HP Z420 Workstation

Performance Results


Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 69% Battle cruiser	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 78.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	6.25% 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	44.3% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	HP Z420 Workstation (all builds)
Motherboard	Hewlett-Packard 1589
Memory	6.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180710
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 08 '19 at 02:16
Run Duration	141 Seconds
Run User	NZL-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E5-1650 0-$230 10,189 User benchmarks, average bench 73% CPU0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	78.6% Very good	Memory 86.8 1-Core 98.5 2-Core 199 74% 128 Pts	4-Core 380 8-Core 599 60% 489 Pts	64-Core 704 44% 704 Pts
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 78.6% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 5670 18,196 User benchmarks, average bench 6% Sapphire(174B E166) 512MB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.200.1062.1004 Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	6.25% Terrible	Lighting 7.67 Reflection 8.73 Parallax 6.09 6% 7.5 fps	MRender 8.24 Gravity 5.17 Splatting 9.04 6% 7.48 fps
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 6.25% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 83GB free (System drive) Firmware: BBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 84 92 92 92 81 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	44.3% Average	Read 203 Write 119 Mixed 146 SusWrite 88.4 31% 139 MB/s	4K Read 19.7 4K Write 43.8 4K Mixed 24.8 85% 29.4 MB/s	DQ Read 83.6 DQ Write 115 DQ Mixed 92.5 72% 97.1 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 44.3% Great: 73%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2TB free Firmware: AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 119 117 122 121 121 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	68.6% Good	Read 119 Write 116 Mixed 93.2 SusWrite 120 83% 112 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 137% 1 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 68.6% Great: 67%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1.5TB free Firmware: AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 105 105 108 108 106 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	59.7% Above average	Read 102 Write 98.5 Mixed 89 SusWrite 106 73% 98.9 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.7 140% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 59.7% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 18JSF1G72PZ-1G6D1 1x8GB 14 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 1 of 8 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	29.1% Poor	MC Read 10.7 MC Write 8.4 MC Mixed 8.1 26% 9.07 GB/s	SC Read 9.6 SC Write 10.5 SC Mixed 7.7 26% 9.27 GB/s	Latency 70.7 57% 70.7 ns
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 29.1% Great: 29%

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

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Typical Z420 Workstation Builds (Compare 5,689 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 12%

Tree trunk

Desktop 67%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 11%

Tree trunk

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	779x
Xeon E5-1620 v2Intel $345Bench 71%, 10,301 samples	688x

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 $75Bench 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 $40
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) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16