HP Z420 Workstation

Performance Results


Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 67% Battle cruiser	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (28th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 72 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	5.06% 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	45.4% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

14 months ago, 14 months ago, 14 months ago, 14 months ago.

System	HP Z420 Workstation (all builds)
Motherboard	Hewlett-Packard 1589
Memory	5.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191029
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 07 '23 at 14:58
Run Duration	126 Seconds
Run User	IRN-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing below expectations (28^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 v2-$635 10,921 User benchmarks, average bench 76% CPU0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	76.9% Very good	Memory 84.4 1-Core 95.2 2-Core 189 71% 123 Pts	4-Core 375 8-Core 562 58% 468 Pts	64-Core 699 43% 699 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 76.9% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD FirePro V3900 1,362 User benchmarks, average bench 5% HP(103C 0122) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	5.06% Terrible	Lighting 6.5 Reflection 6.7 Parallax 5.7 5% 6.3 fps	MRender 6.2 Gravity 5.2 Splatting 5.5 5% 5.63 fps
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 5.06% Great: 5%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Gigabyte SSD 240GB-$30 20,238 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 169GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFM61.5 SusWrite @10s intervals: 223 117 71 71 71 70 MB/s Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	45.4% Average	Read 158 Write 170 Mixed 165 SusWrite 104 34% 149 MB/s	4K Read 17 4K Write 43.3 4K Mixed 22.8 78% 27.7 MB/s	DQ Read 190 DQ Write 193 DQ Mixed 154 126% 179 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 45.4% Great: 91%
WD Elements 500GB 559 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 235GB free Firmware: 0209 SusWrite @10s intervals: 30 30 30 30 30 30 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	14% Very poor	Read 17 Write 22.4 Mixed 18.4 SusWrite 29.9 16% 21.9 MB/s	4K Read 6 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0.7 328% 2.23 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 14% Great: 61%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Nanya NT4GC72B8PG0NF-DI 2x4GB 50 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2 of 8 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	31% Below average	MC Read 11 MC Write 9.3 MC Mixed 9.2 28% 9.83 GB/s	SC Read 10 SC Write 10.6 SC Mixed 9.1 28% 9.9 GB/s	Latency 72.8 55% 72.8 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 31% Great: 59%

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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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Gaming 12%

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Desktop 67%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 11%

Tree trunk

System: HP Z420 Workstation

CPU
Xeon E5-1620 0Intel $345Bench 70%, 17,464 samples	1,500x
Xeon E5-1650 v2Intel $635Bench 76%, 10,921 samples	775x
Xeon E5-1620 v2Intel $345Bench 71%, 10,301 samples	688x

GPU
Quadro K2000NvidiaBench 7%, 13,526 samples	496x
Quadro K4000NvidiaBench 13%, 11,114 samples	305x
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 $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 $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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