CPU update for HP Z1 G3? Compatibility with Xeon e3 v6

[EvgenioZ]

Hi guys!

Does anyone know if it possible to update CPU in the HP Z1 G3 workstation with Xeon E3-1285V6 and ECC-memory? Now I have Core I7-6700.

Thank you!

[Huffer]

No the motherboards are different from the Intel Core and Xeon models. 

[EvgenioZ]

Maintance guide for this workstation says that "Intel® Series C236 chipset with: Support for the Intel® Xeon® Processor E3 v5 Family or 6th generation Intel® Core™ processors up to 80W.

BTW AFAIK for z2 g3 sure enough have differents MoBos for base and performance models and this noted in the quickspecs.

See http://content.etilize.com/User-Manual/1044474615.pdfy

[BambiBoomZ]

EvgenioZ,

There are 117 HP Z1 workstations tested on Passmark Performance Test of which 9 are G3.  There appear to be a number of different motherboards, the G3 model using 8115, corresponding to Xeon E3-12XX v5 and i7-6700.  The top CPU rating is 11119 for a HP Z1 G3 using a Xeon E3-1270 v5 and all the top four Z1 G3's all use that CPU, No. 5 and 6 are i7-6700 (10785), No.7 and 8 are again E3-1270 v5, and No. 9 uses Xeon E3-1245 v5 (10150), which is the lowest CPU rating for any Z1 G3.

The E3-1270 v5 4C@3.6/4.0Ghz has a Passmark average 10338 CPU mark and a quite good average single thread mark of 2170.

The top system rating for Z1 G3 is 4970 using the E3-1270 v5.

The Z1 G3 disk performance can be really excellent: Passmark Disk = 17250 with Samsung SM961 NVMe, the highest disk mark for any Z1.

BambiBoomZ