HP Z420 Workstation

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 86%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 73%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 81%
Aircraft carrier
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 68%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics121% 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 Drive40.3% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.
Run History
SystemHP Z420 Workstation  (all builds)
MotherboardHewlett-Packard 1589
Memory28 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20190613
Uptime0 Days
Run DateNov 27 '20 at 15:07
Run Duration128 Seconds
Run User LVA-User
Background CPU6%

 PC Performing as expected (53rd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Xeon E5-2650 v2
CPU0, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads
Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 2.9 GHz (avg)
Performing as expected (54th percentile)
68% Good
Memory 80.1
1-Core 68.5
2-Core 160
60% 103 Pts
4-Core 302
8-Core 594
53% 448 Pts
64-Core 818
51% 818 Pts
Poor: 59%
This bench: 68%
Great: 73%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$499
CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 457.30
Performing below potential (40th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
121% Outstanding
Lighting 163
Reflection 182
Parallax 172
132% 172 fps
MRender 131
Gravity 173
Splatting 122
114% 142 fps
Poor: 109%
This bench: 121%
Great: 133%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Micron C400 RealSSD 128GB
68GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 070H
SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 151 178 183 168 171 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (5th percentile)
40.3% Average
Read 396
Write 179
Mixed 210
SusWrite 162
52% 237 MB/s
4K Read 21
4K Write 8
4K Mixed 10.1
49% 13 MB/s
Poor: 42%
This bench: 40.3%
Great: 70%
WD Green 240GB (2018)-$42
223GB free
Firmware: UF400400
SusWrite @10s intervals: 194 184 153 145 141 148 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (91st percentile)
52.8% Above average
Read 424
Write 352
Mixed 297
SusWrite 161
69% 308 MB/s
4K Read 20.9
4K Write 35.4
4K Mixed 15.4
70% 23.9 MB/s
DQ Read 119
DQ Write 108
DQ Mixed 35.3
48% 87.3 MB/s
Poor: 34%
This bench: 52.8%
Great: 55%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Samsung M393B1G70QH0-CMA 4x8GB
4 of 8 slots used
32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1866 MHz
Performing above expectations (75th percentile)
96.6% Outstanding
MC Read 45.3
MC Write 35.5
MC Mixed 35.7
111% 38.8 GB/s
SC Read 13.9
SC Write 10.7
SC Mixed 9.5
32% 11.4 GB/s
Latency 80.4
50% 80.4 ns
Poor: 42%
This bench: 96.6%
Great: 105%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z420 Workstation Builds (Compare 5,656 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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