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Whitepaper

October 2012

Investing in Solid State DrivesOffers Significant Cost Advantage

A J.Gold Associates White Paper

“SSDs have always had a speed and power advantage overmechanical hard drives, but at a cost premium that was notalways attractive. And while SSD reliability is significantlybetter than HDD, many felt that the additional cost for SSD

was not justified (or simply not affordable)… This report willmeasure and determine the cost benefits related to

productivity improvements associated with the use of SSDswhen compared to HDDs in typical business settings. Our

research will show a substantial cost advantage whendeploying SSDs in commercial settings and for various

worker types and roles.”

Copyright © 2012 J.Gold Associates, LLC. All rights reserved.

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Distributed with permission by Intel, Inc.

Contents

Introduction ..............................................................................................................2

Testing User Productivity........................................................................................2

Test Scenarios ..................................................................................................................3

Test Comparisons .............................................................................................................3

Figure 1: Average SSD vs. HDD SYSmark Speed Improvement ................................................. 3

Figure 2: Average SSD vs. HDD SYSmark Speed Improvement by Test Scenario..................... 4

Scenario Compensation ....................................................................................................4

Figure 3: “Blended” work scenarios for different worker roles in the organization........................ 5

Scenario Results ......................................................................................................5

Figure 4: Average weighted worker role improvements by using an SSD.................................... 5

Average Yearly Savings Calculations................................................................................5

Figure 5: Average Yearly Saving Per Worker Role through SSD-enabled Productivity

Improvement.................................................................................................................................. 6

Figure 6: Total Savings over 3 Year life of average machine using SSD ..................................... 6

Figure 7: 1 Year and 3 Year Return on Investment ...................................................................... 6

Additional Benefits ............................................................................................................6

Recommendations ...................................................................................................7

Appendix...................................................................................................................9

Appendix 1: PC Test Scenarios.........................................................................................9

Appendix 2: PC Test Machine Configurations as Reported by SYSmark Test Suite........12

HDD Machine: ............................................................................................................................. 12

SSD Machine:.............................................................................................................................. 12

Appendix 3: Machine Specs and List Price per Manufacturer’s Web Site: .......................13

HDD-enabled machine ................................................................................................................ 13

SSD-enabled machine: ............................................................................................................... 15




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IntroductionSolid state drives (SSD) in desktop and laptop PCs have been available for several years,typically sold as premium additions to higher end machines. Their lower capacity and highercost when compared to traditional hard disk drives (HDD) have limited their adoption inmany businesses. However, following the traditional semiconductor curve, over the pastyear the market experienced significant SSD price reductions and capacity expansion. Infact, SSDs have recently become quite competitive, with commercial-class PC-targeteddevices often breaking through the $1/GB level. Further, the capacity of mainstream SSDshas been increasing to the point where they are no longer relegated to previous limitations ofcontaining only the OS and a few apps. With the “sweet spot” of SSDs now in theapproximately 200GB-250GB range, they offer significant storage capacity for apps and filesalike. While PC-targeted “sweet spot” HDDs are generally in the 500GB-1TB range, this ismore capacity than most business-oriented users require, and thus the HDD capacityadvantage may be a mute point for many users.

SSDs have always had a speed and power advantage over mechanical hard drives, but at acost premium that was not always attractive. And while SSD reliability is significantly betterthan HDD, many felt that the additional cost for SSD was not justified (or simply notaffordable). Our report, “SSDs in Notebooks: Cost Advantage or Cost Liability”, estimated acost advantage of $214 over a 3 year lifecycle for each business class notebook and aReturn on Investment (ROI) of 107% above and beyond the additional cost of outfitting themachine with an SSD. However, the above research only evaluated the cost advantagebased on lower hardware failure rates and the subsequent savings offered, and not thespecific productivity improvements in daily work scenarios. This report will measure anddetermine the cost benefits related to productivity improvements associated with the use ofSSDs when compared to HDDs in typical business settings. Our research will show asubstantial cost advantage when deploying SSDs in commercial settings and for variousworker types and roles.

