HP Z420 Workstation

Performance Results


Gaming 59% Gunboat	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 51% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 78.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	67.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	55.6% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	HP Z420 Workstation (all builds)
Motherboard	Hewlett-Packard 1589
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130207
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 21 '20 at 07:52
Run Duration	127 Seconds
Run User	NZL-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (80^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 3.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	78.7% Very good	Memory 89.4 1-Core 83 2-Core 184 70% 119 Pts	4-Core 368 8-Core 550 57% 459 Pts	64-Core 704 44% 704 Pts
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 78.7% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Quadro P4000 12,628 User benchmarks, average bench 67% Nvidia(10DE 11A3) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1708 MHz, MLim: 1901 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 442.92 Performing below potential (74^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	67.7% Good	Lighting 79.6 Reflection 91.8 Parallax 91.6 65% 87.7 fps	MRender 87.1 Gravity 84.1 Splatting 95 73% 88.7 fps
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 67.7% Great: 70%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Micron C400 RealSSD 256GB 11,652 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 189GB free (System drive) Firmware: 040H SusWrite @10s intervals: 232 248 245 257 257 252 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	55.6% Above average	Read 382 Write 251 Mixed 243 SusWrite 249 63% 281 MB/s	4K Read 17.7 4K Write 45.3 4K Mixed 13.8 68% 25.6 MB/s	DQ Read 110 DQ Write 103 DQ Mixed 23.4 40% 79.1 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 55.6% Great: 69%
WD Blue 1TB (2010)-$50 55,121 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 791GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 120 120 120 120 120 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	68.2% Good	Read 118 Write 109 Mixed 85 SusWrite 120 80% 108 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1 200% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 68.2% Great: 74%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Elpida EBJ41EF8BDWA-GN-F 4x4GB 93 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	93.3% Outstanding	MC Read 38.4 MC Write 37.7 MC Mixed 34 105% 36.7 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 13 SC Mixed 12.3 38% 13.2 GB/s	Latency 67.9 59% 67.9 ns
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 93.3% Great: 94%

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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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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	685x

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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $46

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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