HP ZBook 15 G2 Technical White Paper

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Technical white paper | HP ZBook 15 G2 Mobile Workstation
Performance advantage with HP Z Turbo Drive
As previously mentioned, current mSATA SSDs connected via a SATA connection are performance limited by the 6 Gb/s
ceiling of the SATA bus. With the implementation of the M.2 specication and use of PCIe SSD devices, performance levels
now exceed 6 Gb/s.
The HP ZBook 15 G2 takes advantage of this opportunity with introduction of HP Z Turbo Drive. The HP Z Turbo Drive is
a PCIe SSD storage device built on the industry standard M.2 form factor connected to the PCIe bus via the M.2 interface.
In an HP ZBook 15 G2 the HP Z Turbo Drive connects to two lanes of PCIe G2 while four lanes of PCIe are utilized in HP Z
Desktop Workstations.
HP Z Turbo Drive HP Z Desktop Workstation HP ZBook 15 G2
Connection 4 PCIe G2 lanes
6
2 PCIe G2 lanes
Performance >1000 MB/s (read) >600 MB/s (read)
Sequential read 1080 MB/s 675 MB/s
Sequential write 800 MB/s 550 MB/s
The chart below shows a comparison of storage device performance measured in MB/s. Through direct connection to the
PCIe Bus the HP Z Turbo Drive is able to considerably exceed previous performance capabilities.
Detailed performance and benchmarking results
Figure 4.Sequential R/W performance* (MB/s)
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SSDs
SATA/SAS 6G
HDDs
HP Z Turbo Drive (Desktop)
HP Z Turbo Drive (Mobile)
PCIe SSD - HP Z Turbo Drive:
Revolutionary performance increases
SATA SSD: At performance ceiling
SATA HDD: At performance ceiling
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7200 SATA HDD
Samsung Enterprise SATA SSD
Micron M550 SATA SSD
HP Z Turbo Drive (PCIe SSD) Mobile
HP Z Turbo Drive (PCIe SSD) Desktop

HP ZBook 15 G2 Specifications

General

Form factor	Clamshell
Product type	Mobile workstation
Product color	Black
Country of origin	China
Bus type	DMI
Stepping	C0
Tjunction	100 °C
Processor cache	3 MB
Processor cores	2
Processor model	i5-4210M
System bus rate	5 GT/s
Processor family	Intel® Core™ i5
Processor series	Intel Core i5-4200 Mobile series
Processor socket	PGA946
Processor threads	4
Processor codename	Haswell
Processor frequency	2.6 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
ECC supported by processor	No
PCI Express configurations	1x16, 2x8, 1x8+2x4
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	37 W
Maximum number of PCI Express lanes	16
Motherboard chipset	Intel® QM87
Memory slots	2x SO-DIMM
Internal memory	4 GB
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz
Memory form factor	SO-DIMM
Internal memory type	DDR3L-SDRAM
Maximum internal memory	16 GB
Memory layout (slots x size)	1 x 4 GB
HDD speed	7200 RPM
HDD interface	SATA
Storage media	HDD
Optical drive type	DVD Super Multi DL
Card reader integrated	Yes
Total storage capacity	750 GB
Compatible memory cards	SD, SDHC, SDXC
Panel type	SVA
Display surface	Matt
Display diagonal	15.6 \
Native aspect ratio	16:9
On-board graphics card ID	0x416
Discrete graphics card model	NVIDIA® Quadro® K610M
On-board graphics card model	Intel® HD Graphics 4600
Discrete graphics card memory	1 GB
Discrete graphics memory type	GDDR5
On-board graphics card family	Intel® HD Graphics
Maximum on-board graphics card memory	1.74 GB
On-board graphics card base frequency	400 MHz
On-board graphics card DirectX version	11.1
Number of discrete graphics cards supported	1
On-board graphics card dynamic frequency (max)	1150 MHz
Audio system	DTS Studio Sound HD
Front camera resolution	1280 x 720 pixels
WWAN	Not installed
Wi-Fi standards	802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g
Bluetooth version	4.0
Ethernet LAN data rates	10, 100, 1000 Mbit/s
Charging port type	DC-in jack
HDMI ports quantity	0
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 1 (3.1 Gen 1) Type-A ports quantity	3
Pointing device	Touchpad
Operating system installed	Windows 7 Professional
Processor code	SR1L4
Processor ARK ID	81012
Intel TSX-NI version	0.00
Processor package size	37.5 x 37.5 x 4.7 mm
Supported instruction sets	AVX 2.0, SSE4.1, SSE4.2
Intel Identity Protection Technology version	1.00
Battery capacity	75 Wh
Number of battery cells	8
AC adapter power	150 W
AC adapter frequency	50 - 60 Hz
AC adapter input voltage	100 - 240 V
AC adapter output voltage	19 V
Cable lock slot type	Kensington
Sustainability certificates	RoHS, EPEAT Silver, ENERGY STAR

Weight and Dimensions

Depth	257 mm
Width	381.5 mm
Height	30.5 mm
Weight	2780 g