HP Z420 Workstation

Performance Results


Gaming 44% Speed boat	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 36% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (37th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 63 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	52.2% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	73.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	HP Z420 Workstation (all builds)
Motherboard	Hewlett-Packard 1589
Memory	56.8 GB free of 64 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150527
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 14 '18 at 20:50
Run Duration	173 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E5-1620 0-$345 17,464 User benchmarks, average bench 70% CPU0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	73.7% Very good	Memory 81.5 1-Core 97 2-Core 194 71% 124 Pts	4-Core 362 8-Core 480 54% 421 Pts	64-Core 477 30% 477 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 73.7% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Asus(1043 8508) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 399.7 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	52.2% Above average	Lighting 64.4 Reflection 68.4 Parallax 61 52% 64.6 fps	MRender 73.2 Gravity 60.9 Splatting 57.9 52% 64 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 52.2% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 1TB-$210 25,365 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 81GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 77 62 68 65 69 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	73.5% Very good	Read 463 Write 211 Mixed 225 SusWrite 76.2 54% 244 MB/s	4K Read 27.1 4K Write 62.6 4K Mixed 36.3 121% 42 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 188 DQ Mixed 291 215% 288 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 73.5% Great: 124%
Micron_P400e-MTFDDAK400MAR 400GB 70 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 52GB free Firmware: 0157 SusWrite @10s intervals: 44 45 39 44 44 45 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	49.5% Average	Read 403 Write 44.7 Mixed 247 SusWrite 43.6 40% 185 MB/s	4K Read 17.9 4K Write 36.8 4K Mixed 20.8 73% 25.2 MB/s	DQ Read 189 DQ Write 173 DQ Mixed 52.3 74% 138 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 49.5% Great: 69%
WD My Passport 25E2 4TB 31,793 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 1TB free, PID 25e2 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 71 71 74 70 73 71 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	29.8% Poor	Read 68.8 Write 59.2 Mixed 37.2 SusWrite 71.7 79% 59.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.2 54% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 29.8% Great: 59%
WD Elements 25A2 2TB 18,040 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 40GB free, PID 25a2 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 5.1 5.8 5.7 6.7 5.6 6.3 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	3.55% Terrible	Read 5 Write 6.5 Mixed 5.2 SusWrite 5.8 8% 5.62 MB/s	4K Read 0.1 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.1 21% 0.23 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 3.55% Great: 61%
WD Elements 25A2 1TB 31,808 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 305GB free, PID 25a2 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 21 21 21 21 21 21 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	14.2% Very poor	Read 23 Write 21.7 Mixed 20 SusWrite 21.2 29% 21.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.8 97% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 14.2% Great: 63%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M393B2G70BH0-YH9 4x16GB 50 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 4 of 8 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	76.4% Very good	MC Read 28.4 MC Write 31.8 MC Mixed 28.1 84% 29.4 GB/s	SC Read 13.9 SC Write 13.9 SC Mixed 11.8 38% 13.2 GB/s	Latency 77.8 51% 77.8 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 76.4% Great: 86%

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

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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 $273	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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