HP Z420 Workstation

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 9%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 69%
Battle cruiser
Workstation
Workstation 8%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 74.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics13.1% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot DriveThe boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
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
Memory4.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20120717
Uptime1.1 Days
Run DateJun 22 '19 at 08:07
Run Duration108 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU9%

 PC Performing above expectations (84th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Xeon E5-1620 0-$345
CPU0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (86th percentile)
74.5% Very good
Memory 84.3
1-Core 98
2-Core 196
72% 126 Pts
4-Core 354
8-Core 480
53% 417 Pts
64-Core 487
30% 487 Pts
Poor: 61%
This bench: 74.5%
Great: 77%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD HD 6850
Sapphire(174B E174) 1GB
Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008
Performing way above expectations (91st percentile)
13.1% Very poor
Lighting 17.2
Reflection 13.4
Parallax 14.4
14% 15 fps
MRender 11.4
Gravity 11.4
Splatting 17.3
11% 13.4 fps
Poor: 11%
This bench: 13.1%
Great: 13%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung Spinpoint F1 1TB-$100
616GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1AA01113
SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 81 94 98 97 95 MB/s
Performing above expectations (75th percentile)
54.4% Above average
Read 98.5
Write 106
Mixed 59
SusWrite 90.5
65% 88.4 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 2.3
4K Mixed 1
191% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 31%
This bench: 54.4%
Great: 62%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston 9965447-016.A00LF 2x4GB
2 of 8 slots used
8GB DIMM DDR3 1067 MHz clocked @ 1066 MHz
Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples
23.1% Poor
MC Read 7.4
MC Write 6.7
MC Mixed 6.8
20% 6.97 GB/s
SC Read 7.3
SC Write 7.4
SC Mixed 6.1
20% 6.93 GB/s
Latency 73
55% 73 ns
Poor: 23%
This bench: 23.1%
Great: 23%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z420 Workstation Builds (Compare 5,680 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 12%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 67%
Battle cruiser
Workstation
Workstation 11%
Tree trunk

System: HP Z420 Workstation

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