HP Z420 Workstation

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 86%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 79%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 80%
Aircraft carrier
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 74.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics110% 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 Drive58.7% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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
Memory24.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit Farben
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20160601
Uptime0.9 Days
Run DateOct 18 '17 at 10:55
Run Duration171 Seconds
Run User DEU-User
Background CPU0%
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 PC Performing above expectations (68th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Xeon E5-2690 0
CPU0, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads
Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (89th percentile)
74.8% Very good
Memory 84.7
1-Core 91
2-Core 178
69% 118 Pts
4-Core 349
8-Core 689
61% 519 Pts
64-Core 872
54% 872 Pts
Poor: 64%
This bench: 74.8%
Great: 77%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400
CLim: 2075 MHz, MLim: 2702 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 387.92
Performing way above expectations (95th percentile)
110% Outstanding
Lighting 143
Reflection 159
Parallax 140
116% 147 fps
MRender 125
Gravity 150
Splatting 118
106% 131 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 110%
Great: 110%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Micron C400 RealSSD 256GB
18GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 0909 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing above expectations (71st percentile)
58.7% Above average
Read 441
Write 270
Mixed 337
77% 350 MB/s
4K Read 19.3
4K Write 60.9
4K Mixed 5.75
69% 28.7 MB/s
DQ Read 124
DQ Write 114
DQ Mixed 5.99
36% 81.5 MB/s
Poor: 41%
This bench: 58.7%
Great: 69%
WD Red 6TB (2014)-$129
2TB free
Firmware: 0A82 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing as expected (52nd percentile)
78.6% Very good
Read 141
Write 132
Mixed 110
96% 128 MB/s
4K Read 0.62
4K Write 2.16
4K Mixed 0.28
97% 1.02 MB/s
Poor: 49%
This bench: 78.6%
Great: 99%
Hitachi HUS724030ALE641 3TB
1.5TB free
Firmware: A5F0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing above expectations (70th percentile)
78% Very good
Read 135
Write 137
Mixed 117
97% 129 MB/s
4K Read 0.78
4K Write 2.37
4K Mixed 0.2
98% 1.11 MB/s
Poor: 46%
This bench: 78%
Great: 89%
TOSHIBA STOR.E ALU 2S 6TB
3.5TB free, PID 0b19
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples
58% Above average
Read 148
Write 129
Mixed 131
172% 136 MB/s
4K Read 0.87
4K Write 2.69
4K Mixed 0.28
104% 1.28 MB/s
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Samsung M391B5273DH0-CK0 8x4GB
8 of 8 slots used
32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing below potential (28th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
87.5% Excellent
MC Read 36.3
MC Write 34.5
MC Mixed 32.1
98% 34.3 GB/s
SC Read 14.1
SC Write 12.5
SC Mixed 12.3
37% 13 GB/s
Latency 72.3
55% 72.3 ns
Poor: 71%
This bench: 87.5%
Great: 96%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z420 Workstation Builds (Compare 5,667 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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