Max Out on Performance with our Most Powerful Workstation
HP Z8 G4 Workstation Desktop PC
When you work with the most complex simulations, video editing, or high-end VFX, only our flagship Z workstation and most powerful PC will do.
HP Z8 G4
Unthrottled, Real-Time
Performance
Forget clicking and waiting. With up to a staggering 56 cores,1 1.5 TB high-speed memory and certification for hardcore apps, you get optimal performance from your Z8 workstation PC every time.
Up to 56 cores with 2x Intel® Xeon® Scalable CPUs1
Run demanding professional apps and push your multi-threaded applications to the limit for fast iteration cycles with up to 56 cores. Avoid system crashes in the middle of your workflow with Error Correction Code (ECC) memory that detects and corrects soft errors in the memory system on the fly.6
Up to 2x NVIDIA RTX™ A6000 or 1x AMD Radeon™ Pro W6800 GPUs2
Get serious about performance and reach peak productivity with your choice of professional graphics.
Software Certified
ISV Certified
Work with confidence knowing your desktop is certified with leading software applications to ensure peak performance even with complex projects
Memory
Up to 1.5 TB DDR4-2933 ECC SDRAM
Get the ultimate productivity boost when working with massive and complex data sets with Intel® Optane™ DC Persistent Memory.19
Storage
Up to 56 TB3
Say goodbye to bottlenecks and get optimal performance in storage-bound applications.
Power Supply
Up to 1700W17
Multiple PSU options, including the 1700W PSU17, enable increasing need for GPU, even with the highest power CPUs and rich configurations.
Expandability
Scale up
Your System
Push the limits of productivity. With up to 56 cores1 with dual Intel® Xeon® processors, dual professional graphics, 1.5 TB high-speed memory, 56 TB storage3 and 7 PCIe card slots14— you can keep expanding as your work evolves.
Cutting-Edge
Thermals and Acoustics
From the inside out, our engineers sweat every detail. Strategically placed ducts and fans streamline multiple airflow channels, keeping parts cool and quiet. Tool-free access makes upgrading components quick and easy.
Reliability
Rely on Your
Workstation
Work with confidence knowing your desktop has undergone 360,000 hours of rigorous testing, military-standard testing,4 is certified for industry-leading software, and is built to run your heaviest workloads 24/7.
The Workstation for Your Workflow
Optimized for BIM and 3D CAD design. Easily manipulate 3D shapes, render with real-time ray tracing, and run advanced simulations and visualizations — even in VR.
Third party software sold separately.
Visualize your project anytime. Move seamlessly between 3D CAD, rendering with real-time ray tracing, and advanced simulations and visualizations — even in VR.
Third party software sold separately.
Explore new dimensions, build bigger worlds, tell richer stories, and render it all in 3D with industry-driving performance from your Z workstation.
Third party software sold separately.
Work quickly and efficiently with advanced datasets, including videos, images, and speech. Ideal for AI, machine learning, deep learning, simulations, and complex data analysis.
Third party software sold separately.
From prototype to launch, speed up your development cycle, whether you’re designing a mobile or desktop app, programming an operating system, or making a VR game.
Third party software sold separately.
Virtual Reality
Work, Play, and
Create in VR
Elevate your workflow with a VR-ready desktop. Develop lifelike content with professional graphics and processor performance, and transform how you design, train, and collaborate. And when paired with the HP Reverb G2 VR Headset, you get stunning immersion with full-resolution rendering.5
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Additional Features
Windows or Linux®
Support your unique user needs with a choice of Windows 118, 16 or Linux® operating systems.
Ubuntu Pre-installed
Extensively tested by Canonical, our hardware is Ubuntu-certified to perform at its best right out of the box.
Expandability
Get ultra-flexible configuration with up to 7 high-performance PCIe Gen3 slots and get additional expandability supporting up to 4 PCIe storage devices with optional slots.9
Power Supply
Providing a choice of 1125W, 1450W and 1700W17 90% efficient power supplies, the Z8 fires up the maximum levels of processing, memory, graphics, storage and I/O configurability.
Tool-less Access
Evolve your work. Evolve your rig. With tool-less access to the interior, you can customize your Z to fit your needs.
Long Lifecycle
Minimize how often you have to refresh your PC with a machine built for longevity. This workstation is with you for the long-term.
Fast Network Connections
Designed with two ports of lightning-quick 10 GbE network connection at a lower cost than standard PCIe add-in cards and with Thunderbolt™ 3 technology11 for fast data transfers.
Sanitizable
Tested to withstand 1,000 cleaning cycles with select household wipes.12
Software and Remote IT Solutions
ZCentral
Hybridize your
Workflow
A complete hardware and software solution to power your remote workforce.
ZCentral Remote Boost13 and Teradici CAS
Collaborate
Remotely
Access high-performance workstation power anywhere with remote software.
Displays & Accessories
HP Z24n G3 WUXGA Display
HP's thinnest 24" diagonal screen performance monitor. Get an impressive, frameless viewing experience.
