HP Z420 Workstation

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 87%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 79%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 75%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 78.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics109% 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 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.
Memory16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/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
Memory10.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 7
BIOS Date20120309
Uptime0 Days
Run DateDec 01 '17 at 00:35
Run Duration111 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU10%

 PC Performing above expectations (67th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Xeon E5-1650 0-$230
CPU0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.2 GHz
Performing way above expectations (92nd percentile)
78.9% Very good
Memory 90.8
1-Core 91.3
2-Core 183
72% 122 Pts
4-Core 362
8-Core 587
58% 474 Pts
64-Core 691
43% 691 Pts
Poor: 65%
This bench: 78.9%
Great: 81%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485
CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 385.69
Performing below potential (7th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
109% Outstanding
Lighting 132
Reflection 192
Parallax 189
108% 171 fps
MRender 132
Gravity 182
Splatting 128
119% 148 fps
Poor: 109%
This bench: 109%
Great: 133%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Hitachi HDS72101 1TB
868GB free (System drive)
Firmware: A41A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing above expectations (77th percentile)
70.2% Very good
Read 129
Write 116
Mixed 112
89% 119 MB/s
4K Read 0.63
4K Write 1.4
4K Mixed 0.34
90% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 29%
This bench: 70.2%
Great: 79%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Micron 18JSF51272AZ-1G6M 4x4GB
4 of 8 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing way above expectations (93rd percentile)
95.9% Outstanding
MC Read 39.4
MC Write 39.1
MC Mixed 34.9
108% 37.8 GB/s
SC Read 15
SC Write 12.2
SC Mixed 11.9
37% 13 GB/s
Latency 66
61% 66 ns
Poor: 55%
This bench: 95.9%
Great: 97%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z420 Workstation Builds (Compare 5,702 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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