HP Z420 Workstation

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 14%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 76%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 13%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 81.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics9.7% 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.
Boot Drive78.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.
SystemHP Z420 Workstation  (all builds)
MotherboardHewlett-Packard 1589
Memory13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20140325
Uptime0 Days
Run DateMar 07 '18 at 04:07
Run Duration87 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU8%

 PC Performing above expectations (65th 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 3.35 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (90th percentile)
81.5% Excellent
Memory 92.2
1-Core 97.1
2-Core 194
75% 128 Pts
4-Core 382
8-Core 610
61% 496 Pts
64-Core 761
47% 761 Pts
Poor: 67%
This bench: 81.5%
Great: 85%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia Quadro K4000
HP(103C 079C) 3GB
CLim: 810 MHz, MLim: 1404 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 390.77
Relative performance (0th percentile)
9.7% Terrible
Lighting 8.53
Reflection 13.6
Parallax 19
7% 13.7 fps
MRender 20.8
Gravity 18.3
Splatting 16.7
15% 18.6 fps
Poor: 12%
This bench: 9.7%
Great: 13%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$52
197GB free (System drive)
Firmware: RVT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (9th percentile)
78.2% Very good
Read 515
Write 408
Mixed 429
100% 451 MB/s
4K Read 32.9
4K Write 42.9
4K Mixed 22.9
102% 32.9 MB/s
DQ Read 23.1
DQ Write 71.5
DQ Mixed 21.1
24% 38.6 MB/s
Poor: 75%
This bench: 78.2%
Great: 128%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Micron 18JSF1G72AZ-1G9E1 2x8GB
2 of 8 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1866 MHz
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
66.1% Good
MC Read 27.7
MC Write 22.2
MC Mixed 22.3
69% 24.1 GB/s
SC Read 17.7
SC Write 14.4
SC Mixed 13.2
43% 15.1 GB/s
Latency 63.8
63% 63.8 ns
Poor: 45%
This bench: 66.1%
Great: 66%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z420 Workstation Builds (Compare 5,667 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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