HP Z420 Workstation

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 3%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 67%
Battle cruiser
Workstation
Workstation 3%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 82.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics2.46% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (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.
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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
SystemHP Z420 Workstation  (all builds)
MotherboardHewlett-Packard 1589
Memory5.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20140325
Uptime6.8 Days
Run DateJun 07 '18 at 17:16
Run Duration93 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU1%

 PC Performing above expectations (80th 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 way above expectations (100th percentile)
82.8% Excellent
Memory 91.6
1-Core 102
2-Core 204
77% 133 Pts
4-Core 410
8-Core 519
60% 465 Pts
64-Core 518
32% 518 Pts
Poor: 63%
This bench: 82.8%
Great: 79%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
ATI Radeon HD 2600-XT
Device(1545 3370) 512MB
Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 8.970.100.9001
Performing as expected (50th percentile)
2.46% Terrible
Lighting 2.87
Reflection 5.92
Parallax 1.34
2% 3.38 fps
MRender 3.33
Gravity 1.17
Splatting 4.83
3% 3.11 fps
Poor: 2%
This bench: 2.46%
Great: 2%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Seagate ST3750640NS 750GB-$38
655GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 3.AEK Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s
Performing above expectations (77th percentile)
37.5% Below average
Read 70.9
Write 59.8
Mixed 63.7
49% 64.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.62
4K Write 0.91
4K Mixed 0.3
76% 0.61 MB/s
Poor: 17%
This bench: 37.5%
Great: 42%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Micron 18JSF1G72AZ-1G9E1 1x8GB
1 of 8 slots used
8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1866 MHz
Performing way above expectations (94th percentile)
37.4% Below average
MC Read 13.5
MC Write 11.1
MC Mixed 11.6
34% 12.1 GB/s
SC Read 12.2
SC Write 12.6
SC Mixed 10.2
33% 11.7 GB/s
Latency 64.7
62% 64.7 ns
Poor: 23%
This bench: 37.4%
Great: 37%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z420 Workstation Builds (Compare 5,750 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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