HP Z420 Workstation

Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	13.4% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	109% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	40GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 40GB 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.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	HP Z420 Workstation (all builds)
Motherboard	Hewlett-Packard 1589
Memory	37.6 GB free of 40 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit barev
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180710
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 22 '20 at 09:51
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (78^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 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	80.3% Excellent	Memory 86.5 1-Core 107 2-Core 204 76% 132 Pts	4-Core 410 8-Core 520 60% 465 Pts	64-Core 522 32% 522 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 80.3% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Quadro K4000 11,114 User benchmarks, average bench 13% HP(103C 079C) 3GB CLim: 810 MHz, MLim: 1404 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 430.64 Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	13.4% Very poor	Lighting 15.3 Reflection 14.3 Parallax 19 12% 16.2 fps	MRender 21.3 Gravity 18.5 Splatting 16.8 15% 18.9 fps
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 13.4% Great: 13%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 545s Series 512GB-$95 12,034 User benchmarks, average bench 107% 445GB free (System drive) Firmware: LHF004C SusWrite @10s intervals: 308 412 432 433 431 431 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 506 Write 456 Mixed 437 SusWrite 408 102% 452 MB/s	4K Read 39 4K Write 67.4 4K Mixed 49.4 158% 51.9 MB/s	DQ Read 303 DQ Write 336 DQ Mixed 252 209% 297 MB/s
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 128%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 931GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 150 173 172 173 174 173 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 188 Write 166 Mixed 105 SusWrite 169 115% 157 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.2 235% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT325U7EFR8C-RD Micron 18JSF1G72AZ-1G9E1 HMT325U7EFR8C-RD Micron 18JSF1G72AZ-1G9E1 Samsung M391B1G73QH0-CMA HMT325U7EFR8C-RD Samsung M391B1G73QH0-CMA HMT325U7E... 40GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 100% 1866, 1866, 1866, 1866, 1866, 1866, 1866, 1866 MHz 2048, 8192, 2048, 8192, 8192, 2048, 8192, 2048 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	97.4% Outstanding	MC Read 35.7 MC Write 38.9 MC Mixed 39.5 109% 38 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 14.9 SC Mixed 14.3 45% 15.8 GB/s	Latency 70.8 56% 70.8 ns
Poor: 97% ↑ This bench: 97.4% Great: 102%

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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	1,508x
Xeon E5-1650 v2Intel $635Bench 76%, 10,921 samples	785x
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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Total price: $373

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	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