HP Z420 Workstation

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 71%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 76%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 55%
Gunboat
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 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 73.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics96% 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 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.
Memory64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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 (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemHP Z420 Workstation  (all builds)
MotherboardHewlett-Packard 1589
Memory58 GB free of 64 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20141023
Uptime0 Days
Run DateSep 26 '20 at 16:24
Run Duration136 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 12%

 PC Performing as expected (43rd 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, 4 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (86th percentile)
73.7% Very good
Memory 82
1-Core 98.8
2-Core 196
72% 126 Pts
4-Core 379
8-Core 378
51% 378 Pts
64-Core 380
24% 380 Pts
Poor: 61%
This bench: 73.7%
Great: 77%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 451.48
Performing below potential (75th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
96% Outstanding
Lighting 126
Reflection 130
Parallax 124
102% 126 fps
MRender 91.4
Gravity 119
Splatting 97.6
84% 103 fps
Poor: 86%
This bench: 96%
Great: 101%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Seagate ST1000NM0011 1TB
75GB free
Firmware: SN03
SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 80 81 82 83 83 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (11th percentile)
49.1% Average
Read 88.7
Write 98.2
Mixed 62.2
SusWrite 82
61% 82.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.9
4K Mixed 1
180% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 43%
This bench: 49.1%
Great: 84%
Seagate ST32000641AS 2TB-$174
227GB free
Firmware: CC43
SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 82 82 83 83 82 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (11th percentile)
45.4% Average
Read 75.8
Write 79
Mixed 60.3
SusWrite 82.1
55% 74.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 1
170% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 38%
This bench: 45.4%
Great: 73%
Seagate ST3500514NS 500GB-$19
260GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SN12
SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 70 61 86 93 94 MB/s
Performing below expectations (30th percentile)
52.2% Above average
Read 101
Write 90
Mixed 60
SusWrite 80.7
61% 82.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 1
176% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 38%
This bench: 52.2%
Great: 75%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston 9965516-048.A00LF 9965516-048.A00LF 9965516-048.A00LF 9965516-069.A00LF 9965516-048.A00LF 9965516-069.A00LF 9965516-048.A00LF 9965516-069.A00LF 64GB
1333, 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz
8192, 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB
Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples
82.1% Excellent
MC Read 30.2
MC Write 35.7
MC Mixed 29.7
91% 31.9 GB/s
SC Read 14.8
SC Write 13.7
SC Mixed 12.3
39% 13.6 GB/s
Latency 76.8
52% 76.8 ns

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z420 Workstation Builds (Compare 5,666 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
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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