HP Z420 Workstation

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 9%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 58%
Gunboat
Workstation
Workstation 9%
Tree trunk
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 66%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics0.73% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive77.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait 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
Memory2.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display1280 x 800 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20161017
Uptime4.3 Days
Run DateMar 21 '19 at 05:36
Run Duration133 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU4%

 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 E5-2630 v2
CPU0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 2.75 GHz (avg)
Performing below expectations (37th percentile)
66% Good
Memory 80
1-Core 69.4
2-Core 131
57% 93.3 Pts
4-Core 281
8-Core 468
46% 375 Pts
64-Core 580
36% 580 Pts
Poor: 59%
This bench: 66%
Great: 72%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia Quadro NVS 290
Nvidia(10DE 0492) 256MB
Ram: 256MB, Driver: 341.35
Performing above expectations (64th percentile)
0.73% Terrible
Lighting 0.8
Reflection 1.42
Parallax 0.22
1% 0.81 fps
MRender 1.57
Gravity 0.6
Splatting 1.13
1% 1.1 fps
Poor: 0%
This bench: 0.73%
Great: 1%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
VK0480GEFJH 480GB
257GB free (System drive)
Firmware: HPG4
SusWrite @10s intervals: 334 331 320 317 326 333 MB/s
Performing as expected (51st percentile)
77.5% Very good
Read 330
Write 321
Mixed 275
SusWrite 327
71% 313 MB/s
4K Read 21.8
4K Write 56
4K Mixed 30
101% 35.9 MB/s
DQ Read 293
DQ Write 286
DQ Mixed 207
178% 262 MB/s
Poor: 63%
This bench: 77.5%
Great: 90%
WD WD5000AVVS-63H0B1 500GB
276GB free
Firmware: 05.04C06
SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 74 73 76 74 72 MB/s
Performing above expectations (77th percentile)
43.5% Average
Read 77.3
Write 74.7
Mixed 50.3
SusWrite 74.1
51% 69.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 2.1
4K Mixed 0.7
138% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 18%
This bench: 43.5%
Great: 51%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Hynix HMT125R7BFR8C-H9 8x2GB
8 of 8 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz
Performing below potential (16th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
80.3% Excellent
MC Read 33.1
MC Write 31.7
MC Mixed 30.3
91% 31.7 GB/s
SC Read 12.4
SC Write 10.3
SC Mixed 10
31% 10.9 GB/s
Latency 80.6
50% 80.6 ns
Poor: 79%
This bench: 80.3%
Great: 87%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z420 Workstation Builds (Compare 5,663 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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