Specifications

A Principled Technologies report 7
Workstation heat, sound, and power usage: Lenovo
ThinkStation S30 vs. HP Z420 Workstation
System
Lenovo S30
ThinkStation
HP Z420 Workstation
Total amount of system RAM
(GB)
2
2
Chip organization (single-
sided/double-sided)
Double-sided
Double-sided
Channel (single/dual/quad)
Single
Single
Hard disk
Vendor and model number
Seagate® ST500DM002-1BD14
Seagate ST500DM002-1BD14
Number of disks in system
1
1
Size (GB)
500
500
Buffer size (MB)
16
16
RPM
7,200
7,200
Type
SATA 6.0Gb/s
SATA 6.0Gb/s
Controller
Intel C600 Series Chipset SATA
RAID Controller
Intel C600 Series Chipset SATA
RAID Controller
Driver
Intel 3.2.0.1126 (06/20/2012)
Intel 3.1.0.1068 (03/15/2012)
Operating system
Name
Microsoft® Windows® 7
Professional x64
Microsoft Windows 7
Professional x64
Build number
7601
7601
Service Pack
1
1
File system
NTFS
NTFS
Kernel
ACPI x64-based PC
ACPI x64-based PC
Language
English
English
Microsoft DirectX version
11
11
Graphics
Vendor and model number
NVIDIA® NVS 300
NVIDIA NVS 300
Type
Discrete
Discrete
Chipset
NVS 300
NVS 300
BIOS version
70.18.83.0.8
70.18.89.0.2
Total available graphics memory
(MB)
1255
1243
Dedicated video memory (MB)
512
512
System video memory (MB)
0
0
Shared system memory (MB)
743
731
Resolution
1280 x 1024
1280 x 1024
Driver
NVIDIA 8.17.12.7642
(12/10/2011)
NVIDIA 8.17.12.9670
(04/27/2012)
Sound card/subsystem
Vendor and model number
Realtek™ High Definition Audio
Realtek High Definition Audio
Driver
Realtek 6.0.1.6581 (02/29/2012)
Realtek 6.0.1.6449 (08/30/2011)