Testing User ProductivityThis report will analyze the value obtained through user productivity improvement bycomparing an SSD powered commercially available off-the-shelf notebook PC to an identicalmachine using an HDD (see Appendix 2 for PC hardware configuration). To evaluateproductivity, we conducted tests on each machine utilizing a real-world applicationbenchmark (BAPCo’s SYSMark 2012). We believe this benchmark offers a realistic suite ofactual applications that is similar to work being done in a typical business setting. While notest suite is perfect, we believe application-based tests run under a script moving data intoand out of programs and executing program operations produce a more realistic outcomethan synthetic tests that do not use actual productivity applications. However, variables suchas the number and size of data sets written and read from disk will have a major effect onthe test results, with heavy dataset users showing increased advantage using SSDsbecause of their improved read/write speeds. Nevertheless, we believe this standardized




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test suite with its fixed values is fairly representative for comparative purposes, and ourfindings are based on these tests.

Test ScenariosSYSmark 2012 utilizes 6 “test scenarios” that perform specific routine operations, based onan analysis by BAPco of typical “roles” in business settings. While individual usage will varyby user role, responsibility, industry, etc., we believe these scenarios to be a fairrepresentation of a typical work scenario. The test scenarios in SYSmark 2012 include: Office Productivity Media Creation Web Development Data/Financial Analysis 3D Modeling System Management

Detailed analysis of the applications and scenarios for each test are provided in Appendix 1,as described in the SYSmark 2012 documentation.

Test ComparisonsEach machine was re-imaged with a clean, fresh version of Windows 7, and then machine-specific drivers were added. The SYSmark test suite was then installed on each machine.The complete SYSmark 2012 test suite was then run on each machine, with each test runtaking multiple hours to complete. The tests were run 3 times on each machine and anaverage result was then calculated.

Figure 1 below indicates the average improvement provided by the SSD over the HDD forthe time to complete the test, as well as the final SYSmark score (a weighted average of testresults from within the SYSmark test suite, which is used for comparison purposes). Theresult obtained showed that the SSD enabled machine completed the multi-hour test run20.14% faster than the same tests run on the HDD enabled machine. Further, the overalltest score was 7.2% better for the SSD machine than for the HDD machine.

Figure 1: Average SSD vs. HDD SYSmark Speed Improvement

Figure 2 indicates the average individual scenario test score improvement for the SSDmachine compared to the same test run on the HDD machine. This difference wascalculated by comparing the individual SYSmark scenario scores for each of the 6 testscenarios. The improvements varied widely based on the test scenario, and is due to thevariations in reads and writes to the disk drives (the only real performance differencebetween the two otherwise identical machines). This is to be expected as applications thatrequire a good deal of I/O to the drive will benefit most from the speed improvements

Time To Complete SYSmark ScoreAvg. SSD Improvement 20.14% 7.20%




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available with the SSD. However, it is important to note that in the real world, there may be awide variation even when running the same application, based on how much and how oftendata is written (e.g., very large data sets read/write like spreadsheets or databases vs. shortdata like email). Nevertheless, while the actual numbers may change, we believe theimprovements shown here to be valid representations of real work loads and improvementsthat can be achieved within the various test suite scenarios.

Figure 2: Average SSD vs. HDD SYSmark Speed Improvement by Test Scenario

Scenario CompensationIt is important to note that any test suite creates its scripts based on some normalizedconcept of what users will likely do on their machine, and its unlikely that a single rolerepresents the only workload that user will encounter. To compensate for this as much as ispossible, we have created our own worker-based scenarios that include a sampling of eachof the scripted SYSmark scenario tests, but based on the proportion of work we think eachrole would perform within each of the scenarios based on a percentage of the user’s totalwork time. We believe this blended approach to the test results is a more accuraterepresentation of the varying types of work done by most professionals. It is possible tocome up with a virtually endless number of scenarios, but for this paper, we decided on 6scenarios that we believe reflect common business roles within most organizations.

