Why a Workstation?
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Take performance to
new extremes
Leave the performance bottleneck behind
with HP Z Workstations. With industry-leading
processing, storage, graphics and system
management components, HP has engineered
of overall performance.
Intel® Xeon® processor technology
A wide choice of high-performance Intel®
Xeon® processors are validated and tested
by Intel and HP for demanding workstation
applications. Besides supporting greater
reliability with ECC memory, Intel® Xeon®
gains
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over equivalent Intel® Core
TM
processors on the HP Entry Workstations
(see performance comparison charts on left).
bin on HP Entry Workstations, and greater
memory bandwidth and choice of more than
four cores and dual processor options on the
higher-end HP Workstation platforms.
High-performing storage
Business PCs usually have 7200 rpm SATA
additional choice of 10K rpm SATA as well
as 10K and 15K SAS hard drives, which provide
better reliability and better performance
than standard 7200 rpm SATA drives.
The HP Z Turbo Drive G2 is a remarkably
storage solution. It revolutionizes how your
and graphics response times (even with
improvements over SATA SSDs, and 14 times
faster sequential read performance over a
SATA HDD. To learn more, see hp.com/go/zturbo.
Leading-edge professional graphics
100,000 hours of testing per year over a
wide-range of graphics cards, simulating real-
world customer workloads, as well as stress
tests that far exceed typical usage, translate
into higher quality drivers that customers
trust. Strong relationships with NVIDIA®, AMD
and Intel help us quickly resolve any issues.
That’s how we give you HP Z Workstations
graphics cards that feature optimized thermal
and power design, wide-ranging application
HP Performance Advisor
Further enhancing application performance
on your workstation, this exclusive
customize and optimize your system for each
new application and driver you install. To learn
more, see hp.com/go/performanceadvisor.
HP Remote Graphics Software
Feel the freedom of working remotely while
still accessing the high-performance 3D or
media-rich applications you count on. With
HP Remote Graphics Software (RGS) standard
on every HP Z Workstation, you can take your
graphics-intensive workstation applications
wherever you go. From the remote worker to
the road warrior, get complete access to the
power of your workstation from any computer
in any location. Collaborate with colleagues
advanced touch recognition features on
HP RGS 7 you can easily do real work with
workstation-class applications on your tablet.
To learn more, see hp.com/go/rgs.
Performance on display
Expand your productivity with a multiple
perfect companions to your HP Z Workstation.
HP Z Displays deliver top-tier graphics
resolution and color accuracy to bring ultra-
technical drawings to life. Get high-resolution
images with outstanding color accuracy, even
at wide angles. Take on demanding projects
with multiple ports designed to handle the
latest digital video and audio content. Stay
comfortable and productive with height, tilt,
swivel and pivot adjustability for proper
ergonomics.
Immerse yourself in your projects with
HP’s specialty displays. HP’s curved display,
the HP Z34c, brings 34 diagonal inches
of an immersive, curved visual and audio
experience in a thin, ultra-high resolution
enhance your visual perception.
HP’s virtual reality display delivers a virtual-
holographic 3D image
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that allows you to
enjoy real-time, natural interaction with your
3D
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objects. The display’s full-motion parallax
sensors track the movement of your head and
respond to exactly where you look. The stylus
manipulates objects in the 3D atmosphere,
providing haptic feedback so you know
exactly where you are interacting.
HP DreamColor technology
Take color accuracy to the next level and
achieve maximum impact with HP DreamColor.
Designed by color professionals and digital
content creators, HP DreamColor is the power
tool they use to produce trusted results.
Featuring a palette of over one billion colors,
you’ll get precise color accuracy and predictable
HP recommends Windows.
Solution guide | Why a workstation?
Performance comparison: Intel® Xeon® E3-
1241 v3 compared to 4th Gen Intel® Core
TM
i5
Up to 29%
performance gains
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Relative performance (higher is better)
HP Z Workstations help you
spend less time waiting and
more time creating with
industry-leading processing,
graphics and innovative
technologies.
0 0.20 0.40 0.60 0.80 1.00 1.20 1.40
HP Z230 with Intel® Xeon® E3-1241 v3, 3.50 GHz
HP Z230 with Intel® Core™ i5-4690, 3.50 GHz
Cinebench CPU Results
0.90 1.00 1.10
HP Z230 with Intel® Xeon®
E3-1241 v3, 3.50 GHz
HP Z230 with Intel® Core™
i5-4690, 3.50 GHz
Dassault Systems SolidWorks
2013 SPECapc CPU composite