HP Z420 Workstation

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 98%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 81%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 87%
Aircraft carrier
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 75.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics126% 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 Drive69.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemHP Z420 Workstation  (all builds)
MotherboardHewlett-Packard 1589
Memory25.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20161017
Uptime0.7 Days
Run DateFeb 13 '20 at 21:55
Run Duration116 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 17%

 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 E5-1650 v2-$635
CPU0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg)
Performing as expected (55th percentile)
75.7% Very good
Memory 87.7
1-Core 96.7
2-Core 193
73% 126 Pts
4-Core 344
8-Core 593
57% 468 Pts
64-Core 756
47% 756 Pts
Poor: 67%
This bench: 75.7%
Great: 85%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485
CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 432.0
Performing below potential (68th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
126% Outstanding
Lighting 171
Reflection 195
Parallax 178
140% 182 fps
MRender 127
Gravity 184
Splatting 132
120% 148 fps
Poor: 109%
This bench: 126%
Great: 133%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Mushkin ECO3 480GB-$155
194GB free (System drive)
Firmware: O1126A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 349 142 96 99 75 108 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (14th percentile)
69.6% Good
Read 474
Write 420
Mixed 140
SusWrite 145
66% 295 MB/s
4K Read 7.9
4K Write 39
4K Mixed 36.3
79% 27.7 MB/s
DQ Read 360
DQ Write 323
DQ Mixed 15.2
101% 233 MB/s
Poor: 61%
This bench: 69.6%
Great: 101%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Samsung M393B5170GB0-CH9 8x4GB
8 of 8 slots used
32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
88.3% Excellent
MC Read 36.5
MC Write 33.3
MC Mixed 32.9
98% 34.2 GB/s
SC Read 16
SC Write 14.3
SC Mixed 13.2
41% 14.5 GB/s
Latency 69.8
57% 69.8 ns
Poor: 36%
This bench: 88.3%
Great: 86%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z420 Workstation Builds (Compare 5,667 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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