HP Z420 Workstation

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 20%
Surfboard
Desktop
Desktop 79%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 19%
Surfboard
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 79%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics13.4% 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 Drive67.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait 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.
High background CPU (28%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemHP Z420 Workstation  (all builds)
MotherboardHewlett-Packard 1589
Memory29.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20131118
Uptime0 Days
Run DateAug 14 '19 at 22:38
Run Duration112 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 28%

 PC Performing above expectations (69th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v2-$635
CPU0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (77th percentile)
79% Very good
Memory 92
1-Core 97.6
2-Core 198
75% 129 Pts
4-Core 357
8-Core 564
57% 460 Pts
64-Core 752
47% 752 Pts
Poor: 67%
This bench: 79%
Great: 85%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia Quadro K4000
HP(103C 079C) 3GB
CLim: 810 MHz, MLim: 1404 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 419.17
Performing above expectations (77th percentile)
13.4% Very poor
Lighting 15.3
Reflection 14.4
Parallax 19
12% 16.2 fps
MRender 21.2
Gravity 18.6
Splatting 16.8
15% 18.9 fps
Poor: 12%
This bench: 13.4%
Great: 13%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
SSD 480GB
414GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 61.3
SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 90 98 90 89 99 MB/s
Performing below expectations (26th percentile)
67.8% Good
Read 341
Write 130
Mixed 135
SusWrite 93.5
38% 175 MB/s
4K Read 35.6
4K Write 57.8
4K Mixed 32.9
127% 42.1 MB/s
DQ Read 272
DQ Write 164
DQ Mixed 223
165% 220 MB/s
Poor: 42%
This bench: 67.8%
Great: 98%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Hynix HMT41GU7BFR8C-RD 4x8GB
4 of 8 slots used
32GB DIMM DDR3 1867 MHz clocked @ 1866 MHz
Performing below potential (95th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
112% Outstanding
MC Read 47.5
MC Write 43.9
MC Mixed 43.3
128% 44.9 GB/s
SC Read 16
SC Write 13.2
SC Mixed 13.2
40% 14.1 GB/s
Latency 64.1
62% 64.1 ns
Poor: 46%
This bench: 112%
Great: 112%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z420 Workstation Builds (Compare 5,690 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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