The six worker scenarios we created include: Office Worker – general office worker such as a manager, sales person, etc. Engineering – a generic engineering professional engaged in design work Admin - a general purpose administrative assistant in an office setting Business Analyst – someone who performs data-centric analysis tasks Web Programmer – someone engaged in software and/or web page creation IT Staffer – general tasks associated with managing and supporting users

Once the above roles were defined, we determined an activity “blending” by building ascenario for each worker type. This assumed that the user would utilize differentcomponents of the SYSmark test scenarios for various portions of the work day, and that thevarious roles would, to varying degrees, utilize the test scenarios not often associated withtheir direct roles (e.g., a web designer using office productivity tools). This “Weighted TaskMatrix” reflecting the six worker scenarios described above and the percentage of time spentin each SYSmark defined scenario is provided below:

Scenario: Office Productivity Media Creation Web Devel Data/Finan. Anal 3D Modeling Sys MgmtAvg. SSD Improvement 12.49% 2.83% 6.70% 0.37% 2.50% 20.63%




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Figure 3: “Blended” work scenarios for different worker roles in the organization

It is important to note that none of the total PC times for the various blended scenarios addup to 100%. This is because we assumed various workers would have additional tasks toperform that were not done on the computer (e.g., filing, telephone calls, meetings). Andsince this calculation will be used to determine the productivity improvements, we felt a morerepresentative basis was necessary. As such the scenario results presented reflect this lessthan 100% time allotment.

Scenario ResultsThe weighted tasks were used to compute a productivity improvement value for each role.The results of the calculations for the determined roles are presented below:

Figure 4: Average weighted worker role improvements by using an SSD

The results show a significant difference in productivity improvement across the variousroles. Even the lowest improvement at approximately 5% is still a very significant productivityenhancement, while the highest at approximately 13% indicates a substantial return oninvestment potential.

Average Yearly Savings CalculationsFrom the results obtained showing the various amounts of productivity improvement for thevarious roles, we determined an actual dollar amount for each. This was determined bycreating a representative “fully burdened” cost for each worker type. Each amount is shownin Figure 5 below.

Once the salary and previous percentage of productivity improvement was determined, wecalculated the amount of productivity improvement savings per employee available to theorganization. As expected, this amount varies by employee type based on percentageimprovement and total compensation, but is nevertheless quite significant, ranging from$5,818 to $11,015.

Worker Scenario Creations Office Worker Engineering Admin Bus Analyst Web Progrmr IT Staffer

Weighted Task ShareOffice Productivity 65% 20% 30% 30% 25% 20%

Media Creation 10% 10% 5% 10% 5%Web Development 40% 5%Data/Financial Analysis 10% 10% 5% 40%

3D Modeling 40%Systems Management 10% 5% 30% 5% 15% 50%Total PC Time 85% 85% 75% 80% 90% 80%


Avg Weighted Improvement 10.22% 4.85% 10.24% 5.07% 9.18% 13.29%




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Figure 5: Average Yearly Saving Per Worker Role through SSD-enabled ProductivityImprovement

It is important to note that these numbers are per user per year. The average PC remains inservice for 3-4 years, so the actual return on vestment for deploying an SSD vs. an HDD foreach worker type is 3-4 times higher. The calculation below assumes the shorter 3 yearlifecycle for a machine. Organizations deploying SSD enabled machines for longer will findan increased ROI related to the length of service of the device.

Figure 6: Total Savings over 3 Year life of average machine using SSD

Many organizations include a Return on Investment (ROI) calculation as part of theirplanning process, as well as using it to determine whether a particular expenditure isworthwhile. To that end, we have calculated the ROI for a 1 year and 3 year lifecycle, asindicated below.

Figure 7: 1 Year and 3 Year Return on Investment

The above calculations represent the 1 year and 3 year ROI based solely on the productivityimprovements per worker type obtained by deploying an SSD enabled vs. an HDD enabledmachine. The ROI calculations are based on the list prices of the test machines, current atthe time of writing of this paper (See Appendix 3 for the manufacturer’s specifications andlist price for the two test machines).

Additional BenefitsIt is quite common for organizations to “waterfall” older machines. This essentially movesolder machines from users who require the highest performance that the latest technologymachine delivers, to those users who can utilize an older generation, lower performingmachine, usually on a cycle of 2-3 years. SSD-enabled devices have a longer useful life dueto increased lifetimes of the drive as compared to HDD, as well as an increasedperformance even with older processor technology and/or less on-board memory. It is


Average Burdened Salary $80,000 $120,000 $70,000 $120,000 $120,000 $75,000

Average Yearly Savings $8,175 $5,818 $7,167 $6,081 $11,015 $9,968


Average 3 Year Savings $24,524 $17,453 $21,500 $18,242 $33,044 $29,904

Worker Scenario Creations Office Worker Engineering Admin Bus Analyst Web Progrmr IT Staffer1 Year ROI 2477% 1763% 2172% 1843% 3338% 3021%3 Year ROI 7432% 5289% 6515% 5528% 10013% 9062%




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therefore possible to assume that SSD enabled devices will be more attractive for this“waterfalling” process, providing an additional benefit to acquiring SSD enabled products.

