HP Z420 Workstation

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 80%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 79%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 65%
Battle cruiser
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 73.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is 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 Drive58.2% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.
SystemHP Z420 Workstation  (all builds)
MotherboardHewlett-Packard 1589
Memory17.2 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 7
BIOS Date20140325
Uptime0.1 Days
Run DateOct 03 '17 at 16:51
Run Duration83 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU1%
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 PC Performing as expected (49th 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
Performing way above expectations (86th percentile)
73.6% Very good
Memory 83.5
1-Core 97.4
2-Core 194
72% 125 Pts
4-Core 344
8-Core 495
53% 420 Pts
64-Core 495
31% 495 Pts
Poor: 61%
This bench: 73.6%
Great: 77%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400
PNY(196E 119E) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 382.53
Performing below potential (79th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
106% Outstanding
Lighting 138
Reflection 152
Parallax 143
113% 144 fps
MRender 109
Gravity 135
Splatting 110
96% 118 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 106%
Great: 110%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Kingston SHSS37A480G 480GB
215GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SAFM00.U Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (3rd percentile)
58.2% Above average
Read 498
Write 254
Mixed 472
91% 408 MB/s
4K Read 19.9
4K Write 53.7
4K Mixed 11.7
73% 28.4 MB/s
DQ Read 20
DQ Write 40.3
DQ Mixed 11.8
14% 24.1 MB/s
Poor: 64%
This bench: 58.2%
Great: 110%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston 9965525-138.A00LF 3x8GB
3 of 8 slots used
24GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing below potential (28th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
72.9% Very good
MC Read 28.4
MC Write 28.2
MC Mixed 26.6
79% 27.7 GB/s
SC Read 14.7
SC Write 13.9
SC Mixed 12.1
39% 13.6 GB/s
Latency 74.3
54% 74.3 ns
Poor: 54%
This bench: 72.9%
Great: 81%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z420 Workstation Builds (Compare 5,677 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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