HP Z420 Workstation

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 26%
Raft
Desktop
Desktop 78%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 22%
Surfboard
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 77.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics29.1% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
SystemHP Z420 Workstation  (all builds)
MotherboardHewlett-Packard 1589
Memory13.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180710
Uptime0 Days
Run DateMar 09 '19 at 23:20
Run Duration134 Seconds
Run User IDN-User
Background CPU2%

 PC Performing as expected (59th 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, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
77.5% Very good
Memory 86.6
1-Core 99.9
2-Core 196
74% 127 Pts
4-Core 378
8-Core 490
55% 434 Pts
64-Core 495
31% 495 Pts
Poor: 61%
This bench: 77.5%
Great: 77%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-$101
Zotac(19DA 9454) 2GB
CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 399.24
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
29.1% Poor
Lighting 36.2
Reflection 26.9
Parallax 32.3
30% 31.8 fps
MRender 37.5
Gravity 33.4
Splatting 33.3
28% 34.8 fps
Poor: 24%
This bench: 29.1%
Great: 28%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28
884GB free (System drive)
Firmware: HP34
SusWrite @10s intervals: 161 152 138 146 159 162 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (4th percentile)
49.8% Average
Read 20.7
Write 123
Mixed 28.1
SusWrite 153
59% 81.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 1.4
4K Mixed 0.5
98% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 55%
This bench: 49.8%
Great: 112%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70
179GB free
Firmware: AB51
SusWrite @10s intervals: 61 62 63 63 63 64 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (12th percentile)
35.1% Below average
Read 59.2
Write 67.1
Mixed 69
SusWrite 62.7
48% 64.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.8
139% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 31%
This bench: 35.1%
Great: 67%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Hynix HMT125R7BFR4C-H9 8x2GB
8 of 8 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz
Performing way above expectations (86th percentile)
81.9% Excellent
MC Read 30.6
MC Write 33.8
MC Mixed 30.3
90% 31.6 GB/s
SC Read 15.5
SC Write 14.3
SC Mixed 11.7
40% 13.8 GB/s
Latency 70.8
56% 70.8 ns
Poor: 65%
This bench: 81.9%
Great: 82%

 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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