HP Z230 Workstation generational performance improvements

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Technical white paper

HP Z230 Workstation

Generational Performance

Improvements

Introduction

The HP Z230 joins the powerful family of Z workstations as the follow-on generation to the HP Z220. There are two

chassis designs available, the compact tower and small form factor. Both deliver substantial improved performance

compared to the HP Z220 and are capable of tackling heavy workloads. The HP Z230 features a choice of the latest Intel®

Xeon® processors or 4th generation Intel® Core™ processors with the option to use Intel’s high-end oering of processor-

based graphics for entry-level workstations, namely the Intel® HD Graphics P4600. Support is also oered for powerful

dedicated graphics cards, including models from the NVIDIA Kepler family. With either selection, this workstation

promises a considerable upgrade in processor and graphics performance over its predecessors without compromising

energy eciency. The HP Z230 oers compelling performance, reliability, compact design and low power consumption.

Performance

Processor

The Intel® Xeon® processor E3-1200 v3 and the 4th generation Intel® Core™ processor families deliver superior

performance and enhanced graphics capabilities over previous generations of Intel processors. Improvements in Intel’s

Advanced Vector Extensions 2.0 platform feature boost performance of integer/matrix-based calculations for image

processing workloads. Further advancements in the processor microarchitecture provide substantial performance

boosts to compute-intensive software. Figure 1 shows up to 21% increase in processor performance for digital content

creation and computer-aided design applications. Performance benets will vary based on factors such as available

memory, workload and application.

CPU Composite Scores

Figure 1: Processor Performance

Intel® HD Graphics

The Intel® HD Graphics technology available with the Intel® Xeon® processor E3-1200 v3 and the 4th generation

Intel® Core™ product families is designed to improve both 2D and 3D graphics performance. Key updates to processor

graphics include improved shared local memory for compute shaders, increased number of execution units, and

enhanced hardware tessellation. Intel® HD Graphics P4600 delivers performance improvements by as much as 36% for

professional applications. Performance gains will vary based on the system conguration including, but not limited to,

memory conguration, CPU, and conguration of the storage subsystem.

Summary of content (3 pages)

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Technical white paper HP Z230 Workstation Generational Performance Improvements Introduction The HP Z230 joins the powerful family of Z workstations as the follow-on generation to the HP Z220. There are two chassis designs available, the compact tower and small form factor. Both deliver substantial improved performance compared to the HP Z220 and are capable of tackling heavy workloads.
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Technical white paper | HP Z230 Workstation Improvements Graphics Composite Scores Application Performance 1.20 1.36 1.4 1.23 1.2 1.00 1.0 1.00 0.8 0.6 0.4 0.2 0.0 SPECapc NX6 SPECapc PT Creo 2.0 Relative Performance Relative Performance 1.6 1.15 1.12 1.10 1.05 1.00 1.00 0.95 0.
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Technical white paper | HP Z230 Workstation Improvements The HP Z230 tower consumes less than 1/3 of the power in sleep state and nearly 1/2 the power in TEC state when compared to its predecessors (see Figure 4). The small form factor design performs equally well with a power reduction of approximately 70% in sleep state (see Figure 5). Additional Resources on HP Workstations and Other Whitepapers hp.