HP Z420 Workstation

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 90%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 69%
Battle cruiser
Workstation
Workstation 75%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 68.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics132% 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 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.
Memory12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS VersionWindows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.
SystemHP Z420 Workstation  (all builds)
MotherboardHewlett-Packard 1589
Memory7.3 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit väriä
OSWindows 11
BIOS Date20131219
Uptime4.1 Days
Run DateNov 23 '21 at 15:43
Run Duration144 Seconds
Run User FIN-User
Background CPU8%
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 PC Performing above expectations (70th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Xeon E5-1620 v2-$345
CPU0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg)
Performing below expectations (36th percentile)
68.7% Good
Memory 77.7
1-Core 57.3
2-Core 186
60% 107 Pts
4-Core 322
8-Core 500
51% 411 Pts
64-Core 500
31% 500 Pts
Poor: 63%
This bench: 68.7%
Great: 79%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti-$340
Asus(1043 8827) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 496.49
Performing above expectations (82nd percentile)
132% Outstanding
Lighting 185
Reflection 180
Parallax 169
151% 178 fps
MRender 190
Gravity 140
Splatting 121
120% 151 fps
Poor: 116%
This bench: 132%
Great: 136%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28
783GB free (System drive)
Firmware: HP34
SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 78 127 165 170 182 MB/s
Performing as expected (54th percentile)
93.3% Outstanding
Read 188
Write 129
Mixed 88.3
SusWrite 137
100% 136 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 2
4K Mixed 0.7
152% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 55%
This bench: 93.3%
Great: 112%
WD Red 4TB (2013)-$80
3.5TB free
Firmware: 0A82
SusWrite @10s intervals: 144 169 181 181 182 184 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
102% Outstanding
Read 181
Write 171
Mixed 118
SusWrite 174
118% 161 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 2.9
4K Mixed 1.1
222% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 46%
This bench: 102%
Great: 100%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Hynix HMT451U7AFR8C-RD 3x4GB
3 of 8 slots used
12GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1866 MHz
Performing above expectations (83rd percentile)
76.2% Very good
MC Read 31.5
MC Write 30.1
MC Mixed 28.2
86% 29.9 GB/s
SC Read 13.7
SC Write 8
SC Mixed 11.8
32% 11.2 GB/s
Latency 84.9
47% 84.9 ns
Poor: 27%
This bench: 76.2%
Great: 81%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z420 Workstation Builds (Compare 5,711 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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