It is also possible to assume that SSD enabled machines will have a higher residual valuethan HHD enabled machines at end of life. This could partially offset the increasedacquisition costs associated with purchasing an SSD powered device. However, the residualvalue is typically a small portion of the overall lifecycle total cost of ownership.

Finally, SSDs can work effectively with machines having reduced amounts of memory (e.g.,2GB instead of 4GB). While memory cost is fairly low when purchased on a new device, itcould nevertheless offset some costs associated with the SSD uplift in purchase price.However, we assume most organizations will want to purchase a full recommendedcompliment of memory regardless if the device is SSD enabled.

RecommendationsBased upon our model of SSD vs. HDD enabled machines and the results obtained, werecommend that organizations take the following actions:

We believe companies should acquire notebooks enabled with SSDs instead ofHDDs despite a potentially higher acquisition cost. They offer substantial productivityenhancements and impressive ROI over the lifetime of the device.

Current acquisition cost of an SSD equipped machine may add $200-$350 to its priceand is dependent on drive capacity, manufacturer’s markups and/or enterprisenegotiated pricing. This cost differential will decline over the next 1-2 years as drivesbecome less expensive and capacity increases. Despite the increased acquisitioncost, the ROI of an SSD equipped PC will offer a payback of up to $30K in increasedproductivity benefits over the typical 3 year life of a machine.

SSDs will continue to decrease in cost and increase in storage capacity, following atypical semiconductor curve. Although current mainstream SSDs offer sufficientstorage for the majority of business users, increasing “sweet spot” capacity in the next1-2 years will double current device capacities, while maintaining equivalent costs.For companies concerned about storage capacity, waiting a short period of time willprovide enhanced capability at comparable cost. However, this should not be anexcuse to delay for those companies that can be served by current capacities.

Finally, based on our model and calculations, there is no reason why mostorganizations should delay switching over to SSD enabled PCs immediately. The ROIdue to increased worker productivity, lower failure rates and extended device lifetimeall add substantial benefit to the Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) of the device.




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Many organizations have unique requirements and/or different assumptions thanrepresented here. This model is easily modified to reflect the unique characteristics ofindividual companies, devices, and failure rates. We encourage any organization that wishesto have a more customized model reflecting its own costs and rates to contact us.

Distribution rights to this whitepaper have been licensed to Intel, Inc. for its exclusive use. No third parties areauthorized to copy, post and/or redistribute this whitepaper in part or in whole without the express written

permission of the copyright holder, J.Gold Associates, LLC.




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Appendix

Appendix 1: PC Test ScenariosThe test suite utilized in this project was BAPCo SYSmark 2012. In an effort to defineexactly what test scenarios were included during the test, below are the UsageModel/Scenario Selection, Scenario Workload Descriptions and Application Selectiondescriptions. This information is copied directly from the BAPCo whitepaper “An Overview ofSYSmark 2012”, July 2011 Revision 1.10. The full whitepaper is available atwww.bapco.com . The information provided should only be considered in the context of thefull whitepaper and benchmark disclaimer. J.Gold Associates makes no claim to ownershipof this content and it is inserted here for informational purposes.

2.2 Usage Model/Scenario SelectionFor SYSmark 2012, BAPCo chose a wide variety of usage models in which the user experience isinfluenced by system performance. BAPCo then grouped related usage models into these sixscenarios:

Office ProductivityThe Office Productivity scenario models productivity usage including word processing, spreadsheetdata manipulation, email creation/management and web browsing.

Media CreationThe Media Creation scenario models using digital photos and digital video to create, preview, andrender a video advertisement for a fictional business.

Web DevelopmentThe Web Development scenario models the creation of a website for a fictional company.

Data/Financial AnalysisThe Data/Financial Analysis scenario creates financial models to review, evaluate and forecastbusiness expenses. In addition, the performance and viability of financial investments is analyzedusing past and projected performance data.

