HP Z420 Workstation

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 68%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 86%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 56%
Gunboat
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing way above expectations (92nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 8 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
ProcessorWith a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics78.2% 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 Drive163% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
SystemHP Z420 Workstation  (all builds)
MotherboardHewlett-Packard 1589
Memory13.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20161017
Uptime0 Days
Run DateNov 11 '20 at 17:11
Run Duration110 Seconds
Run User CAN-User
Background CPU0%
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 PC Performing way above expectations (92nd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Xeon E5-1620 v2-$345
CPU0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
78.9% Very good
Memory 88.4
1-Core 107
2-Core 198
76% 131 Pts
4-Core 379
8-Core 517
57% 448 Pts
64-Core 518
32% 518 Pts
Poor: 63%
This bench: 78.9%
Great: 79%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-$143
CLim: 2235 MHz, MLim: 2230 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 457.30
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
78.2% Very good
Lighting 103
Reflection 92.6
Parallax 81.6
84% 92.4 fps
MRender 80.3
Gravity 84.8
Splatting 79.7
67% 81.6 fps
Poor: 62%
This bench: 78.2%
Great: 73%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Kingston HyperX Predator AHCI PCIe M.2 480GB-$300
407GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 0C4005T3 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 331 877 1108 1080 1038 1094 MB/s
Performing above expectations (77th percentile)
163% Outstanding
Read 1,103
Write 1,004
Mixed 569
SusWrite 922
202% 899 MB/s
4K Read 35.8
4K Write 87.6
4K Mixed 42.5
155% 55.3 MB/s
DQ Read 363
DQ Write 320
DQ Mixed 112
146% 265 MB/s
Poor: 94%
This bench: 163%
Great: 181%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Micron 18JSF51272AZ-1G6M 4x4GB
4 of 8 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing way above expectations (95th percentile)
97.3% Outstanding
MC Read 37.6
MC Write 39.3
MC Mixed 37.2
109% 38 GB/s
SC Read 17.1
SC Write 14.9
SC Mixed 13.9
44% 15.3 GB/s
Latency 69.1
58% 69.1 ns
Poor: 55%
This bench: 97.3%
Great: 97%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z420 Workstation Builds (Compare 5,685 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 12%
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Desktop
Desktop 67%
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Workstation
Workstation 11%
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System: HP Z420 Workstation

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 62% - Good Total price: $373
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