HP Z420 Workstation

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 15%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 73%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 14%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics6.52% 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 Drive159% 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.
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
Memory28.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit farver, 1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit farver
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20161017
Uptime0.8 Days
Run DateAug 18 '17 at 08:41
Run Duration114 Seconds
Run User DNK-User
Background CPU4%

 PC Performing as expected (58th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Xeon E5-1660 0
CPU0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg)
Performing as expected (52nd percentile)
75.5% Very good
Memory 80.2
1-Core 101
2-Core 202
73% 128 Pts
4-Core 381
8-Core 618
61% 500 Pts
64-Core 725
45% 725 Pts
Poor: 67%
This bench: 75.5%
Great: 86%
Graphics Cards Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
ATI Radeon HD 4670
Asus(1043 0300) 1GB
Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 8.970.100.9001
Performing below expectations (32nd percentile)
2.87% Terrible
Lighting 3.57
Reflection 5.69
Parallax 2.88
3% 4.04 fps
MRender 2.86
Gravity 3.1
Splatting 4
3% 3.32 fps
Poor: 3%
This bench: 2.87%
Great: 5%
Nvidia Quadro 2000
HP(103C 084A) 1GB
CLim: 625 MHz, MLim: 652 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 376.84
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
6.52% Terrible
Lighting 7.63
Reflection 8.92
Parallax 6.38
6% 7.64 fps
MRender 9.81
Gravity 7.87
Splatting 8.48
7% 8.72 fps
Poor: 6%
This bench: 6.52%
Great: 6%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625
125GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (10th percentile)
159% Outstanding
Read 935
Write 1,013
Mixed 962
217% 970 MB/s
4K Read 28.7
4K Write 99.9
4K Mixed 45.6
155% 58 MB/s
DQ Read 279
DQ Write 224
DQ Mixed 122
127% 209 MB/s
Poor: 138%
This bench: 159%
Great: 283%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Micron 18JSF1G72AZ-1G6D1 4x8GB
4 of 8 slots used
32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing way above expectations (95th percentile)
90.2% Outstanding
MC Read 36.2
MC Write 36.7
MC Mixed 33.6
101% 35.5 GB/s
SC Read 14.9
SC Write 14.3
SC Mixed 11.7
39% 13.6 GB/s
Latency 80.1
50% 80.1 ns
Poor: 43%
This bench: 90.2%
Great: 90%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z420 Workstation Builds (Compare 5,666 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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