HP Z420 Workstation

Performance Results


Gaming 78% Battleship	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 63% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	98.8% 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	85.3% 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	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	HP Z420 Workstation (all builds)
Motherboard	Hewlett-Packard 1589
Memory	13.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180209
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 07 '18 at 12:40
Run Duration	137 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E5-1660 0 1,746 User benchmarks, average bench 76% CPU0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	74.6% Very good	Memory 84.8 1-Core 90.3 2-Core 194 71% 123 Pts	4-Core 351 8-Core 482 53% 417 Pts	64-Core 479 30% 479 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 74.6% Great: 86%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% Zotac(19DA 2445) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 397.93 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	98.8% Outstanding	Lighting 127 Reflection 130 Parallax 105 104% 121 fps	MRender 97.8 Gravity 126 Splatting 105 90% 110 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 98.8% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Drevo X1 SSD 240GB 2,789 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 127GB free (System drive) Firmware: Q0322A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 548 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 219 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 147 (A3) Unknown 100 100 34 (A4) Unknown 100 100 21841 (A5) Unknown 100 100 38 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 8 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 64 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 13 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 49 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 89204 (F2) Unknown 100 100 65417 (F5) Unknown 100 100 43682	85.3% Excellent	Read 499 Write 458 Mixed 493 108% 483 MB/s	4K Read 23.3 4K Write 61.3 4K Mixed 17.3 90% 34 MB/s	DQ Read 255 DQ Write 235 DQ Mixed 17.8 76% 169 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 85.3% Great: 109%
Hitachi HUA722020ALA330 2TB 7,666 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 1.5TB free Firmware: JKAOA3EA Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 132 132 103 (03) Spinup time 154 154 51571917244 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 884 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 121 121 35 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 43739 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 325 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 3549 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 3549 (C2) HDA temperature 187 187 219044315168 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	61.4% Good	Read 106 Write 108 Mixed 97 78% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 1.35 4K Mixed 0.33 85% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 61.4% Great: 70%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$90 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 905GB free Firmware: CV23 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 86297312 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 135 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 66 60 4236885 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 910 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 114 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 44 44 56 (BE) vendor-specific 70 58 505020446 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 8 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 225 (C2) HDA temperature 30 42 60129542174 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	87.1% Excellent	Read 152 Write 152 Mixed 157 116% 154 MB/s	4K Read 0.81 4K Write 1.16 4K Mixed 0.21 78% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 87.1% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT125R7BFR8C-H9 8x2GB 19 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 8 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	87.3% Excellent	MC Read 35.4 MC Write 34.1 MC Mixed 32.4 97% 34 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 13.2 SC Mixed 13.2 40% 14 GB/s	Latency 72 56% 72 ns
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 87.3% Great: 87%

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System: HP Z420 Workstation

CPU
Xeon E5-1620 0Intel $345Bench 70%, 17,464 samples	1,508x
Xeon E5-1650 v2Intel $635Bench 76%, 10,921 samples	783x
Xeon E5-1620 v2Intel $345Bench 71%, 10,301 samples	695x

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 $76Bench 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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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $373

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16