3D ModelingThe 3D Modeling scenario focuses on creating, rendering, and previewing 3D objects and/orenvironments suitable for use in still imagery. The creation of 3D architectural models/landscapes andrendering of 2D images and video of models are also included.

System ManagementThe System Management scenario models the creation of data backup sets and the compression, anddecompression of various file types. Updates to installed software are also performed.

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2.6 Scenario Workload DescriptionsThe scenario workloads created at the workload development sessions for SYSmark 2012 aredescribed below:

Office ProductivityRead, create and search for emails. Create and execute a rule on email inbox. Use multiple browsersto browse a blog, online shopping site, wiki site and social networking site. Check web mail in aprivate browser session. Combine multiple scanned pages from a complex document into anencrypted PDF document using optical character recognition (OCR). Create a PDF with fillable formfields from scanned pages. Archive a diverse set of files into a single encrypted file. Use an advancedOCR program to convert scanned pages of complex and simple documents into editable worddocuments. Create a blog post and do a mail merge. Use a spreadsheet program to do data analysis.Create and view complex presentations that include clip art and video. Some of these activities areperformed concurrently to model typical multitasking behavior.

Media CreationCreate a panoramic image using an image editing application, combine a set of photos into one highdynamic range (HDR) image, and adjust and prepare both images for print. Preview and encode acomplex video project using a video compositing application. Here, OpenGL is used for all videopreviews and a software render is used for maximum video quality upon final output as recommendedby software vendor documentation. Transcode the video to a format suitable for web publishing usinga video editing application.

Web DevelopmentCombine images, video clips, and audio into a video using a video editing application, then encodethe video to a web-ready format. Layout the graphics and create the icons for a website using animage editing application. Use batch processing to manipulate a set of photos for use in a web-basedphoto gallery. Assemble the graphics, gallery, and video into a functional website using a webdevelopment application, fixing links and moving documents as needed. Preview the pages inmultiple web browsers.

Data/Financial AnalysisGenerate sales forecasts by region and currency based on historical data, and produce summarygraphs and pivot tables using a spreadsheet application.

3D ModelingCreate components for a 3D scene, including a panoramic image and texture images, using an imageediting application. Create and render views of an architectural model using realistic materials in anarchitectural modeling application. Add visual features to an existing architectural model, and render"sketch" style views using an architectural modeling application. Create a 3D scene, rendering viewsand a fly-through animation of the scene's progression through development, using a 3D modelingapplication.




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System ManagementInstall and then upgrade an application using a complete application installer and patch installers.Perform a (simulated) full system backup using encryption, then after making changes to the initialbackup dataset, perform two encrypted incremental backups. Restore both backups. Create anencrypted archive of various sensitive files for transfer across unsecured communications, and anotherunencrypted archive of various files. Decompress the initial backup and two incremental backups.Decompress the encrypted and unencrypted archive files.

2.3 Application SelectionFor SYSmark 2012, BAPCo has identified the following representative applications for the six usagescenarios:

Table 1: Office Productivity ApplicationsABBYY® FineReader Pro 10.0 Image files, word processing documentsAdobe® Acrobat® Pro 9 Portable document files, image filesAdobe® Flash® Player 10.1 Flash animationsMicrosoft® Excel® 2010 SpreadsheetsMicrosoft® Internet Explorer® 8 (or newer version, if already installed)Web pagesMicrosoft® Outlook® 2010 E-mailsMicrosoft® PowerPoint® 2010 Presentation files, image files, video filesMicrosoft® Word 2010 Word processing documentsMozilla® Firefox® 3.6.8 Web pagesWinZip® Pro 14.5 Zip files, assorted document files

Table 2: Media Creation ApplicationsAdobe® After Effects® CS5 Video files, image files, audio filesAdobe® Photoshop® CS5 Extended Image filesAdobe® Premiere® Pro CS5 Video files

Table 3: Web Development ApplicationsAdobe® Photoshop® CS5 Extended Image filesAdobe® Premiere® Pro CS5 Video files, image files, audio filesAdobe® Dreamweaver® CS5 Web pages, image files, video filesMicrosoft® Internet Explorer® 8 (or newer version, if already installed)Web pagesMozilla® Firefox® 3.6.8 Web pages

Table 4: Data/Financial Analysis Applications Application Version Document TypeMicrosoft® Excel® 2010 Spreadsheets

