HP Z420 Workstation

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 72%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 84%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 63%
Destroyer
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 82.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics85.7% 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 Drive78.9% 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.
High background CPU (22%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemHP Z420 Workstation  (all builds)
MotherboardHewlett-Packard 1589
Memory13.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20131219
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJan 28 '20 at 00:07
Run Duration124 Seconds
Run User CAN-User
Background CPU 22%
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 PC Performing above expectations (84th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v2-$635
CPU0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (90th percentile)
82.4% Excellent
Memory 91.5
1-Core 105
2-Core 204
77% 133 Pts
4-Core 395
8-Core 646
64% 521 Pts
64-Core 751
46% 751 Pts
Poor: 67%
This bench: 82.4%
Great: 85%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132
CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.87
Performing way above expectations (92nd percentile)
85.7% Excellent
Lighting 109
Reflection 112
Parallax 95.3
89% 105 fps
MRender 95.7
Gravity 98.2
Splatting 98.4
80% 97.4 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 85.7%
Great: 88%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Crucial MTFDDAK256TBN-1AR1ZABHA 256GB
200GB free (System drive)
Firmware: HPC0012
SusWrite @10s intervals: 354 345 312 145 147 147 MB/s
Performing as expected (52nd percentile)
78.9% Very good
Read 417
Write 312
Mixed 257
SusWrite 242
69% 307 MB/s
4K Read 26.3
4K Write 62.4
4K Mixed 34.3
117% 41 MB/s
DQ Read 234
DQ Write 266
DQ Mixed 244
185% 248 MB/s
Poor: 54%
This bench: 78.9%
Great: 94%
Hitachi HDS721050CLA660 500GB
466GB free
Firmware: JP2OA41A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 142 141 141 141 142 143 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
80.9% Excellent
Read 140
Write 144
Mixed 69.5
SusWrite 142
91% 124 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 0.8
146% 1 MB/s
Poor: 19%
This bench: 80.9%
Great: 76%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Samsung M391B1G73QH0-CMA 2x8GB
2 of 8 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1866 MHz
Performing above expectations (85th percentile)
64.1% Good
MC Read 26.4
MC Write 21.8
MC Mixed 22
67% 23.4 GB/s
SC Read 17.1
SC Write 13.7
SC Mixed 12.2
41% 14.3 GB/s
Latency 65
62% 65 ns
Poor: 32%
This bench: 64.1%
Great: 66%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z420 Workstation Builds (Compare 5,701 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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