HP Z220 SFF Workstation Review - Technology and Lifestyles

This week now we have our hands at the latest member of HP?s workstation family within the HP Z220 SFF, and inside this box we?ve found what should be the best to switch computer in the world. Not just are you able to plug and play everything you?ve come to expect from an HP whose case side literally has a massive hand-sized hinge made for opening, but you have got screw-less entry basically everywhere to boot. Power of the machine that results aside, this can be one fabulously presto change-o computing magician if ever have we seen one.

The innards you will get to look within the system list below, and indeed what we?re after here since we?ve already reviewed the HP Z420 Workstation here we?ll desire to do something about what exactly makes them different. First it?s worthwhile to remember the fact that both devices are product of essentially the identical materials. HP brings on steel and difficult plastic everywhere, making this not the lightest tower on earth, but certainly keeps with the HP tradition of constructing their machines rough and difficult.

Inside you will find that the motherboard, processor, and gear supply aren?t removable, but that everything else within the machine is ? by hand. For a glance at that whole process at the Z420, head back to that review. What you will discover is one whole heck of lots of green tabs and a number of moving parts for straightforward change-outs, like this one:

Each green tab, switch, and lever lets you access a part with great ease. If you?ve never modified a computer?s hardware before, this may be an excellent spot to be informed how. Even the four 4GB 2Rx8 PC3 cards seemed easier to take away and replace than normal ? but perhaps that?s just element of the experience after gleefully ripping out some other component then replacing them like a military exercise with a rifle.

We had a few interchangeable bits with our build including an exquisite Micron RealSSD C400 2.5 256GB SATA drive at 8GB/s, an NVIDIA QUADRO 600 for warm, hot graphics action, and an Intel SSD 313 Series at 24GB. Have a peek at several benchmark results below, starting with the elemental build we got, no changes made:

Benchmark Score ? Hewlett-Packard HP Z220 SFF Workstation
Section Description Score Total Score Windows x86 (64-bit) ? Microsoft Windows 7 Professional (64-bit)

15245

Integer	Processor integer performance	13312
Floating Point	Processor floating point performance	24747
Memory	Memory performance	7146
Stream	Memory bandwidth performance	4960

Next we have an analogous build, but this time with the NVIDIA QUADRO 600:

Benchmark Score ? Hewlett-Packard HP Z220 SFF Workstation (Build 1)
Section Description Score Total Score Windows x86 (64-bit) ? Microsoft Windows 7 Professional (64-bit)

15009

Integer	Processor integer performance	12534
Floating Point	Processor floating point performance	24764
Memory	Memory performance	7288
Stream	Memory bandwidth performance	4979

Finally is a result with the Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 drive at 1TB the device was sent to us within the original build switched out for the Micron RealSSD C400 2.5 256GB SATA drive at 8GB/s moreover the NVIDIA QUADRO 600:

Benchmark Score ? Hewlett-Packard HP Z220 SFF Workstation (Build 2)
Section Description Score Total Score Windows x86 (64-bit) ? Microsoft Windows 7 Professional (64-bit)

14968

Integer	Processor integer performance	12614
Floating Point	Processor floating point performance	24585
Memory	Memory performance	7254
Stream	Memory bandwidth performance	4985

You?ll like to be aware of all of the individual scores greater than that end result, for sure finding then that the NVIDIA addition boosts the lot.

As far as what this machine includes inside the back and front at the outside, you have got one whole truckload of plenty of ports. Up along the back you will find four USB 3.0 ports, 2 USB 2.0 ports, audio line in, audio line out, 2 PS/2 ports, VGA out, DisplayPort, and a satisfying Serial Port ? we commend you in the event you can discover a use for it! There?s also ethernet and an influence supply, after all, and 2 headphone jacks up front, one in all which supports microphone in addition, with four more USB 2.0 ports in addition.

In other words, you will not be hurting for connection abilities. This machine is ready for essentially anything you would like to hook up with it, and incase i did not drive the purpose home above: once you shouldn?t have it, it?s beyond simple to put in it. Have a peek at a number of more details at the machine?s innards here:

System ? Hewlett-Packard HP Z220 SFF Workstation (Build 2)

Hewlett Packard	Desktop
Microsoft Windows 7 Professional (64-bit)
Hewlett-Packard 1791
Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E3-1245 V2 @ 3.40GHz
GenuineIntel Family 6 Model 58 Stepping 9
3.39 GHz	1
8	4
32.0 KB	32.0 KB
256 KB	8.00 MB
16.0 GB -1MHz	99.8 MHz
Hewlett-Packard K51 v01.02

Wrap-Up

This machine isn?t the strongest monster right out of the box, but it?s on no account meant to be. Business owners can be completely happy picking up a large crate of those for his or her new IT venture, and having the ability to configure them at the fly, upgrading for the long run may not be a problem. Just like the Z420, this machine can be able to be an up-to-date miniature beast for decades to come back.

You can head on over to HP?s online store and grab one (or an entire load of them) starting at $699 USD, with Quad-core configurations beginning August 1, 2012. Have a peek below at some additional photos of this lovely configuration below and check the timeline for added HP Z-series products!

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