HP Z420 Workstation

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 90%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 78%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 74%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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 72.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics124% 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 Drive49.8% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory20GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 20GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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
Memory18.3 GB free of 20 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20131219
Uptime0 Days
Run DateApr 17 '18 at 05:27
Run Duration265 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU4%

 PC Performing as expected (48th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Xeon E5-1620 0-$345
CPU0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (73rd percentile)
72.3% Very good
Memory 80.3
1-Core 100
2-Core 195
72% 125 Pts
4-Core 349
8-Core 490
53% 419 Pts
64-Core 495
31% 495 Pts
Poor: 61%
This bench: 72.3%
Great: 77%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485
CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 391.35
Performing below potential (50th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
124% Outstanding
Lighting 166
Reflection 197
Parallax 190
136% 184 fps
MRender 123
Gravity 180
Splatting 130
117% 144 fps
Poor: 109%
This bench: 124%
Great: 133%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
D2CSTK251M21-0480 480GB
409GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2.25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (11th percentile)
49.8% Average
Read 477
Write 214
Mixed 295
72% 329 MB/s
4K Read 21
4K Write 15.5
4K Mixed 9.44
52% 15.3 MB/s
DQ Read 21.7
DQ Write 87.3
DQ Mixed 9.15
20% 39.4 MB/s
Poor: 49%
This bench: 49.8%
Great: 70%
SanDisk Cruzer Fit 16GB
10GB free, PID 5571
Operating at USB 2.0 Speed
Performing as expected (56th percentile)
8.94% Terrible
Read 21.9
Write 5.1
Mixed 8.27
12% 11.8 MB/s
4K Read 5.64
4K Write 1.08
4K Mixed 1.37
104% 2.7 MB/s
Poor: 6%
This bench: 8.94%
Great: 13%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Hynix HMT451U7AFR8C-PB Samsung M391B5773DH0-CH9 HMT351U7BFR8C-H9 Samsung M391B5773DH0-CH9 Samsung M391B5773DH0-CH9 Samsung M391B5773DH0-CH9 HMT451U7AFR8C-PB 20GB
1600, 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333, 1600 MHz
4096, 2048, 4096, 2048, 2048, 2048, 4096 MB
Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples
73.5% Very good
MC Read 27.1
MC Write 30.4
MC Mixed 28.1
82% 28.5 GB/s
SC Read 7.7
SC Write 14.3
SC Mixed 12.4
33% 11.5 GB/s
Latency 80
50% 80 ns
Poor: 72%
This bench: 73.5%
Great: 73%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z420 Workstation Builds (Compare 5,685 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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