HP Z420 Workstation

Performance Results


Gaming 62% Destroyer	Desktop 70% Battle cruiser	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 62.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	92.8% 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	55.8% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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	39.7 GB free of 64 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161017
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 24 '19 at 03:54
Run Duration	169 Seconds
Run User	VNM-User
Background CPU	13%

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PC Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E5-2665 0 1,061 User benchmarks, average bench 67% CPU0, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 2.4 GHz, turbo 2.8 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	62.8% Good	Memory 80 1-Core 69.8 2-Core 130 57% 93.3 Pts	4-Core 247 8-Core 440 41% 343 Pts	64-Core 706 44% 706 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 62.8% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$290 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% Gigabyte(1458 3FC1) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 430.86 Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	92.8% Outstanding	Lighting 119 Reflection 116 Parallax 123 97% 119 fps	MRender 138 Gravity 101 Splatting 83 85% 107 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 92.8% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Ultimate SU800 256GB-$68 40,725 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 54GB free (System drive) Firmware: P1021A SusWrite @10s intervals: 160 106 56 90 105 106 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	55.8% Above average	Read 487 Write 39.5 Mixed 79.3 SusWrite 104 38% 177 MB/s	4K Read 26.8 4K Write 16.1 4K Mixed 19.1 74% 20.7 MB/s	DQ Read 263 DQ Write 76.3 DQ Mixed 256 166% 198 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 55.8% Great: 118%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$27 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 362GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 183 184 184 184 183 184 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 178 Write 167 Mixed 69.2 SusWrite 184 109% 150 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.9 176% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 112%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 171GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 165 166 166 166 165 167 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	92.4% Outstanding	Read 156 Write 129 Mixed 81 SusWrite 166 98% 133 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 92.4% Great: 113%
Seagate USB 2TB 50 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 552GB free Firmware: 0508 SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 102 102 103 102 104 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	59.1% Above average	Read 104 Write 104 Mixed 52.5 SusWrite 102 66% 90.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.9 151% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 59.1% Great: 103%
ST33000651NS 3TB 12 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 1TB free, PID 1066 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 126 125 125 125 125 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	55% Above average	Read 135 Write 129 Mixed 69.2 SusWrite 125 152% 114 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.1 129% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 55% Great: 55%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT31GR7BFR4A-H9 HMT31GR7BFR4A-H9 HMT31GR7BFR4C-H9 HMT31GR7BFR4C-H9 HMT31GR7BFR4C-H9 HMT31GR7BFR4A-H9 ... 64GB 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	80.2% Excellent	MC Read 33.2 MC Write 32.7 MC Mixed 29.2 91% 31.7 GB/s	SC Read 12.3 SC Write 10 SC Mixed 10.1 31% 10.8 GB/s	Latency 80.6 50% 80.6 ns

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

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Workstation 11%

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System: HP Z420 Workstation

CPU
Xeon E5-1620 0Intel $345Bench 70%, 17,464 samples	1,508x
Xeon E5-1650 v2Intel $635Bench 76%, 10,921 samples	784x
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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i3-12100F $95	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	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