Why a Workstation?

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
a total system approach to dene new levels
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®
processors oer up to 29% performance
gains
3
over equivalent Intel® Core
TM
processors
on the HP Z230 entry workstation (see
performance comparison charts on left).
Other benets include a higher frequency bin
on the HP Z230 Workstations, and greater
memory bandwidth and choice of more than
four cores and dual processor options on the
higher-end HP Z Workstation platforms.
High-performing storage
Business PCs usually have 7200 rpm SATA
drives, while HP Z Workstations oer an
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 is a remarkably
aordable and innovative PCIe-based SSD
storage solution. It revolutionizes how your
HP Z Workstation handles large les—
signicantly reducing boot up, calculation
and graphics response times (even with
4K video). Experience over 100%
performance improvements over SATA
SSDs, and 6 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
certication and a three-year limited warranty.
HP Performance Advisor
Further enhancing application performance
on your workstation, this exclusive
HP software wizard helps you congure,
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
around the oce or around the world. With
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
display workspace with HP Z Displays—the
perfect companions to your HP Z Workstation.
HP Z Displays deliver top-tier graphics
resolution and color accuracy to bring high-
denition (HD) videos, images and technical
drawings to life. Get high-resolution images
with outstanding color accuracy, even at wide
angles. Take on the projects clients demand
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.
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 color across your entire digital
workow.
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
3
Relative performance (higher is better)
4
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