HP Z420 Workstation

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 51% Yacht	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 43% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 69.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	71.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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.

Run History

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

System	HP Z420 Workstation (all builds)
Motherboard	Hewlett-Packard 1589
Memory	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140325
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Apr 26 '19 at 10:59
Run Duration	136 Seconds
Run User	EGY-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing as expected (50^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 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	69.2% Good	Memory 83.9 1-Core 88.9 2-Core 195 70% 123 Pts	4-Core 295 8-Core 475 47% 385 Pts	64-Core 488 30% 488 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 69.2% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$278 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 419.67 Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	71.3% Very good	Lighting 102 Reflection 115 Parallax 95.8 83% 104 fps	MRender 97.7 Gravity 103 Splatting 0.13 48% 66.8 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 71.3% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD WD1600AABS-00PRA0 160GB 8,028 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 121GB free (System drive) Firmware: 05.06H05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 21 46 45 24 50 64 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	32.5% Below average	Read 71.4 Write 66.7 Mixed 43.6 SusWrite 41.6 41% 55.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.8 138% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 32.5% Great: 52%
Seagate ST31000424CS 1TB 1,846 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 52GB free Firmware: ES14 SusWrite @10s intervals: 66 67 66 67 67 67 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	48% Average	Read 100 Write 100 Mixed 52.8 SusWrite 66.7 59% 80.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.8 142% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 48% Great: 62%
WD WD25 00JS-58NCB1 250GB 17,984 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 16GB free Firmware: 10.02E04 SusWrite @10s intervals: 58 58 58 59 59 59 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	29.3% Poor	Read 43.2 Write 45.4 Mixed 35.6 SusWrite 58.4 34% 45.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 156% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 29.3% Great: 35%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT351R7BFR8A-H9 4x4GB 36 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	82.5% Excellent	MC Read 31 MC Write 33.8 MC Mixed 30.8 91% 31.9 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 14.1 SC Mixed 12.4 40% 14 GB/s	Latency 73.7 54% 73.7 ns
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 82.5% Great: 82%

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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	1,525x
Xeon E5-1650 v2Intel $635Bench 76%, 10,921 samples	789x
Xeon E5-1620 v2Intel $345Bench 71%, 10,301 samples	699x

GPU
Quadro K2000NvidiaBench 7%, 13,526 samples	499x
Quadro K4000NvidiaBench 13%, 11,114 samples	307x
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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $150
Intel Core i5-13600K $249	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $89
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4070 $520	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $397