HP Z420 Workstation

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 73%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 84%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 61%
Destroyer
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 75.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics91.4% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive126% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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 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
Memory29.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 7
BIOS Date20160601
Uptime0.3 Days
Run DateAug 15 '19 at 22:25
Run Duration137 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU4%
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 PC Performing above expectations (78th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Xeon E5-1620 v2-$345
CPU0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.7 GHz
Performing way above expectations (88th percentile)
75.6% Very good
Memory 87.9
1-Core 102
2-Core 204
76% 131 Pts
4-Core 342
8-Core 516
53% 429 Pts
64-Core 516
32% 516 Pts
Poor: 63%
This bench: 75.6%
Great: 79%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132
CLim: 2075 MHz, MLim: 2127 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 431.60
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
91.4% Outstanding
Lighting 114
Reflection 126
Parallax 108
93% 116 fps
MRender 107
Gravity 107
Splatting 108
88% 107 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 91.4%
Great: 88%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 860 256GB
120GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 449 458 456 456 454 456 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
126% Outstanding
Read 488
Write 446
Mixed 410
SusWrite 455
101% 450 MB/s
4K Read 44.7
4K Write 114
4K Mixed 57.8
202% 72 MB/s
DQ Read 390
DQ Write 344
DQ Mixed 360
272% 365 MB/s
Poor: 65%
This bench: 126%
Great: 126%
Hitachi HUA72202 2TB
1TB free
Firmware: A3NH
SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 109 107 108 107 109 MB/s
Performing below expectations (39th percentile)
57% Above average
Read 90.5
Write 89.8
Mixed 59.3
SusWrite 108
64% 86.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.4
4K Mixed 0.7
137% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 39%
This bench: 57%
Great: 71%
Seagate ST32000645NS 2TB-$287
805GB free
Firmware: RA0A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 119 120 117 119 119 MB/s
Performing as expected (53rd percentile)
74.8% Very good
Read 142
Write 141
Mixed 71.8
SusWrite 118
87% 118 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 2.4
4K Mixed 1.1
204% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 49%
This bench: 74.8%
Great: 88%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Samsung M393B5170EH1-CH9 8x4GB
8 of 8 slots used
32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz
Performing way above expectations (90th percentile)
85.1% Excellent
MC Read 33.2
MC Write 33.8
MC Mixed 31.9
94% 33 GB/s
SC Read 14.9
SC Write 13.8
SC Mixed 12.7
39% 13.8 GB/s
Latency 69.6
58% 69.6 ns
Poor: 36%
This bench: 85.1%
Great: 86%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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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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