HP Z420 Workstation

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 94%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 85%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 91%
Nuclear submarine
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing below expectations (37th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 63 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
ProcessorWith a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics113% 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 Drive73.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait 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.
Run History
3 years ago, 3 years ago.
SystemHP Z420 Workstation  (all builds)
MotherboardHewlett-Packard 1589
Memory59.1 GB free of 64 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20150209
Uptime0.9 Days
Run DateNov 07 '20 at 20:52
Run Duration151 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU1%

 PC Performing below expectations (37th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Xeon E5-2667 v2
CPU0, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads
Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (91st percentile)
78.9% Very good
Memory 83.3
1-Core 103
2-Core 207
75% 131 Pts
4-Core 400
8-Core 793
70% 596 Pts
64-Core 1,002
62% 1,002 Pts
Poor: 68%
This bench: 78.9%
Great: 81%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485
CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 460.20
Performing below potential (12th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
113% Outstanding
Lighting 141
Reflection 179
Parallax 211
115% 177 fps
MRender 130
Gravity 186
Splatting 132
121% 149 fps
Poor: 109%
This bench: 113%
Great: 133%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 870 QVO 1TB-$107
744GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SVQ01B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 222 226 227 234 234 234 MB/s
Performing below potential (22nd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable
73.7% Very good
Read 245
Write 226
Mixed 225
SusWrite 230
52% 231 MB/s
4K Read 31.5
4K Write 60.1
4K Mixed 40.4
131% 44 MB/s
DQ Read 202
DQ Write 190
DQ Mixed 194
146% 195 MB/s
Poor: 48%
This bench: 73.7%
Great: 128%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$158
612GB free
Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 616 631 640 661 663 662 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (1st percentile)
148% Outstanding
Read 656
Write 607
Mixed 610
SusWrite 645
142% 630 MB/s
4K Read 49.8
4K Write 85
4K Mixed 61.7
200% 65.5 MB/s
DQ Read 508
DQ Write 382
DQ Mixed 439
330% 443 MB/s
Poor: 214%
This bench: 148%
Great: 372%
Samsung 870 QVO 2TB-$145
827GB free
Firmware: SVQ01B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 410 418 423 435 437 436 MB/s
Performing as expected (58th percentile)
108% Outstanding
Read 493
Write 444
Mixed 406
SusWrite 426
100% 443 MB/s
4K Read 34.6
4K Write 72.8
4K Mixed 46.1
150% 51.2 MB/s
DQ Read 382
DQ Write 326
DQ Mixed 340
258% 349 MB/s
Poor: 64%
This bench: 108%
Great: 128%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Micron 36KSF2G72PZ-1G6N1 36KSF2G72PZ-1G6E1 36KSF2G72PZ-1G6E1 36KSF2G72PZ-1G6E1 64GB
1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz
16384, 16384, 16384, 16384 MB
Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples
101% Outstanding
MC Read 44.3
MC Write 38.5
MC Mixed 37.8
115% 40.2 GB/s
SC Read 15.9
SC Write 13.7
SC Mixed 11.8
39% 13.8 GB/s
Latency 74.6
54% 74.6 ns
Poor: 100%
This bench: 101%
Great: 103%

 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
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System: HP Z420 Workstation

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 62% - Good Total price: $373
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