HP Z420 Workstation

Performance Results


Gaming 24% Surfboard	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 22% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 72%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	25.5% 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	42.9% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	40GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 40GB 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.

Run History

18 months ago, 16 months ago, 11 months ago, 10 months ago, 8 months ago, 7 months ago.

System	HP Z420 Workstation (all builds)
Motherboard	Hewlett-Packard 1589
Memory	32.7 GB free of 40 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191029
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 02 '23 at 20:27
Run Duration	129 Seconds
Run User	MLT-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing as expected (49^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 below expectations (31^st percentile)	72% Very good	Memory 80.5 1-Core 89.6 2-Core 177 67% 116 Pts	4-Core 342 8-Core 557 55% 450 Pts	64-Core 825 51% 825 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 72% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 950-$100 111,509 User benchmarks, average bench 26% Nvidia(10DE 1402) 2GB CLim: 1430 MHz, MLim: 1652 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 527.56 Performing below potential (51^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	25.5% Poor	Lighting 31.8 Reflection 35.6 Parallax 28.8 26% 32.1 fps	MRender 35 Gravity 30 Splatting 26.6 24% 30.5 fps
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 25.5% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SSDPR-CX400-256-G2 256GB 1,916 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 126GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 237 123 70 52 154 74 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	42.9% Average	Read 481 Write 367 Mixed 12.7 SusWrite 118 54% 245 MB/s	4K Read 22.7 4K Write 26.2 4K Mixed 0.3 49% 16.4 MB/s	DQ Read 99.7 DQ Write 59.4 DQ Mixed 0.3 22% 53.1 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 42.9% Great: 107%
WD Blue 250GB (2010)-$43 50,270 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 215GB free Firmware: 1H18 SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 110 109 120 120 120 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	67.5% Good	Read 120 Write 116 Mixed 70.6 SusWrite 115 78% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 1 174% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 67.5% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M393B1K70DH0-YK0 5x8GB 13 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 5 of 8 slots used 40GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	67.9% Good	MC Read 27.9 MC Write 25 MC Mixed 24.5 74% 25.8 GB/s	SC Read 13.7 SC Write 12.5 SC Mixed 11.8 36% 12.7 GB/s	Latency 79.6 50% 79.6 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 67.9% Great: 73%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Desktop 67%

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Workstation 11%

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System: HP Z420 Workstation

CPU
Xeon E5-1620 0Intel $345Bench 70%, 17,464 samples	1,500x
Xeon E5-1650 v2Intel $635Bench 76%, 10,921 samples	774x
Xeon E5-1620 v2Intel $345Bench 71%, 10,301 samples	688x

GPU
Quadro K2000NvidiaBench 7%, 13,526 samples	496x
Quadro K4000NvidiaBench 13%, 11,114 samples	305x
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	56x
9JSF51272AZ-1G9E2 4x4GBMicronBench 78%, 366 samples	55x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $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