HP Z420 Workstation

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 6%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 64%
Destroyer
Workstation
Workstation 5%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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 77.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics5.19% 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 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
Memory28.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20131118
Uptime1 Days
Run DateSep 09 '19 at 13:16
Run Duration135 Seconds
Run User ZAF-User
Background CPU6%

 PC Performing as expected (45th 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 3.4 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (71st percentile)
77.7% Very good
Memory 83
1-Core 92.3
2-Core 192
70% 122 Pts
4-Core 392
8-Core 553
59% 473 Pts
64-Core 693
43% 693 Pts
Poor: 67%
This bench: 77.7%
Great: 85%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD RX 550-$79
AMD(1002 0B04) 2GB
CLim: 1183 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 19.9.1
Relative performance (0th percentile)
5.19% Terrible
Lighting 3.23
Reflection 2.81
Parallax 9.88
3% 5.31 fps
MRender 3.33
Gravity 8.5
Splatting 21.2
10% 11 fps
Poor: 12%
This bench: 5.19%
Great: 16%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Seagate ST1000LM035-1RK172 1TB
836GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SBM3
SusWrite @10s intervals: 67 99 102 112 114 110 MB/s
Performing above expectations (69th percentile)
56.1% Above average
Read 94.2
Write 100
Mixed 56.5
SusWrite 101
64% 87.8 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 2.7
4K Mixed 0.6
158% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 15%
This bench: 56.1%
Great: 71%
Hitachi HCP725050GLA380 500GB
130GB free
Firmware: GM4OA5CA
SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 86 86 89 84 83 MB/s
Performing above expectations (67th percentile)
44.5% Average
Read 69.3
Write 74.3
Mixed 44.5
SusWrite 85.7
50% 68.4 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.8
4K Mixed 0.8
143% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 16%
This bench: 44.5%
Great: 51%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 1TB
303GB free, PID a200
Operating at USB 2.1 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 26 26 26 27 26 27 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (11th percentile)
15.4% Very poor
Read 29.7
Write 25.2
Mixed 19
SusWrite 26.3
33% 25 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.6
80% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 13%
This bench: 15.4%
Great: 44%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Samsung M391B1G73BH0-CK0 4x8GB
4 of 8 slots used
32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing below potential (9th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
48.6% Average
MC Read 19.6
MC Write 15.6
MC Mixed 16.2
49% 17.1 GB/s
SC Read 14.2
SC Write 12.3
SC Mixed 11.4
36% 12.6 GB/s
Latency 75.1
53% 75.1 ns
Poor: 49%
This bench: 48.6%
Great: 92%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z420 Workstation Builds (Compare 5,693 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 12%
Tree trunk
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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