HP Z420 Workstation

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 91%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 80%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 81%
Aircraft carrier
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics108% 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 Drive54.6% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemHP Z420 Workstation  (all builds)
MotherboardHewlett-Packard 1589
Memory12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20191029
Uptime0 Days
Run DateMay 30 '22 at 22:57
Run Duration112 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 11%

 PC Performing as expected (59th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v2-$635
CPU0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (86th percentile)
80.6% Excellent
Memory 90.2
1-Core 63.9
2-Core 179
65% 111 Pts
4-Core 384
8-Core 610
61% 497 Pts
64-Core 809
50% 809 Pts
Poor: 67%
This bench: 80.6%
Great: 85%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485
CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 512.95
Performing way below expectations (6th percentile)
108% Outstanding
Lighting 206
Reflection 197
Parallax 209
168% 204 fps
Poor: 109%
This bench: 108%
Great: 133%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Micron C400 RealSSD 128GB
73GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 070H
SusWrite @10s intervals: 150 183 174 180 181 184 MB/s
Performing as expected (50th percentile)
54.6% Above average
Read 404
Write 187
Mixed 216
SusWrite 176
54% 245 MB/s
4K Read 21.1
4K Write 50.7
4K Mixed 14.2
77% 28.7 MB/s
DQ Read 124
DQ Write 104
DQ Mixed 30
46% 86.2 MB/s
Poor: 42%
This bench: 54.6%
Great: 70%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Samsung M391B5173QH0-CMA 4x4GB
4 of 8 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1866 MHz
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
103% Outstanding
MC Read 44.2
MC Write 39.8
MC Mixed 38
116% 40.7 GB/s
SC Read 17.7
SC Write 14.3
SC Mixed 11.4
41% 14.5 GB/s
Latency 67
60% 67 ns
Poor: 45%
This bench: 103%
Great: 103%

 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%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 67%
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Workstation
Workstation 11%
Tree trunk

System: HP Z420 Workstation

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