HP Z420 Workstation

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 15%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 74%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 13%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics12.2% 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 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.
Memory8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 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.
SystemHP Z420 Workstation  (all builds)
MotherboardHewlett-Packard 1589
Memory5.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 7
BIOS Date20120717
Uptime0 Days
Run DateApr 26 '20 at 12:10
Run Duration116 Seconds
Run User TUR-User
Background CPU0%

 PC Performing above expectations (77th 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
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
78% Very good
Memory 92.9
1-Core 96.3
2-Core 197
75% 129 Pts
4-Core 341
8-Core 491
52% 416 Pts
64-Core 481
30% 481 Pts
Poor: 61%
This bench: 78%
Great: 77%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD FirePro V7900
HP(103C 2B0C) 2GB
Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 8.911.3.3000
Performing as expected (50th percentile)
12.2% Very poor
Lighting 12.7
Reflection 19.3
Parallax 17.9
10% 16.6 fps
MRender 19
Gravity 12.4
Splatting 24
16% 18.5 fps
Poor: 11%
This bench: 12.2%
Great: 19%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Hitachi HDS72105 500GB
165GB free (System drive)
Firmware: A41A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 93 69 62 101 95 MB/s
Performing above expectations (61st percentile)
61.8% Good
Read 131
Write 124
Mixed 52.5
SusWrite 84.5
72% 98 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.4
4K Mixed 0.4
95% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 22%
This bench: 61.8%
Great: 76%
Hitachi HDS72105 500GB
386GB free
Firmware: A41A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 126 126 128 127 130 MB/s
Performing above expectations (82nd percentile)
70.2% Very good
Read 117
Write 113
Mixed 60.1
SusWrite 127
76% 104 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.4
4K Mixed 0.8
144% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 22%
This bench: 70.2%
Great: 76%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Elpida EBJ20EF8BDWA-GN-F 4x2GB
4 of 8 slots used
8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing way above expectations (94th percentile)
85.2% Excellent
MC Read 31.5
MC Write 36
MC Mixed 30.9
94% 32.8 GB/s
SC Read 14.8
SC Write 13.5
SC Mixed 12.7
39% 13.7 GB/s
Latency 62.2
64% 62.2 ns
Poor: 51%
This bench: 85.2%
Great: 85%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z420 Workstation Builds (Compare 5,684 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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