HP Z420 Workstation

Performance Results


Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 54% Yacht	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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 56.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	1.82% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	50.2% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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.

Very high background CPU (45%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	HP Z420 Workstation (all builds)
Motherboard	Hewlett-Packard 1589
Memory	18.2 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140325
Uptime	9.3 Days
Run Date	Jan 21 '19 at 03:12
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	45%

PC Performing as expected (46^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E5-1603 0 3,589 User benchmarks, average bench 60% CPU0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 2.8 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	56.4% Above average	Memory 74.4 1-Core 71.8 2-Core 143 57% 96.4 Pts	4-Core 221 8-Core 241 30% 231 Pts	64-Core 237 15% 237 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 56.4% Great: 65%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia NVS 310 4,920 User benchmarks, average bench 1% HP(103C 094E) 512MB CLim: 523 MHz, MLim: 437 MHz, Ram: 512MB, Driver: 353.62 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 1% Great: 1%
AMD Radeon HD 6450 32,407 User benchmarks, average bench 2% Dell(1028 2120) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	1.82% Terrible	Lighting 2.4 Reflection 2.42 Parallax 1.94 2% 2.25 fps	MRender 1.86 Gravity 1.57 Splatting 2.17 2% 1.87 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 1.82% Great: 2%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Trion 100 120GB-$60 4,424 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 26GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM11.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 52 44 59 59 65 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	50.2% Above average	Read 418 Write 60 Mixed 133 SusWrite 59.8 36% 168 MB/s	4K Read 17.8 4K Write 34.1 4K Mixed 17.7 68% 23.2 MB/s	DQ Read 294 DQ Write 117 DQ Mixed 106 105% 172 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 50.2% Great: 76%
Seagate ST3750640NS 750GB-$38 10,520 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 323GB free Firmware: 3BKT SusWrite @10s intervals: 68 70 69 69 70 70 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	41.1% Average	Read 73.8 Write 68.5 Mixed 48 SusWrite 69.3 48% 64.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.6 120% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 41.1% Great: 42%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 9JSF51272AZ-1G9E2 Samsung M391B1G73BH0-CH9 Samsung M391B1G73BH0-CK0 9JSF51272AZ-1G9E2 24GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 1866, 1333, 1600, 1866 MHz 4096, 8192, 8192, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	53% Above average	MC Read 20.8 MC Write 21.8 MC Mixed 18.9 59% 20.5 GB/s	SC Read 8.7 SC Write 7.2 SC Mixed 6.6 22% 7.5 GB/s	Latency 91.7 44% 91.7 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 53% Great: 54%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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System: HP Z420 Workstation

CPU
Xeon E5-1620 0Intel $345Bench 70%, 17,464 samples	1,526x
Xeon E5-1650 v2Intel $635Bench 76%, 10,921 samples	790x
Xeon E5-1620 v2Intel $345Bench 71%, 10,301 samples	699x

GPU
Quadro K2000NvidiaBench 7%, 13,526 samples	499x
Quadro K4000NvidiaBench 13%, 11,114 samples	309x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	263x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	185x
C400 RealSSD 256GBMicronBench 55%, 11,652 samples	129x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	113x

RAM
M391B5273DH0-CK0 4x4GBSamsungBench 72%, 618 samples	65x
M391B5273DH0-CK0 8x4GBSamsungBench 89%, 244 samples	58x
HMT41GU7AFR8C-RD 4x8GBHynixBench 89%, 207 samples	56x

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