Table 5: 3D Modeling Applications Application Version Document TypeAdobe® Photoshop® CS5 Extended Image filesAutodesk® 3ds Max® 2011 CAD files, image files, video files




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Autodesk® AutoCAD® 2011 CAD filesGoogle SketchUp™ Pro 8 CAD files, image files

Table 6: System Management ApplicationsMozilla® Firefox® Installers for versions 2.0.0.20, 3.6.2, 3.6.3, 3.6.4, 3.6.6, 3.6.7Application installer WinZip® Pro 14.5 Zip files, assorted media and document filesWinZip® Command Line 3.2 Zip files, assorted media and document files.

Appendix 2: PC Test Machine Configurations as Reported bySYSmark Test Suite

HDD Machine:Hardware BIOS Hewlett-Packard 68ICF Ver. F.04 66.26 06/12/2012 Motherboard type 17A7 CPU type Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-3320M CPU @ 2.60GHz CPU frequency 2600 MHz Memory size 4096 MB Screen Resolution 1024 x 768 @ 60 Hz Disk 0 500.1 GB Hitachi HTS727550A9E364 Policies Write caching: Default; Power protected: Default GPU 0 Intel(R) HD Graphics 4000

Software OS type Windows 7 Professional x64 Service Pack 1 OS version 6.1.7601.17514 Virtual Memory 7922 MB Total, 6418 MB Free Visual Effects Let Windows choose what's best for my computer Desktop Composition Enabled Power policy BAPCo SYSmark 2012

SSD Machine:Hardware BIOS Hewlett-Packard 68ICF Ver. F.04 66.26 06/12/2012 Motherboard type 17A7 CPU type Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-3320M CPU @ 2.60GHz CPU frequency 2600 MHz Memory size 4096 MB Screen Resolution 1024 x 768 @ 60 Hz Disk 0 180.0 GB INTEL SSDSC2BW180A3H Policies Write caching: Default; Power protected: Default GPU 0 Intel(R) HD Graphics 4000

Software OS type Windows 7 Professional x64 Service Pack 1




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OS version 6.1.7601.17514 Virtual Memory 7922 MB Total, 6478 MB Free Visual Effects Let Windows choose what's best for my computer Desktop Composition Enabled Power policy BAPCo SYSmark 2012

Appendix 3: Machine Specs and List Price per Manufacturer’s WebSite:

HDD-enabled machine Model: HP EliteBook 8570P Product Number – B8V39UT#ABA List Price: $1049 Price and specifications obtained from HP web site on 10/18/2012

System Features

See detailed specs: US QuickSpecs » pdf

Operating system: Windows® 7 Professional 64

Processor: Intel® Core™ i5-3320M (2.60 GHz, 3 MB L3 cache, 2 cores)

Processor technology: Intel® Core™ i5 with vPro technology

Chipset: Mobile Intel® QM77 Express

Featured Model: SmartBuy

Dimensions and Weight

Weight: Starting at 5.75 lb (Starting at 2.61 kg)

Dimensions (w x d x h): 14.72 x 9.86 x 1.34 in (37.4 x 25.1 x 3.4 cm)

Memory

Memory: 4 GB 1600 MHz DDR3 SDRAM

Memory slots: 1 SODIMM

Storage

Internal drive: 500 GB 7200 rpm SATA II

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Optical drive: DVD+/-RW SuperMulti DL

Graphics

Graphics: Intel HD Graphics 4000

Display: 15.6" diagonal LED-backlit HD anti-glare (1366 x 768)

Expansion features

Ports: 2 USB 3.01 USB 2.01 USB 2.0 charging1 eSATA/USB 2.0 Combo1 external VGA monitor1 DisplayPort1 1394a1 stereo microphone in1 stereo headphone/line-out1 AC power1 RJ-111 RJ-451 docking connector1 secondary battery connector1 serial

Slots: 1 Express Card/541 SD/MMC

Audio: SRS Premium Sound PRO; Integrated stereo speakers; Stereo headphone/line out;Stereo microphone in; Integrated dual-microphone array

Integrated camera: 720p HD webcam

Keyboard: Spill-resistant keyboard with numeric keypad and drain

Input devices: Touchpad with on/off button, two-way scroll, gestures, two pick buttons; Pointstick withtwo additional pointstick buttons

