HP Z420 Workstation

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 27% Raft	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 22% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	28.3% 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)
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	HP Z420 Workstation (all builds)
Motherboard	Hewlett-Packard 1589
Memory	7.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180710
Uptime	1.4 Days
Run Date	Dec 13 '19 at 20:23
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing as expected (59^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 v2-$345 10,301 User benchmarks, average bench 71% CPU0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	76.7% Very good	Memory 91.9 1-Core 93.7 2-Core 185 73% 124 Pts	4-Core 335 8-Core 466 50% 401 Pts	64-Core 494 31% 494 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 76.7% Great: 79%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GeForce GT 545 2,995 User benchmarks, average bench 6% PNY(196E 0901) 1.5GB CLim: 720 MHz, MLim: 450 MHz, Ram: 1.5GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	6.2% Terrible	Lighting 6.93 Reflection 8.31 Parallax 5.28 6% 6.84 fps	MRender 9.24 Gravity 6.83 Splatting 10.1 7% 8.72 fps
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 6.2% Great: 7%
Nvidia GTX 950-$100 111,509 User benchmarks, average bench 26% EVGA(3842 1950) 2GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1652 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	28.3% Poor	Lighting 35.5 Reflection 33.7 Parallax 30.6 29% 33.3 fps	MRender 36 Gravity 31.4 Splatting 32 27% 33.2 fps
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 28.3% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MTFDDAK128MAY-1AH1ZABHA 128GB 1,012 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 7GB free (System drive) Firmware: M504 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 352 Write 335 Mixed 176 64% 288 MB/s	4K Read 16.4 4K Write 54.2 4K Mixed 30.3 92% 33.6 MB/s	DQ Read 333 DQ Write 126 DQ Mixed 66.3 92% 175 MB/s
Poor: 57% Great: 101%
Seagate ST33000651NS 3TB 6,381 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 1.5TB free Firmware: G009 SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 132 128 119 134 134 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	75.5% Very good	Read 134 Write 130 Mixed 69.3 SusWrite 129 85% 116 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.1 208% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 75.5% Great: 86%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 130GB free Firmware: CC24 SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 114 105 107 117 117 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	50.3% Above average	Read 63.2 Write 84.3 Mixed 49 SusWrite 112 57% 77.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.4 85% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 50.3% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M391B5173QH0-CMA 4x4GB 274 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1866 MHz Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	88.4% Excellent	MC Read 33.7 MC Write 36.8 MC Mixed 32.6 98% 34.4 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 13.5 SC Mixed 12 38% 13.3 GB/s	Latency 64.2 62% 64.2 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 88.4% Great: 103%

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

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Workstation 11%

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System: HP Z420 Workstation

CPU
Xeon E5-1620 0Intel $345Bench 70%, 17,464 samples	1,499x
Xeon E5-1650 v2Intel $635Bench 76%, 10,921 samples	772x
Xeon E5-1620 v2Intel $345Bench 71%, 10,301 samples	686x

GPU
Quadro K2000NvidiaBench 7%, 13,526 samples	495x
Quadro K4000NvidiaBench 13%, 11,114 samples	304x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	261x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	183x
C400 RealSSD 256GBMicronBench 55%, 11,652 samples	128x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	112x

RAM
M391B5273DH0-CK0 4x4GBSamsungBench 72%, 618 samples	65x
M391B5273DH0-CK0 8x4GBSamsungBench 89%, 244 samples	56x
9JSF51272AZ-1G9E2 4x4GBMicronBench 78%, 366 samples	55x

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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $373

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16