HP Z420 Workstation

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 99%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 83%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 85%
Aircraft carrier
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics123% 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 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.
Memory32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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
Memory23.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20130107
Uptime2.4 Days
Run DateApr 19 '21 at 23:58
Run Duration126 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU6%
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 PC Performing above expectations (70th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Xeon E5-1660 0
CPU0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (73rd percentile)
78.6% Very good
Memory 89.1
1-Core 96
2-Core 189
73% 125 Pts
4-Core 368
8-Core 554
57% 461 Pts
64-Core 661
41% 661 Pts
Poor: 67%
This bench: 78.6%
Great: 86%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super)-$210
MSI(1462 C730) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 2115 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 460.89
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
123% Outstanding
Lighting 164
Reflection 156
Parallax 155
134% 158 fps
MRender 188
Gravity 137
Splatting 120
118% 148 fps
Poor: 105%
This bench: 123%
Great: 123%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 870 QVO 2TB-$159
1TB free
Firmware: SVQ01B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 440 446 440 449 440 440 MB/s
Performing as expected (48th percentile)
104% Outstanding
Read 459
Write 431
Mixed 401
SusWrite 442
98% 433 MB/s
4K Read 31.4
4K Write 74.6
4K Mixed 39.4
138% 48.5 MB/s
DQ Read 385
DQ Write 337
DQ Mixed 356
268% 359 MB/s
Poor: 64%
This bench: 104%
Great: 128%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 250GB-$23
26GB free (System drive)
Firmware: KC45
SusWrite @10s intervals: 84 74 81 77 76 66 MB/s
Performing below expectations (38th percentile)
50.6% Above average
Read 100
Write 93.8
Mixed 56.1
SusWrite 76.2
60% 81.6 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.1
4K Mixed 0.7
123% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 18%
This bench: 50.6%
Great: 74%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Hynix HMT451R7AFR8A-PB 8x4GB
8 of 8 slots used
32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing way above expectations (94th percentile)
93.2% Outstanding
MC Read 37.7
MC Write 38.5
MC Mixed 34
105% 36.7 GB/s
SC Read 14.6
SC Write 12.3
SC Mixed 11.8
37% 12.9 GB/s
Latency 68.3
59% 68.3 ns
Poor: 70%
This bench: 93.2%
Great: 93%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z420 Workstation Builds (Compare 5,710 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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