HP Z420 Workstation

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 11%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 70%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 11%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 76.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics0.91% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive78.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.
High background CPU (22%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemHP Z420 Workstation  (all builds)
MotherboardHewlett-Packard 1589
Memory13.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20140325
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJun 20 '19 at 14:27
Run Duration127 Seconds
Run User GBR-User
Background CPU 22%

 PC Performing above expectations (75th 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 3.55 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (92nd percentile)
76.9% Very good
Memory 91.5
1-Core 99
2-Core 200
76% 130 Pts
4-Core 337
8-Core 515
53% 426 Pts
64-Core 515
32% 515 Pts
Poor: 63%
This bench: 76.9%
Great: 79%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia Quadro FX 570
Nvidia(10DE 0474) 256MB
Ram: 256MB, Driver: 341.74
Performing as expected (52nd percentile)
0.91% Terrible
Lighting 0.87
Reflection 1.77
Parallax 0.19
1% 0.94 fps
MRender 2.81
Gravity 0.6
Splatting 1.48
1% 1.63 fps
Poor: 1%
This bench: 0.91%
Great: 1%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Liteon LCH-256V2S-HP 256GB
207GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2C03
SusWrite @10s intervals: 263 268 253 257 268 270 MB/s
Performing as expected (59th percentile)
78.3% Very good
Read 439
Write 267
Mixed 257
SusWrite 263
68% 307 MB/s
4K Read 23
4K Write 58.6
4K Mixed 30.1
104% 37.2 MB/s
DQ Read 290
DQ Write 265
DQ Mixed 190
167% 248 MB/s
Poor: 53%
This bench: 78.3%
Great: 92%
Toshiba P300 1TB-$45
931GB free
Firmware: MS2OA8R0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 179 180 165 181 186 185 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (95th percentile)
106% Outstanding
Read 190
Write 169
Mixed 21.7
SusWrite 179
100% 140 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 2.1
4K Mixed 0.6
151% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 52%
This bench: 106%
Great: 107%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Hynix HMT325U7EFR8C-RD 8x2GB
8 of 8 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1866 MHz
Performing above expectations (79th percentile)
102% Outstanding
MC Read 39.1
MC Write 41.8
MC Mixed 39.8
115% 40.2 GB/s
SC Read 17.1
SC Write 13.8
SC Mixed 13.4
42% 14.8 GB/s
Latency 65
62% 65 ns
Poor: 62%
This bench: 102%
Great: 110%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z420 Workstation Builds (Compare 5,670 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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