HP Z420 Workstation

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 18%
Surfboard
Desktop
Desktop 75%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 16%
Surfboard
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 74.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics13% 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 Drive47.6% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.
Very high background CPU (100%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemHP Z420 Workstation  (all builds)
MotherboardHewlett-Packard 1589
Memory9.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20140325
Uptime0.1 Days
Run DateAug 20 '19 at 17:11
Run Duration137 Seconds
Run User PAK-User
Background CPU 100%

 PC Performing above expectations (68th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Xeon E5-1620 v2-$345
CPU0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (83rd percentile)
74.7% Very good
Memory 89.1
1-Core 98.6
2-Core 167
71% 118 Pts
4-Core 326
8-Core 501
51% 413 Pts
64-Core 489
30% 489 Pts
Poor: 63%
This bench: 74.7%
Great: 79%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia Quadro K4000
HP(103C 079C) 3GB
CLim: 810 MHz, MLim: 1404 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 431.70
Performing above expectations (77th percentile)
13% Very poor
Lighting 14.5
Reflection 13.3
Parallax 16.5
12% 14.8 fps
MRender 21.2
Gravity 18.4
Splatting 16.8
15% 18.8 fps
Poor: 12%
This bench: 13%
Great: 13%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung PM851 2.5 7mm 128GB
10GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EXT08D0Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 46 39 40 33 27 30 MB/s
Performing below expectations (23rd percentile)
47.6% Average
Read 397
Write 58.7
Mixed 71.5
SusWrite 35.9
30% 141 MB/s
4K Read 26.5
4K Write 39.4
4K Mixed 23.7
91% 29.9 MB/s
DQ Read 30.3
DQ Write 40.8
DQ Mixed 21.6
20% 30.9 MB/s
Poor: 40%
This bench: 47.6%
Great: 76%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39
673GB free
Firmware: CC46
SusWrite @10s intervals: 162 175 188 188 188 187 MB/s
Performing above expectations (65th percentile)
102% Outstanding
Read 173
Write 155
Mixed 71
SusWrite 181
106% 145 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 2
4K Mixed 0.9
170% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 60%
This bench: 102%
Great: 113%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29
186GB free
Firmware: 16.01H16
SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 97 101 102 102 103 MB/s
Performing above expectations (66th percentile)
52.2% Above average
Read 82
Write 77.8
Mixed 55.7
SusWrite 99.8
58% 78.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.9
4K Mixed 0.7
138% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 28%
This bench: 52.2%
Great: 69%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Hynix HMT351V7BMR4C-H9 4x4GB
4 of 8 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz
Performing way above expectations (91st percentile)
85.8% Excellent
MC Read 33
MC Write 34.7
MC Mixed 31.9
95% 33.2 GB/s
SC Read 15.4
SC Write 13.6
SC Mixed 13
40% 14 GB/s
Latency 68.3
58% 68.3 ns
Poor: 34%
This bench: 85.8%
Great: 86%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z420 Workstation Builds (Compare 5,691 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 12%
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Desktop
Desktop 67%
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Workstation
Workstation 11%
Tree trunk

System: HP Z420 Workstation

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 62% - Good Total price: $373
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