HP Z420 Workstation

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 80%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 79%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 76%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing way above expectations (91st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 9 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 74.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics104% 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 Drive68% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 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.
Run History
SystemHP Z420 Workstation  (all builds)
MotherboardHewlett-Packard 1589
Memory59.2 GB free of 64 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display1768 x 992 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 7
BIOS Date20150209
Uptime0 Days
Run DateNov 21 '17 at 01:40
Run Duration107 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU0%

 PC Performing way above expectations (91st percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Xeon E5-2690 0
CPU0, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads
Base clock 2.9 GHz
Performing above expectations (81st percentile)
74.4% Very good
Memory 83.1
1-Core 99.4
2-Core 186
71% 123 Pts
4-Core 354
8-Core 690
62% 522 Pts
64-Core 892
55% 892 Pts
Poor: 64%
This bench: 74.4%
Great: 77%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.31
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
104% Outstanding
Lighting 136
Reflection 142
Parallax 137
111% 138 fps
MRender 100
Gravity 128
Splatting 108
92% 112 fps
Poor: 86%
This bench: 104%
Great: 101%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Micron C400 RealSSD 512GB
301GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 070H Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (86th percentile)
68% Good
Read 450
Write 255
Mixed 322
76% 343 MB/s
4K Read 21.7
4K Write 80.7
4K Mixed 11.1
90% 37.8 MB/s
DQ Read 191
DQ Write 204
DQ Mixed 11.4
60% 135 MB/s
Poor: 45%
This bench: 68%
Great: 73%
WD Re 2TB (2012)-$29
2TB free
Firmware: 1K03 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
92.7% Outstanding
Read 174
Write 148
Mixed 153
119% 158 MB/s
4K Read 0.89
4K Write 3.39
4K Mixed 0.59
165% 1.62 MB/s
Poor: 50%
This bench: 92.7%
Great: 90%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Hynix HMT31GR7BFR4C-H9 HMT31GR7BFR4C-H9 HMT31GR7BFR4C-H9 HMT31GR7AFR4C-H9 HMT31GR7BFR4C-H9 HMT31GR7BFR4C-H9 ... 64GB
1333, 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz
8192, 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB
Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples
83.1% Excellent
MC Read 34.3
MC Write 32.1
MC Mixed 30.6
92% 32.3 GB/s
SC Read 14.4
SC Write 13.3
SC Mixed 11.8
38% 13.2 GB/s
Latency 75
53% 75 ns
Poor: 81%
This bench: 83.1%
Great: 84%

 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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