HP Z420 Workstation

Performance Results


Gaming 15% Surfboard	Desktop 57% Gunboat	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 58%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	14.8% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	77.5% 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.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	HP Z420 Workstation (all builds)
Motherboard	Hewlett-Packard 1589
Memory	14.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120309
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 26 '21 at 07:16
Run Duration	245 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing as expected (47^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E5-1603 0 3,589 User benchmarks, average bench 60% CPU0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 2.5 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	58% Above average	Memory 64.6 1-Core 44.9 2-Core 88.8 42% 66.1 Pts	4-Core 298 8-Core 295 40% 297 Pts	64-Core 296 18% 296 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 58% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GT 1030 185,384 User benchmarks, average bench 14% MSI(1462 8C98) 2GB CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	14.8% Very poor	Lighting 18.4 Reflection 18.5 Parallax 20.9 15% 19.3 fps	MRender 16.2 Gravity 19.2 Splatting 17.3 14% 17.6 fps
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 14.8% Great: 15%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 870 EVO 500GB-$60 60,851 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 131GB free (System drive) Firmware: SVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 209 260 285 188 283 312 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	77.5% Very good	Read 415 Write 356 Mixed 299 SusWrite 256 74% 332 MB/s	4K Read 23.4 4K Write 59.7 4K Mixed 48.6 129% 43.9 MB/s	DQ Read 42.7 DQ Write 104 DQ Mixed 55.4 47% 67.4 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 77.5% Great: 130%
Intel Raid 1 Volume 2TB 570 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 1.5TB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 132 169 178 174 178 177 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	124% Outstanding	Read 265 Write 152 Mixed 39 SusWrite 168 113% 156 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.7 173% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 128%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M391B5773DH0-CK0 8x2GB 244 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 8 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1066 MHz Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	65.7% Good	MC Read 26.6 MC Write 29.7 MC Mixed 23.9 76% 26.7 GB/s	SC Read 8 SC Write 5.2 SC Mixed 5.2 18% 6.13 GB/s	Latency 115 35% 115 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 65.7% Great: 94%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

SkillBench Score 0: 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	1	251	155	60	31.5"	1280 720	SAM0D34 C32F391

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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	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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	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 $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16