HP Z420 Workstation

Performance Results


Gaming 68% Battle cruiser	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 71% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (27th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 73 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 68.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	91.9% 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	32.1% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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	57.1 GB free of 64 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140325
Uptime	1.4 Days
Run Date	Jul 31 '20 at 14:08
Run Duration	127 Seconds
Run User	IND-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E5-2690 v2-$142 1,083 User benchmarks, average bench 71% CPU0, 1 CPU, 10 cores, 20 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 2.8 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	68.9% Good	Memory 80.2 1-Core 83.5 2-Core 166 64% 110 Pts	4-Core 309 8-Core 709 58% 509 Pts	64-Core 1,146 71% 1,146 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 68.9% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% PNY(196E 119E) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 451.48 Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	91.9% Outstanding	Lighting 111 Reflection 123 Parallax 95 90% 110 fps	MRender 114 Gravity 129 Splatting 106 94% 116 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 91.9% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Aarvex SSD 256GB 71 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 80GB free (System drive) Firmware: 4A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 306 64 12 42 22 21 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	32.1% Below average	Read 420 Write 369 Mixed 17.7 SusWrite 77.9 49% 221 MB/s	4K Read 16.9 4K Write 8.6 4K Mixed 0.6 31% 8.7 MB/s	DQ Read 93.8 DQ Write 11.5 DQ Mixed 0.8 14% 35.4 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 32.1% Great: 191%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: HP34 SusWrite @10s intervals: 170 172 175 200 196 172 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 174 Write 147 Mixed 86.7 SusWrite 181 108% 147 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.9 162% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 18JSF1G72PZ-1G6D1 18JSF1G72PZ-1G6E1 18JSF1G72PZ-1G6D1 18JSF1G72PZ-1G6D1 18JSF1G72PZ-1G6E1 18JSF1G72PZ-1G6D1 18JSF1G72PZ-1G6D1 18JSF1G72PZ-1G6D1 64GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	95.3% Outstanding	MC Read 41.4 MC Write 37.4 MC Mixed 35.3 109% 38 GB/s	SC Read 15 SC Write 12 SC Mixed 10.2 35% 12.4 GB/s	Latency 80.3 50% 80.3 ns
Poor: 95% ↑ This bench: 95.3% Great: 95%

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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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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	1,501x
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 $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 $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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $64	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16