HP Z420 Workstation

Performance Results


Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 65% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	86% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	89.7% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	HP Z420 Workstation (all builds)
Motherboard	Hewlett-Packard 1589
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180710
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 05 '19 at 20:55
Run Duration	150 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (81^st 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 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	79.5% Very good	Memory 92 1-Core 100 2-Core 188 75% 127 Pts	4-Core 362 8-Core 607 59% 484 Pts	64-Core 747 46% 747 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 79.5% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$278 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3703) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 419.67 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	86% Excellent	Lighting 109 Reflection 113 Parallax 108 89% 110 fps	MRender 96.4 Gravity 97.7 Splatting 99.3 80% 97.8 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Seagate SSD 500GB 1,930 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 275GB free (System drive) Firmware: ST8S1024 SusWrite @10s intervals: 334 403 343 446 346 346 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	89.7% Excellent	Read 472 Write 22.5 Mixed 389 SusWrite 370 70% 313 MB/s	4K Read 26.7 4K Write 49.4 4K Mixed 30.6 106% 35.6 MB/s	DQ Read 356 DQ Write 339 DQ Mixed 220 200% 305 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 89.7% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$23 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 466GB free Firmware: HP73 SusWrite @10s intervals: 128 127 128 129 129 129 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	71% Very good	Read 120 Write 73.8 Mixed 65.3 SusWrite 128 71% 96.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.7 127% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 71% Great: 88%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$23 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 463GB free Firmware: HP73 SusWrite @10s intervals: 128 127 128 129 128 129 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	73.1% Very good	Read 127 Write 89 Mixed 57.3 SusWrite 128 73% 100 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.7 129% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 73.1% Great: 88%
SanDisk Cruzer Glide 32GB 23,482 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 25GB free, PID 5575 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 7.8 6.7 6.9 6.9 6.2 6.5 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	14.7% Very poor	Read 32 Write 8.8 Mixed 8.3 SusWrite 6.8 15% 14 MB/s	4K Read 4.9 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1.1 137% 2.8 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 14.7% Great: 19%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 9JSF25672AZ-1G9K1 8x2GB 58 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 8 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1866 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	MC Read 44.8 MC Write 42.8 MC Mixed 40.6 122% 42.7 GB/s	SC Read 15.8 SC Write 12.9 SC Mixed 13.1 40% 13.9 GB/s	Latency 64.1 62% 64.1 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 108%

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Desktop 67%

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Workstation 11%

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System: HP Z420 Workstation

CPU
Xeon E5-1620 0Intel $345Bench 70%, 17,464 samples	1,513x
Xeon E5-1650 v2Intel $635Bench 76%, 10,921 samples	785x
Xeon E5-1620 v2Intel $345Bench 71%, 10,301 samples	696x

GPU
Quadro K2000NvidiaBench 7%, 13,526 samples	497x
Quadro K4000NvidiaBench 13%, 11,114 samples	307x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	262x

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	58x
9JSF51272AZ-1G9E2 4x4GBMicronBench 78%, 366 samples	55x

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Total price: $373

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $159	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $109	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	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