HP Workstation Z400

53 reviews

Nov, 2024

Positive
price (25)
reliability (7)
design (3)
size (3)

Negative
usability (6)

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alaTest has collected and analyzed 53 reviews of HP Workstation Z400. The average rating for this product is 3.9/5, compared to an average rating of 4.1/5 for other Desktops for all reviews. People really like the design and reliability. Many are less positive about the usability, and there are some mixed reviews about the size.

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We analyzed user and expert ratings, product age and more factors. Compared to other Desktops the HP Workstation Z400 is awarded an overall alaScore™ of 85/100 = Very good quality.

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Consumer review (amazon.co.uk)

Amazon.co.uk review summary for HP Workstation Z400

alaTest has collected and analyzed 1 user review of HP Workstation Z400 from Amazon.co.uk. The average user rating for this product is 5.0/5, compared to an average user rating of 4.2/5 for other Desktops on Amazon.co.uk.

100% of the reviews on Amazon.co.uk give this product a positive rating.

Nov, 2024

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Amazon.com review summary for HP Workstation Z400

alaTest has collected and analyzed 8 user reviews of HP Workstation Z400 from Amazon.com. The average user rating for this product is 2.4/5, compared to an average user rating of 4.0/5 for other Desktops on Amazon.com. Reviewers really like the design. The price also gets good comments, but many are critical about the usability.

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38% of the reviews on Amazon.com give this product a positive rating.

Nov, 2024

Expert review by : Daniel Lim (slashgear.com)

HP Z400 Workstation Review

Earlier this year we covered the launch of HP's latest Intel Nehalem-based workstations, and soon enough HP had a Z400 test unit for us to try out. The entry-point to the new range, the Z400 misses out on some of the more innovative design features of...

Jul, 2009

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Expert review by : Jan Ozer (digitalcontentproducer.com)

HP Six-core Z400 Test Drive, Part 1

Those users considering an HP workstation now have four units to choose from: the top-of-the-line dual-processor Z800 and Z600, which both sport the fancy new case that HP introduced last year, and the less-expensive Z400 and Z200...

These tests demonstrate what I stated at the top: that application performance on multiple-processor systems depends primarily on the multi-processor efficiency of the programs that you're using. If you're running Episode Engine in a relatively...

Oct, 2010

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Expert review by : Jon K. Carroll (tomshardware.com)

HP's Z400 Workstation Runs The Tom's Hardware Gauntlet

We've recently put a lot of effort into designing a custom benchmark suite for testing workstation-class hardware. It's a work in progress, first ...

Up until recently, the graphics card in a system largely dedicated to photo editing or video editing only needed to be powerful enough to drive the monitors, and 3D support was secondary to good quality 2D support. With the evolution of Nvidia's CUDA...

Sep, 2010

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Expert review by : Videomaker (videomaker.com)

HP Z400 Workstation Reviewed

The HP Z400 is a great computer for video editors.

Fast, Reliable, 3 year Warranty, Supports many removable media devices, USB/eSATA/Card Reader/Blu-Ray

Mid-Range Hard Drives, Pricey

Dec, 2009

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Expert review by : John Virata (digitalproducer.digitalmedianet.com)

HP Z400 workstation

The Hewlett-Packard HP Z400 is the company's entry level workstation. While it doesn't have the whiz bang design features of the HP Z800 reviewed in March, it still does not disappoint as the benchmark numbers will surprise you.

On a pure price performance level, the system is hard to beat

Nov, 2009

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Expert review by : Consumer Electronics Net (consumerelectronicsnet.com)

On a pure price performance level, the system is hard to beat

Nov, 2009

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Expert review by : Greg Crowe (gcn.com)

HP's Z400 a workhorse workstation in any configuration

The Lab tests a powerful workstation-level desktop computer from HP, the Z400.

Many expansion slots and Serial ATA ports

Support bar interferes with some accessibility

Sep, 2009

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Consumer review (newegg.com)

Not exactly as advertised

High performance, PC is in very good condition, very clean (I have a z400 at work that's pretty much been on continuously for the last 5 years with no issues..these machines are built to last. The OS does not contain media (the usual case). I swapped...

only came with 3x2GB RAM, not the advertised 8GB. The machine has 6 slots, but the HP manual online says to install memory in threes

Jun, 2015

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