HP Z420 Workstation

Performance Results


Gaming 59% Gunboat	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 54% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (25th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 75 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	74% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	66.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	HP Z420 Workstation (all builds)
Motherboard	Hewlett-Packard 1589
Memory	10.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180710
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 07 '20 at 21:45
Run Duration	185 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	21%

PC Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E5-2687W 0-$1,335 868 User benchmarks, average bench 74% CPU0, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	73.5% Very good	Memory 88.8 1-Core 89.1 2-Core 179 70% 119 Pts	4-Core 314 8-Core 566 53% 440 Pts	64-Core 884 55% 884 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 73.5% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX Titan X-$615 15,621 User benchmarks, average bench 75% Nvidia(10DE 1132) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing below potential (46^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	74% Very good	Lighting 96 Reflection 97.9 Parallax 98.6 78% 97.5 fps	MRender 82.6 Gravity 87.4 Splatting 73.7 66% 81.2 fps
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 74% Great: 83%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WDBNCE0010PNC 1TB 21,221 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 533GB free (System drive) Firmware: 401120RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 130 129 142 135 144 146 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	66.8% Good	Read 417 Write 402 Mixed 253 SusWrite 138 68% 302 MB/s	4K Read 28.7 4K Write 64 4K Mixed 36.8 124% 43.2 MB/s	DQ Read 33 DQ Write 98.9 DQ Mixed 42.5 39% 58.1 MB/s
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 66.8% Great: 117%
Crucial MTFDDAK128MAY-1AH1ZABHA 128GB 1,012 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 24GB free Firmware: M504 SusWrite @10s intervals: 137 140 145 145 144 144 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	53.4% Above average	Read 291 Write 302 Mixed 200 SusWrite 142 52% 234 MB/s	4K Read 24 4K Write 47.6 4K Mixed 30.1 100% 33.9 MB/s	DQ Read 26.9 DQ Write 53.6 DQ Mixed 32.4 27% 37.6 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 53.4% Great: 101%
Samsung MZ7TE512HMHP-000 512GB 3,033 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 129GB free Firmware: EXT06L0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 135 141 146 144 145 146 MB/s Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	51.7% Above average	Read 208 Write 214 Mixed 153 SusWrite 143 40% 180 MB/s	4K Read 25.3 4K Write 51.3 4K Mixed 29.7 104% 35.4 MB/s	DQ Read 35.9 DQ Write 73.9 DQ Mixed 35 32% 48.3 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 51.7% Great: 100%
Crucial MX300 525GB-$150 105,037 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 137GB free Firmware: M0CR040 SusWrite @10s intervals: 137 139 145 145 144 144 MB/s Performing below potential (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	50.8% Above average	Read 212 Write 230 Mixed 208 SusWrite 142 45% 198 MB/s	4K Read 21.7 4K Write 53.8 4K Mixed 30.1 100% 35.2 MB/s	DQ Read 24.9 DQ Write 82.4 DQ Mixed 36.8 33% 48 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 50.8% Great: 99%
WD My Passport 0820 1TB 16,483 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 110GB free, PID 0820 SusWrite @10s intervals: 24 25 26 23 24 24 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	15.3% Very poor	Read 30 Write 25 Mixed 22 SusWrite 24.4 34% 25.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 91% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 15.3% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT351R7CFR4C-PB 4x4GB 25 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	78.4% Very good	MC Read 33.5 MC Write 30.7 MC Mixed 26.7 87% 30.3 GB/s	SC Read 13.5 SC Write 12.4 SC Mixed 10.6 35% 12.2 GB/s	Latency 68.7 58% 68.7 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 78.4% Great: 79%

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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	686x

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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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $373

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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