HP Z8 Fury G5 Tower
The 20-core Intel Xeon w5-3535X and NVIDIA RTX 2000 Ada with 16GB VRAM provide certified, stable performance for real-time ray tracing and complex simulations. Its tool-less chassis offers vast expansion headroom, supporting up to 2TB of ECC DDR5 RAM across sixteen DIMM slots for evolving project demands. This tower is best for engineers and data scientists running multi-threaded simulations or rendering tasks where data integrity and uptime are critical.
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong ram (95th percentile) 95th
- Strong cpu (92nd percentile) 92nd
- Strong storage (92nd percentile) 92nd
- Strong port selection (84th percentile) 84th
Cons
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Processor
| CPU | Intel Xeon w5-3535X |
| Cores | 20 |
| Frequency | 2.9 GHz |
| L3 Cache | 53 MB |
Graphics
| GPU | NVIDIA RTX 2000 Ada |
| Type | Discrete |
| VRAM | 16 GB |
| VRAM Type | GDDR6 |
Memory & Storage
| RAM | 64 GB |
| RAM Generation | DDR5 |
| Storage | 2 TB |
| Storage Type | NVMe SSD |
Build
| Form Factor | workstation |
| PSU | 1125 |
| Weight | 23.1 kg / 50.9 lbs |
Connectivity
| USB Ports | 10 |
| HDMI | 4x Mini DisplayPort 1.4a Output |
| DisplayPort | 4x Mini DisplayPort 1.4a Output |
| Bluetooth | No |
| Ethernet | Gigabit Ethernet |
System
| OS | Windows 11 Pro for Workstations |
vs Competition
| Spec | HP Z8 Fury G5 Tower | Lenovo Legion 90Y6003JUS | ASUS Republic of Gamers GM700TZ-BS978 | Apple Mac Studio M4 Max | MSI MEG Vision X AI VisXAI2NVZ9045 | Dell Tower ECT1250 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPU | Intel Xeon w5-3535X | Intel Core Ultra 9 | AMD Ryzen 9 9950X | Apple M4 Max | Intel Core Ultra 9 | Intel Core Ultra 7 265 |
| RAM (GB) | 64 | 64 | 64 | 36 | 64 | 32 |
| Storage (GB) | 2048 | 3072 | 2048 | 512 | 2048 | 2000 |
| GPU | NVIDIA RTX 2000 Ada | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 | AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT | Apple M4 Max 32-core | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 | Intel UHD Graphics |
| Form Factor | workstation | mid-tower | desktop | sff | mid-tower | mid-tower |
| Psu W | 1125 | 1200 | 850 | - | 1300 | 180 |
| OS | Windows 11 Pro for Workstations | Windows 11 Pro | Windows 11 Home | macOS | Windows 11 Pro | Windows 11 Home |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | CPU | GPU | RAM | Ports | Storage | Reliability |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HP Z8 Fury G5 Tower | 91.7 | 65.8 | 95.2 | 84.4 | 91.6 | 70.5 |
| Lenovo Legion 90Y6003JUS Compare | 97.5 | 88.9 | 96.4 | 91.7 | 96.4 | 70.5 |
| ASUS Republic of Gamers GM700TZ-BS978 Compare | 98.8 | 79.5 | 93.9 | 97.2 | 91.6 | 37.9 |
| Apple Mac Studio M4 Max Compare | 85.5 | 66.4 | 69.2 | 94.5 | 31.1 | 99.4 |
| MSI MEG Vision X AI VisXAI2NVZ9045 Compare | 97.5 | 90.7 | 97.4 | 98.2 | 91.6 | 37.9 |
| Dell Tower ECT1250 Compare | 89.5 | 30.9 | 82.4 | 86.3 | 82.7 | 70.5 |
Usage Scores
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