HP Z420 Workstation

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 89%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 85%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 72%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 80%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics106% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive84% 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.
Memory32GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
SystemHP Z420 Workstation  (all builds)
MotherboardHewlett-Packard 1589
Memory29.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20191029
Uptime0 Days
Run DateSep 05 '21 at 01:11
Run Duration138 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU1%
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 PC Performing above expectations (81st 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 3.65 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
80% Excellent
Memory 91.6
1-Core 101
2-Core 204
77% 132 Pts
4-Core 374
8-Core 509
56% 442 Pts
64-Core 510
32% 510 Pts
Poor: 63%
This bench: 80%
Great: 79%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400
CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.35
Performing below potential (79th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
106% Outstanding
Lighting 134
Reflection 143
Parallax 134
110% 137 fps
MRender 118
Gravity 138
Splatting 119
102% 125 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 106%
Great: 110%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Crucial BX500 120GB-$15
75GB free (System drive)
Firmware: M6CR013
SusWrite @10s intervals: 402 365 414 408 132 61 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (94th percentile)
84% Excellent
Read 468
Write 409
Mixed 389
SusWrite 297
88% 391 MB/s
4K Read 33.1
4K Write 82
4K Mixed 24.3
125% 46.5 MB/s
DQ Read 136
DQ Write 326
DQ Mixed 45
88% 169 MB/s
Poor: 34%
This bench: 84%
Great: 86%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Hynix HMT41GU7BFR8C-RD 4x8GB
4 of 8 slots used
32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1866 MHz
Performing as expected (54th percentile)
103% Outstanding
MC Read 39.5
MC Write 41.6
MC Mixed 40.3
116% 40.5 GB/s
SC Read 17.7
SC Write 14.3
SC Mixed 13.9
44% 15.3 GB/s
Latency 64.7
62% 64.7 ns
Poor: 46%
This bench: 103%
Great: 112%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z420 Workstation Builds (Compare 5,665 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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