HP Z420 Workstation

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 22%
Surfboard
Desktop
Desktop 65%
Battle cruiser
Workstation
Workstation 21%
Surfboard
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 64.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics27.7% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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
Memory26.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180710
Uptime6.6 Days
Run DateSep 20 '18 at 18:56
Run Duration130 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU8%

 PC Performing above expectations (61st percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Xeon E5-2670-$53
CPU0, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads
Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 3 GHz (avg)
Performing below expectations (21st percentile)
64.1% Good
Memory 69.4
1-Core 67.6
2-Core 158
56% 98.3 Pts
4-Core 316
8-Core 628
56% 472 Pts
64-Core 802
50% 802 Pts
Poor: 55%
This bench: 64.1%
Great: 74%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD R9 270-$140
CLim: 975 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.1.1
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
27.7% Poor
Lighting 34.9
Reflection 31.4
Parallax 42.4
28% 36.2 fps
MRender 28.2
Gravity 29.1
Splatting 37.1
26% 31.5 fps
Poor: 22%
This bench: 27.7%
Great: 26%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Hitachi HUA723020ALA641 2TB-$78
1TB free (System drive)
Firmware: A840
SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 114 111 117 125 129 MB/s
Performing above expectations (66th percentile)
71.2% Very good
Read 132
Write 131
Mixed 75.6
SusWrite 116
83% 114 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 2.1
4K Mixed 0.9
176% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 40%
This bench: 71.2%
Great: 82%
Generic External 16GB
15GB free, PID 1340
Operating at USB 2.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 21 22 21 21 20 21 MB/s
Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples
16.6% Very poor
Read 30.7
Write 21.1
Mixed 24.5
SusWrite 21.2
32% 24.4 MB/s
4K Read 6
4K Write 2
4K Mixed 2.9
189% 3.63 MB/s
Poor: 17%
This bench: 16.6%
Great: 22%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Samsung M393B1K70DH0-YH9 4x8GB
4 of 8 slots used
32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz
Performing as expected (56th percentile)
79.5% Very good
MC Read 33.8
MC Write 32
MC Mixed 29.8
91% 31.9 GB/s
SC Read 10.5
SC Write 11
SC Mixed 9
29% 10.2 GB/s
Latency 103
39% 103 ns
Poor: 35%
This bench: 79.5%
Great: 91%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z420 Workstation Builds (Compare 5,766 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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