HP Z420 Workstation

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 70.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	48.4% 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.

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

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	HP Z420 Workstation (all builds)
Motherboard	Hewlett-Packard 1589
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120620
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Oct 08 '18 at 00:30
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing above expectations (67^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 0-$345 17,464 User benchmarks, average bench 70% CPU0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	70.6% Very good	Memory 87.1 1-Core 91.9 2-Core 152 67% 110 Pts	4-Core 293 8-Core 463 46% 378 Pts	64-Core 490 30% 490 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 70.6% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Quadro K2000 13,526 User benchmarks, average bench 7% Nvidia(10DE 094C) 2GB CLim: 954 MHz, MLim: 1000 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 411.63 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 7% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 188GB free (System drive) Firmware: 580ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 139 112 101 119 113 116 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	48.4% Average	Read 255 Write 206 Mixed 205 SusWrite 117 44% 196 MB/s	4K Read 18.4 4K Write 58.3 4K Mixed 25.4 91% 34 MB/s	DQ Read 26.1 DQ Write 102 DQ Mixed 34.4 35% 54.1 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 48.4% Great: 85%
Seagate ST3500312CS 500GB-$20 89,637 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 322GB free Firmware: SS16 SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 104 103 106 106 106 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	59.7% Above average	Read 104 Write 100 Mixed 53.8 SusWrite 105 66% 90.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.9 156% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 59.7% Great: 60%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M393B1K70BH1-CH9 2x8GB 28 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 2 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	48.9% Average	MC Read 18.6 MC Write 17.2 MC Mixed 15.8 49% 17.2 GB/s	SC Read 12.8 SC Write 13 SC Mixed 11.3 35% 12.4 GB/s	Latency 70.4 57% 70.4 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 48.9% Great: 49%

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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	1,501x
Xeon E5-1650 v2Intel $635Bench 76%, 10,921 samples	780x
Xeon E5-1620 v2Intel $345Bench 71%, 10,301 samples	689x

GPU
Quadro K2000NvidiaBench 7%, 13,526 samples	496x
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 $75Bench 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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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 $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16