HP Z420 Workstation

Performance Results


Gaming 82% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 74% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (25th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 75 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 65.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	120% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	69.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

16 months ago, 16 months ago.

System	HP Z420 Workstation (all builds)
Motherboard	Hewlett-Packard 1589
Memory	57 GB free of 64 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160601
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Jan 03 '23 at 20:20
Run Duration	207 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E5-1650 0-$230 10,189 User benchmarks, average bench 73% CPU0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	65.6% Good	Memory 69.3 1-Core 74 2-Core 179 60% 107 Pts	4-Core 333 8-Core 546 54% 440 Pts	64-Core 667 41% 667 Pts
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 65.6% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 3609) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 526.47 Performing below potential (33^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	120% Outstanding	Lighting 161 Reflection 183 Parallax 169 131% 171 fps	MRender 128 Gravity 168 Splatting 120 112% 139 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MTFDDAK256MAY-1AH1ZABHA 256GB 909 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 121GB free (System drive) Firmware: M504 SusWrite @10s intervals: 327 273 218 229 220 229 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	69.9% Good	Read 379 Write 376 Mixed 269 SusWrite 249 72% 318 MB/s	4K Read 21.2 4K Write 48.4 4K Mixed 27.3 93% 32.3 MB/s	DQ Read 268 DQ Write 215 DQ Mixed 212 167% 232 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 69.9% Great: 105%
Samsung 830 128GB-$109 37,250 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 97GB free Firmware: CXM03B1Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 205 215 215 217 215 127 MB/s Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	47.9% Average	Read 237 Write 212 Mixed 186 SusWrite 199 47% 208 MB/s	4K Read 16.2 4K Write 33.4 4K Mixed 18.6 66% 22.7 MB/s	DQ Read 186 DQ Write 77.9 DQ Mixed 118 91% 127 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 47.9% Great: 76%
Kxg60znv256g NVMe TOSHIBA 256GB 4,018 User benchmarks, average bench 184% 126GB free Firmware: 10604103 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 264 279 278 283 295 295 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	73.7% Very good	Read 332 Write 277 Mixed 292 SusWrite 282 67% 296 MB/s	4K Read 24.8 4K Write 38.9 4K Mixed 30.9 98% 31.5 MB/s	DQ Read 318 DQ Write 246 DQ Mixed 288 214% 284 MB/s
Poor: 106% ↑ This bench: 73.7% Great: 242%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 909GB free Firmware: HP34 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Read 10,169 Mixed 80.8 3,665% 5,125 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.9 161% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 55% Great: 112%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 888GB free Firmware: HP34 SusWrite @10s intervals: 180 192 193 193 195 195 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 180 Write 143 Mixed 78.4 SusWrite 192 108% 148 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 1 176% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 112%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 811GB free Firmware: HP34 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Read 9,342 Mixed 84.3 3,372% 4,713 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 154% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 55% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 18KSF1G72AZ-1G6E1 Samsung M391B1G73QH0-CMA 18KSF1G72AZ-1G6E1 Samsung M391B1G73QH0-CMA Samsung M391B1G73QH0-CMA 18KSF1G72AZ-1G6E1 Samsung M391B1G73QH0-CMA 18KSF1G72AZ-1G6E1 64GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 1600, 1866, 1600, 1866, 1866, 1600, 1866, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	85.4% Excellent	MC Read 34 MC Write 36.6 MC Mixed 32.7 98% 34.4 GB/s	SC Read 11.4 SC Write 9.8 SC Mixed 9.9 30% 10.4 GB/s	Latency 103 39% 103 ns
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 85.4% Great: 85%

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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	1,507x
Xeon E5-1650 v2Intel $635Bench 76%, 10,921 samples	782x
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 i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $258	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 $515	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