core 494 30% 494 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 59.9% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Gigabyte(1458 3692) 2GB CLim: 1481 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 399.7 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	36.9% Below average	Lighting 48.7 Reflection 44.8 Parallax 40.1 40% 44.5 fps	MRender 39.7 Gravity 41.1 Splatting 36.2 32% 39 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 36.9% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M500 240GB-$79 31,779 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 184GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 251 188 175 175 172 210 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	69.4% Good	Read 392 Write 168 Mixed 296 SusWrite 195 58% 263 MB/s	4K Read 19.9 4K Write 55 4K Mixed 27.6 95% 34.2 MB/s	DQ Read 302 DQ Write 260 DQ Mixed 173 159% 245 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 69.4% Great: 91%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 845GB free Firmware: HP16 SusWrite @10s intervals: 193 190 191 193 191 195 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 170 Write 161 Mixed 80.1 SusWrite 192 110% 151 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 156% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 112%
WD WD1500HLFS-01G6U1 150GB 7,915 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 139GB free Firmware: 04.04V02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 121 120 120 120 120 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	69.3% Good	Read 121 Write 109 Mixed 74.4 SusWrite 120 78% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1.2 224% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 69.3% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F721GU67F1600G Hynix HMT325U7CFR8C-PB Hynix HMT325U7CFR8C-PB Hynix HMT325U7CFR8C-PB Hynix HMT325U7CFR8C-PB 16GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 2048, 2048, 2048, 2048 MB Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	38.6% Below average	MC Read 15.1 MC Write 12.7 MC Mixed 13.1 39% 13.6 GB/s	SC Read 9.9 SC Write 9.9 SC Mixed 9.6 28% 9.8 GB/s	Latency 93.1 43% 93.1 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 38.6% Great: 79%

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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	694x

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 i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $250	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $160	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

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