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Redene versatility and exibility. Expand your capabilities with HP’s Z640

Workstation oering powerful performance, whisper-quiet computing, and

tool-less access in a compact design.

Table of contents

Chassis and system highlights ......................................................................................................................................... 2

System architecture ........................................................................................................................................................... 3

I/O slot optimizations .............................................................................................................................................................. 8

Storage congurations and RAID ....................................................................................................................................... 11

Memory congurations and optimization..................................................................................................................... 18

New UEFI BIOS and features/legacy support ...................................................................................................................23

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HP Z640 Workstation

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HP Z640 Specifications

General

Tcase	72.1 °C
Bus type	QPI
Stepping	R2
Processor cache	20 MB
Processor cores	8
Processor model	E5-2630V3
System bus rate	8 GT/s
Processor series	Intel Xeon E5-2600 v3
Processor socket	LGA 2011-v3
Processor threads	16
Processor codename	Haswell
Number of QPI links	2
Processor frequency	2.4 GHz
Processor cache type	Smart Cache
Processor lithography	22 nm
Processor manufacturer	Intel
Processor front side bus	- MHz
PCI Express slots version	3.0
Processor boost frequency	3.2 GHz
Processor operating modes	64-bit
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	85 W
Number of processors installed	1
Maximum number of PCI Express lanes	40
Memory types supported by processor	DDR4-SDRAM
Memory clock speeds supported by processor	1600, 1866 MHz
Memory bandwidth supported by processor (max)	59 GB/s
Maximum internal memory supported by processor	768 GB
Memory slots	4x DIMM
Internal memory	16 GB
Memory clock speed	2133 MHz
Maximum internal memory	- GB
Memory layout (slots x size)	2 x 8 GB
SSD capacity	The Solid State Drive's storage capacity in Gigabytes.
SSD interface	PCI Express
Storage media	SSD
Optical drive type	DVD±RW
Card reader integrated	No
Total storage capacity	256 GB
Discrete graphics card	Yes
On-board graphics card	-
Discrete graphics card model	NVIDIA® Quadro® K4200
Discrete graphics card memory	4 GB
Ethernet LAN data rates	10, 100, 1000 Mbit/s
USB 2.0 ports quantity	USB 2.0 ports have a data transmission speed of 480 Mbps, and are backwards compatible with USB 1.1 ports. You can connect all kinds of peripheral devices to them.
USB 3.2 Gen 2 (3.1 Gen 2) Type-A ports quantity	0
Chassis type	Tower
Product color	Black
Country of origin	China
Placement supported	Vertical
Product type	Workstation
Motherboard chipset	Intel® C612
Power supply	925 W
HP segment	Business
Operating system installed	Windows 7 Professional
Optional operating system supplied	Windows 8.1 Pro
Scalability	2S
Processor code	SR206
Processor ARK ID	83356
Processor package size	52.5 x 45 mm
Supported instruction sets	AVX
Intel Secure Key Technology version	1.00
Intel Identity Protection Technology version	0.00