HP Z420 Workstation

Performance Results


Gaming 48% Yacht	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 42% Speed boat


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 77.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	57.6% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (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, 4 years ago.

System	HP Z420 Workstation (all builds)
Motherboard	Hewlett-Packard 1589
Memory	6.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit barev
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140325
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 22 '20 at 10:45
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	CZE-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 E5-1650 v2-$635 10,921 User benchmarks, average bench 76% CPU0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	77.9% Very good	Memory 90.6 1-Core 95.1 2-Core 173 71% 120 Pts	4-Core 353 8-Core 555 56% 454 Pts	64-Core 706 44% 706 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 77.9% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 780-Ti-$410 30,815 User benchmarks, average bench 53% Gigabyte(1458 3628) 3GB CLim: 1346 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 432.0 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	57.6% Above average	Lighting 70.9 Reflection 68.7 Parallax 87.9 58% 75.8 fps	MRender 81.9 Gravity 83.7 Splatting 51.6 57% 72.4 fps
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 57.6% Great: 59%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 525GB-$150 105,037 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 11GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR021 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 420 Write 455 Mixed 309 88% 395 MB/s	4K Read 20.1 4K Write 70.7 4K Mixed 21.9 96% 37.6 MB/s	DQ Read 169 DQ Write 201 DQ Mixed 146 121% 172 MB/s
Poor: 65% Great: 99%
Corsair Force NVMe PCIe M.2 2TB-$130 3,931 User benchmarks, average bench 236% 1.5TB free Firmware: ECFM22.5 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 351 353 356 357 358 353 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile)	71.2% Very good	Read 316 Write 338 Mixed 300 SusWrite 355 74% 328 MB/s	4K Read 14 4K Write 72 4K Mixed 24.2 90% 36.7 MB/s	DQ Read 55.1 DQ Write 352 DQ Mixed 85.9 101% 164 MB/s
Poor: 148% ↑ This bench: 71.2% Great: 322%
ADATA HV620 2TB 747 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 39GB free, PID a31a Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 28 28 28 28 28 28 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	14.6% Very poor	Read 30.2 Write 27 Mixed 19.3 SusWrite 28.3 35% 26.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.5 63% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 14.6% Great: 47%
Kingston DataTraveler 100 G3 USB 3.0 32GB-$9 66,405 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 24GB free, PID 1666 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 25 18 18 18 18 18 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	14.5% Very poor	Read 59 Write 50.8 Mixed 15.8 SusWrite 18.9 44% 36.1 MB/s	4K Read 7.6 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 2.1 100% 3.23 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 14.5% Great: 28%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M391B1G73QH0-CMA 2x8GB 200 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1866 MHz Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	62.3% Good	MC Read 25.7 MC Write 21.5 MC Mixed 21.3 65% 22.8 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 13.1 SC Mixed 11.7 38% 13.4 GB/s	Latency 66.4 60% 66.4 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 62.3% Great: 66%

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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	1,500x
Xeon E5-1650 v2Intel $635Bench 76%, 10,921 samples	774x
Xeon E5-1620 v2Intel $345Bench 71%, 10,301 samples	688x

GPU
Quadro K2000NvidiaBench 7%, 13,526 samples	496x
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 $273	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 $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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