Performance you want. Value you need. The HP Z420 gives you professional expandability in an accessible tool-free mini-tower form factor — all at a great price. With up to 8 discrete processing cores, the latest processing and I/O power from Intel®, and the latest graphics technology from leading graphics providers, the HP Z420 has the power you need to get the job done.
Featuring Genuine Windows 7 Professional and/or other operating systems
Designed With Ease.
- Enjoy the control that comes with being able to swap out parts or make upgrades on your own. The HP Z420 Workstation features a smart chassis that offers tool-less access to the inside, easy configurability and optional optical bay handles for seamless deployment.
- And with optional liquid cooling designed to deliver whisper-quiet performance, the HP Z420 is built to make your work flow smoother.
Enjoy Superb Performance.
- Achieve the highest performance available in a single-processer personal workstation. The HP Z420 Workstations offers your choice of Intel® Xeon® E5-1600 and E5-2600 series processors — with base clock frequencies of up to 3.6GHz and the new Intel® C602 chipset.
- Delivering support for up to 8 cores of processing power, the HP Z420 never slows you down.
Never Compromise On Graphics.
- Built to support next generation PCIe Gen3 graphics, the HP Z420 currently offers a breadth of AMD and NVIDIA professional graphics cards from Pro 2D to high-end 3D, up to the NVIDIA Quadro 5000.
- With 600W 90% efficient power supply and support for up to 8 HP Performance Displays, the HP Z420 can maximize your productivity with the freedom of seeing and doing more all at once.
Build It Your Way.
- Build the HP Z420 Workstation the way you want with multiple SATA and SAS RAID configuration options that support a wide range of high-performance, high capacity storage solutions.
- Always know you’re a step ahead with 8 DIMM slots in 4-channel memory architecture, delivering up to 64GB and integrated 1600MHz memory.
Complete Peace of Mind.
- HP workstations offer BFR/PVC-free and ENERGY STAR® qualified configurations featuring 90% efficient power supplies.
Weight & dimensions | Width | 177.8 mm |
 | Depth | 445.2 mm |
| Height | 447.6 mm |
| Weight | 12500 g |
Design | Chassis type | Minitower |
| Number of 3.5 | 3 |
| Number of 5.25 | 3 |
| Country of origin | China |
Ports & interfaces | USB 2.0 ports quantity | 5 |
| USB 3.2 Gen 1 (3.1 Gen 1) Type-A ports quantity | 4 |
| PS/2 ports quantity | 2 |
| Firewire (IEEE 1394) ports | 2 |
| Ethernet LAN (RJ-45) ports | 1 |
| Microphone in | Yes |
| Headphone outputs | 1 |
| Line-in | Yes |
Power | Power supply | 600 W |
Processor special features | Intel 64 | Yes |
| Enhanced Intel SpeedStep Technology | Yes |
| Intel VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT) | Yes |
| Idle States | Yes |
| Thermal Monitoring Technologies | Yes |
| Intel® AES New Instructions (Intel® AES-NI) | Yes |
| Intel Trusted Execution Technology | Yes |
| Execute Disable Bit | Yes |
| Intel® Smart Cache | Yes |
| Intel Enhanced Halt State | Yes |
| Intel Demand Based Switching | Yes |
| Processor package size | 52.5 x 45.0 mm |
| Supported instruction sets | AVX |
| Scalability | 1S |
| CPU configuration (max) | 1 |
| Intel Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d) | Yes |
| Intel Identity Protection Technology version | 0.00 |
| Intel Secure Key Technology version | 1.00 |
| Intel Virtualization Technology (VT-x) | Yes |
| Intel TSX-NI version | 0.00 |
| Processor ARK ID | 64601 |
| Intel® Turbo Boost Technology | 2.0 |
| Intel® Hyper Threading Technology (Intel® HT Technology) | Yes |
Other features | Networking features | Gigabit Ethernet (10/100/1000) |
Performance | Product type | Workstation |
| Motherboard chipset | Intel® C602 |
| Audio system | HD |
Storage | Optical drive type | DVD Super Multi |
| Total HDDs capacity | 1000 GB |
| Number of HDDs installed | 1 |
| HDD capacity | 1000 GB |
| HDD interface | SATA |
| HDD speed | 7200 RPM |
| Card reader integrated | Yes |
Features | Images Type Map | <div><img src="https://ark.intel.com/inc/images/diagrams/diagram-18.gif" title="Block Diagram" /></div> |
Expansion slots | PCI Express x1 slots | 1 |
| PCI Express x4 slots | 1 |
| PCI Express x8 slots | 1 |
| PCI Express x16 slots | 2 |
| PCI slots | 1 |
Software | Operating system installed | Windows 7 Professional |
| Operating system architecture | 64-bit |
Processor | Processor family | Intel® Xeon® E5 Family |
| Processor manufacturer | Intel |
| Processor model | E5-1650 |
| Processor frequency | 3.2 GHz |
| Processor cores | 6 |
| Processor boost frequency | 3.8 GHz |
| Processor socket | LGA 2011 (Socket R) |
| Processor cache | 12 MB |
| Processor cache type | Smart Cache |
| Processor threads | 12 |
| Bus type | QPI |
| Processor lithography | 32 nm |
| Processor operating modes | 64-bit |
| Processor series | Intel Xeon E5-1600 |
| Processor codename | Sandy Bridge EP |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 130 W |
| Tcase | 64 °C |
| PCI Express slots version | 3.0 |
| Maximum number of PCI Express lanes | 40 |
| PCI Express configurations | x4, x8, x16 |
| Number of processors installed | 1 |
| CPU multiplier (bus/core ratio) | 38 |
| Maximum internal memory supported by processor | 375 GB |
| Memory types supported by processor | DDR3-SDRAM |
| Memory clock speeds supported by processor | 800,1066,1333,1600 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth supported by processor (max) | 51.2 GB/s |
| ECC supported by processor | Yes |
Memory | Internal memory | 8 GB |
| Internal memory type | DDR3-SDRAM |
| Memory slots | 8x DIMM |
| Memory clock speed | 1600 MHz |
| ECC | Yes |
| Memory channels | Quad-channel |