Specifications

A Principled Technologies report 6
Workstation heat, sound, and power usage: Lenovo
ThinkStation S30 vs. HP Z420 Workstation
APPENDIX A: DETAILED SYSTEM CONFIGURATION
Figure 4 presents detailed configuration information for the two systems we tested.
System
Lenovo S30
ThinkStation
HP Z420 Workstation
General
Number of processor packages
1
1
Number of cores per processor
4
4
Number of hardware threads per
core
1
1
Total number of system threads
4
4
System power management
policy
ThinkCentre Default
Balanced
Processor power-saving option
EIST
EIST
CPU
Vendor
Intel®
Intel
Name
Xeon®
Xeon
Model number
E5-1603
E5-1603
Stepping
M1
M1
Socket type
LGA2011
LGA2011
Bus/Core Ratio
2.80
2.80
Core frequency (GHz)
28
28
Intel QuickPath Interconnect
Speed
0 GT/s
0 GT/s
L1 cache
256 KB (32 KB + 32 KB per core)
256 KB (32 KB + 32 KB per core)
L2 cache
1 MB (256 KB per core)
1 MB (256 KB per core)
L3 cache
10 MB (shared)
10 MB (shared)
Platform
Vendor
Lenovo
HP
Motherboard model number
Lenovo
1589
Motherboard chipset
Intel C602
Intel C602
BIOS name and version
Lenovo A0KT39AUS
(08/10/2012)
HP J61 v01.14 (07/17/2012)
Memory module(s)
Vendor and model number
Micron® MT9JSF25672PZ-
1G6M1FE
Samsung M391B5773DH0-CK0
Type
PC3-12800
PC3-12800
Speed (MHz)
1600
1600
Speed running in the system
(MHz)
1600
1600
Timing/Latency (tCL-tRCD-tRP-
tRASmin)
7-7-7-19
7-7-7-19
Size (MB)
2048
2048
Number of memory module(s)
1
1