HP Z27xs G3 4KUSB-C DreamColor Display
Create jaw-dropping visuals with over a billion colors18 and hyper-realistic contrast in QHD HDR.
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Disclaimers
Multicore is designed to improve performance of certain software products. Not all customers or software applications will necessarily benefit from use of this technology. Performance and clock frequency will vary depending on application workload and your hardware and software configurations. Intel’s numbering, branding and/or naming is not a measurement of higher performance.
Graphics are sold separately or as an optional feature.
For storage drives, GB = 1 billion bytes. TB = 1 trillion bytes. Actual formatted capacity is less. Up to 35GB (for Windows) is reserved for system recovery software.
Undergoes MIL-STD testing. MIL-STD testing is not intended to demonstrate fitness for U.S. Department of Defense contract requirements or for military use. Test results are not a guarantee of future performance under these test conditions. Accidental damage requires an optional HP Accidental Damage Protection Care Service.
VR Headset sold separately. See minimum spec requirements to run the Reverb G2 headset at max resolution at https://www.hp.com/h20195/v2/GetPDF.aspx/c06630565.pdf.
Error Correction Code (ECC) memory is only available on Intel® Xeon® processor options.
Applies to HP PCs, Workstations and Displays manufactured after January 2019. Based on most Gold and Silver EPEAT® registrations by meeting all required criteria and achieving 50-74% of the optional points for EPEAT® Silver and 75-100% of the optional points for EPEAT® Gold according to IEEE 1680.1-2018 EPEAT®. Status varies by country. Visit www.epeat.net
for more information.Not all features are available in all editions or versions of Windows. Systems may require upgraded and/or separately purchased hardware, drivers, software or BIOS update to take full advantage of Windows functionality. Windows is automatically updated and enabled. High speed internet and Microsoft account required. ISP fees may apply and additional requirements may apply over time for updates. See http://www.windows.com
.Sold separately or as an optional feature.
Must be configured at the time of purchase.
10GBASE-T Dual NIC Module is sold separately or as an optional feature.
Select household wipes can be safely used to clean HP Elite, Workstation PCs and HP Pro 635 Aero G7 up to 1,000 wipes: See wipe manufacturer’s instructions for disinfecting and the HP cleaning guide for HP tested wipe solutions at How to Sanitize Your HP Device Whitepaper (http://h20195.www2.hp.com/v2/GetDocument.aspx?docname=4AA7-7610ENW) Not applicable to HP Elite c1030 Chromebook.
HP ZCentral Remote Boost Sender does not come preinstalled on Z Workstations but can be downloaded and run on all Z desktop and laptops without license purchase through 2022. With non-Z sender devices, purchase of perpetual individual license or perpetual floating license per simultaneously executing versions and purchase of ZCentral Remote Boost Software Support is required. ZCentral Remote Boost Sender for non-Z Hardware requires a license and Windows 10, RHEL/CentOS (7 or 8), or UBUNTU 18.04 or 20.04 LTS operating systems. macOS (10.14 or newer) operating system and ThinPro 7.2 are only supported on the receiver side. Requires network access. The software is available for download at hp.com/ZCentralRemoteBoost.
Sold separately or as an optional feature. 7x PCIe card slots available when 2x CPUs are installed.
Third party software sold separately.
This PC comes with Windows 10 and a free Windows 11 upgrade. The Windows 11 upgrade will be delivered to qualifying devices late 2021 into 2022. Timing varies by device. Certain features require specific hardware (see aka.ms/windows11-spec
). Optional feature that must be configured at the time of purchase.
Number of colors through A-FRC technology.
Intel® Optane™ PMem can be used as main memory on select HP Z6 G4 and Z8 G4 workstations with Intel® Xeon® 8200, 6200, 5200 and select 4200 series processors. Latency differences between DCPMM and DRAM are inherent. For data that is not in DRAM cache, DCPMM could experience latencies that are 10x versus data directly from DRAM.
HP Wolf Security for Business requires Windows 10 or higher, includes various HP security features and is available on HP Pro, Elite, RPOS and Workstation products. See product details for included security features and OS requirement.
The information contained herein is subject to change without notice. The only warranties for HP products and services are set forth in the express warranty statements accompanying such products and services. Nothing herein should be construed as constituting an additional warranty. HP shall not be liable for technical or editorial errors or omissions contained herein.Intel, the Intel logo, Core and Xeon are trademarks or registered trademarks of Intel Corporation or its subsidiaries in the United States and other countries. Microsoft and Windows are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries.NVIDIA and Quadro are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of NVIDIA Corporation in the U.S. and other countries. Linux® is the registered trademark of Linus Torvalds in the U.S. and other countries. AMD is a trademark of Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. USB Type-C® and USB-C®are registered trademarks of USB Implementers Forum. Thunderbolt and the Thunderbolt logo are trademarks of Intel Corporation or its subsidiaries in the U.S. and/or other countries.