HP Z420 Workstation

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 15%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 66%
Battle cruiser
Workstation
Workstation 14%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 74.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics11.2% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 10 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.
SystemHP Z420 Workstation  (all builds)
MotherboardHewlett-Packard 1589
Memory13.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 7
BIOS Date20130207
Uptime0 Days
Run DateAug 26 '21 at 06:51
Run Duration124 Seconds
Run User RUS-User
Background CPU2%

 PC Performing as expected (50th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Xeon E5-1660 0
CPU0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.3 GHz
Performing below expectations (37th percentile)
74.2% Very good
Memory 83.6
1-Core 69.2
2-Core 156
61% 103 Pts
4-Core 349
8-Core 554
56% 452 Pts
64-Core 721
45% 721 Pts
Poor: 67%
This bench: 74.2%
Great: 86%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD FirePro V7900
HP(103C 2B0C) 2GB
Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 8.982.8.3000
Performing below expectations (31st percentile)
11.2% Very poor
Lighting 12.4
Reflection 24.7
Parallax 17.4
10% 18.2 fps
MRender 21
Gravity 12.6
Splatting 16
13% 16.5 fps
Poor: 11%
This bench: 11.2%
Great: 19%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Micron C400 RealSSD 256GB
13GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 040H
Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete
Read 405
Write 252
Mixed 261
68% 306 MB/s
4K Read 20.4
4K Write 54.9
4K Mixed 15.2
79% 30.2 MB/s
DQ Read 178
DQ Write 207
DQ Mixed 22.1
64% 136 MB/s
Poor: 41% Great: 69%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$25
552GB free
Firmware: HP16
SusWrite @10s intervals: 170 176 178 169 174 172 MB/s
Performing above expectations (61st percentile)
96.1% Outstanding
Read 162
Write 138
Mixed 92.3
SusWrite 173
104% 141 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 0.9
162% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 55%
This bench: 96.1%
Great: 112%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Micron 18JSF51272AZ-1G6M 4x4GB
4 of 8 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing above expectations (70th percentile)
91.4% Outstanding
MC Read 38.2
MC Write 37.7
MC Mixed 34.2
105% 36.7 GB/s
SC Read 11.3
SC Write 7.6
SC Mixed 10.8
28% 9.9 GB/s
Latency 74.1
54% 74.1 ns
Poor: 55%
This bench: 91.4%
Great: 97%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z420 Workstation Builds (Compare 5,726 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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