HP Z420 Workstation

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 26% Raft	Desktop 70% Battleship	Workstation 25% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 68.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	30.8% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	128GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 128GB 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.

System	HP Z420 Workstation (all builds)
Motherboard	Hewlett-Packard 1589
Memory	115.7 GB free of 128 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191029
Uptime	26.7 Days
Run Date	Dec 22 '23 at 18:00
Run Duration	165 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing as expected (41^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E5-2690 0 4,842 User benchmarks, average bench 71% CPU0, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 3.25 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	68.2% Good	Memory 73.4 1-Core 85.3 2-Core 172 63% 110 Pts	4-Core 339 8-Core 594 56% 466 Pts	64-Core 839 52% 839 Pts
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 68.2% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Quadro K5200 1,717 User benchmarks, average bench 31% HP(103C 1095) ≥ 4GB CLim: 875 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 474.44 Performing below potential (64^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	30.8% Below average	Lighting 35.3 Reflection 41.1 Parallax 50.9 29% 42.4 fps	MRender 51.4 Gravity 42.6 Splatting 36.7 35% 43.6 fps
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 30.8% Great: 34%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107 47,617 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 1.5TB free (System drive) Firmware: 1D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 64 85 71 52 97 98 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	64.9% Good	Read 148 Write 117 Mixed 101 SusWrite 77.9 82% 111 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 207% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 64.9% Great: 85%
Seagate Barracuda 8TB (2017)-$87 42,465 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 7.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 187 187 178 170 166 181 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	89% Excellent	Read 131 Write 154 Mixed 135 SusWrite 178 111% 150 MB/s	4K Read 5 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0 218% 1.83 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 89% Great: 90%
Intel Raid 5 Volume 7.5TB 50 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 6TB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 271 320 311 310 320 319 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 14% Great: 164%
SSK Storage 1TB 451GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 19 19 19 19 18 19 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	13.9% Very poor	Read 50.7 Write 21.9 Mixed 22.7 SusWrite 18.7 34% 28.5 MB/s	4K Read 10.5 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 4.1 178% 4.87 MB/s

SSK Storage 1TB 35 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 823GB free, PID 9210 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 19 19 19 19 18 19 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	13.9% Very poor	Read 50.5 Write 21.9 Mixed 22.5 SusWrite 18.7 34% 28.4 MB/s	4K Read 10.4 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 4.1 178% 4.83 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 13.9% Great: 149%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8x16GB 2,632 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 8 of 8 slots used 128GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	87.1% Excellent	MC Read 34.4 MC Write 36.3 MC Mixed 33 99% 34.6 GB/s	SC Read 14.4 SC Write 12 SC Mixed 11.4 36% 12.6 GB/s	Latency 92.5 43% 92.5 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 87.1% Great: 142%

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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: 0P 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%	15	200	23	60	0"	1280 720	SPT13C0 X505BV-FMQC

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Gaming 12%

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Desktop 67%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 11%

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System: HP Z420 Workstation

CPU
Xeon E5-1620 0Intel $345Bench 70%, 17,464 samples	1,503x
Xeon E5-1650 v2Intel $635Bench 76%, 10,921 samples	781x
Xeon E5-1620 v2Intel $345Bench 71%, 10,301 samples	691x

GPU
Quadro K2000NvidiaBench 7%, 13,526 samples	497x
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	57x
9JSF51272AZ-1G9E2 4x4GBMicronBench 78%, 366 samples	55x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16