HP Z420 Workstation

Performance Results


Gaming 60% Destroyer	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 50% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (34th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 66 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 67.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	83.3% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	82.2% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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

10 months ago, 10 months ago, 9 months ago, 9 months ago, 9 months ago, 9 months ago.

System	HP Z420 Workstation (all builds)
Motherboard	Hewlett-Packard 1589
Memory	26.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191029
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 01 '23 at 18:35
Run Duration	154 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing below expectations (34^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 below expectations (30^th percentile)	67.1% Good	Memory 79.4 1-Core 81.8 2-Core 186 66% 116 Pts	4-Core 297 8-Core 439 46% 368 Pts	64-Core 452 28% 452 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 67.1% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3301) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 536.23 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	83.3% Excellent	Lighting 104 Reflection 110 Parallax 102 85% 105 fps	MRender 95.4 Gravity 102 Splatting 97 80% 98 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 83.3% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WDBNCE0010PNC 1TB 21,221 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 777GB free (System drive) Firmware: 00RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 239 332 371 374 373 370 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	82.2% Excellent	Read 414 Write 392 Mixed 261 SusWrite 343 79% 353 MB/s	4K Read 26.3 4K Write 52.2 4K Mixed 27.9 103% 35.5 MB/s	DQ Read 369 DQ Write 216 DQ Mixed 256 200% 280 MB/s
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 82.2% Great: 117%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 490GB free Firmware: CC49 SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 106 106 106 106 109 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	81.7% Excellent	Read 179 Write 130 Mixed 86.5 SusWrite 106 92% 125 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.9 159% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 81.7% Great: 112%
Toshiba MK2002TSKB 2TB 754 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 503GB free Firmware: MT4A SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 99 104 102 102 103 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	61.1% Good	Read 110 Write 108 Mixed 60.5 SusWrite 102 70% 95.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 157% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 61.1% Great: 85%
WL2000GSA3272 2TB 48 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 484GB free Firmware: 0A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 63 64 64 64 65 64 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	36.3% Below average	Read 62.5 Write 62.3 Mixed 56.3 SusWrite 63.9 45% 61.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 126% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 36.3% Great: 92%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Nanya NT4GC72B4NA1NL-CG 8x4GB 40 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 8 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	79.1% Very good	MC Read 29.7 MC Write 33.2 MC Mixed 29.1 88% 30.7 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 13.9 SC Mixed 12.2 38% 13.5 GB/s	Latency 81.6 49% 81.6 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 79.1% Great: 85%

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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	1,501x
Xeon E5-1650 v2Intel $635Bench 76%, 10,921 samples	780x
Xeon E5-1620 v2Intel $345Bench 71%, 10,301 samples	690x

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	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 $39
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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16