Communications

Wireless: Intel Centrino 802.11a/b/g/nHP Integrated Module with Bluetooth 4.0+ EDR

Network interface: 10/100/1000

Power and operating requirements

Energy efficiency: ENERGY STAR® qualified; EPEAT® Gold registered

http://www.hp.com/hpinfo/globalcitizenship/environment/productdesign/energystar_popup.html




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Power supply: 65W HP Smart AC adapter; HP Fast Charge

Battery type: 6-cell (62 WHr) Li-Ion

Battery life: Up to 8 hours and 15 minutes

Security Management

Security management: Standard: HP Disk SanitizerHP ProtectToolsHP Spare Key (requires initial user setup)Central Management for HP ProtectToolsCredential Manager for HP ProtectToolsDrive Encryption for HP ProtectToolsEnhanced Pre-Boot SecurityFace Recognition for HP ProtectToolsFile Sanitizer for HP ProtectToolsMicrosoft Security EssentialsTPM Embedded Security Chip 1.2Smart Card ReaderSecurity lock slotOptional: Computrace (sold separately and requires the purchase of subscription)Intel Anti-Theft Technology (requires Absolute Computrace subscription)HP Fingerprint SensorHP Privacy Filter

What's included

Software installed: Microsoft® Office Starter: reduced-functionality Word and Excel® only, with advertising.No PowerPoint® or Outlook®. Buy Office 2010 to use the full featured software.

Manageability features: HP 3D DriveGuard (Windows only)

Warranty: HP Services offers limited 3-year standard parts and labor warranty, pick-up or carry-in,and toll-free 24x7 hardware technical phone support (depending on model); 1-yearlimited warranty on primary battery; On-site service and warranty upgrades are alsoavailable.

SSD-enabled machine: Model: HP EliteBook 8570P Product Number – C1C97UT#ABA List Price: $1379 Price and specifications obtained from HP web site on 10/18/2012

System Features

See detailed specs: US QuickSpecs » pdf

Operating system: Windows® 7 Professional 64

http://h18004.www1.hp.com/products/quickspecs/14304_na/14304_na.pdf




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Processor: Intel® Core™ i5-3320M (2.60 GHz, 3 MB L3 cache, 2 cores)

Processor technology: Intel® Core™ i5 with vPro technology

Chipset: Mobile Intel® QM77 Express

Featured Model: SmartBuy

Dimensions and Weight

Weight: Starting at 5.75 lb (Starting at 2.61 kg)

Dimensions (w x d x h): 14.72 x 9.86 x 1.34 in (37.4 x 25.1 x 3.4 cm)

Memory

Memory: 4 GB 1600 MHz DDR3 SDRAM

Memory slots: 1 SODIMM

Storage

Internal drive: 180 GB SATA Solid State Drive

Optical drive: DVD+/-RW SuperMulti DL

Graphics

Graphics: Intel® HD Graphics 4000

Display: 15.6" diagonal LED-backlit HD+ WVA anti-glare (1600 x 900)

Expansion features

Ports: 2 USB 3.01 USB 2.01 USB 2.0 charging1 eSATA/USB 2.0 Combo1 external VGA monitor1 DisplayPort1 1394a1 stereo microphone in1 stereo headphone/line-out1 AC power1 RJ-111 RJ-451 docking connector1 secondary battery connector1 serial




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Slots: 1 Express Card/541 SD/MMC

Audio: SRS Premium Sound PRO; Integrated stereo speakers; Stereo headphone/line out;Stereo microphone in; Integrated dual-microphone array

Integrated camera: 720p HD webcam

Keyboard: Spill-resistant keyboard with numeric keypad and drain

Input devices: Touchpad with on/off button, two-way scroll, gestures, two pick buttons; Pointstick withtwo additional pointstick buttons

Communications

Wireless: Intel Centrino 802.11a/b/g/nHP Integrated Module with Bluetooth 4.0+ EDR

Network interface: 10/100/1000

Power and operating requirements

Energy efficiency: ENERGY STAR® qualified; EPEAT® Gold registered

Power supply: 65W HP Smart AC adapter; HP Fast Charge

Battery type: 6-cell (62 WHr) Li-Ion

Battery life: Up to 8 hours and 15 minutes

Security Management

Security management: Standard: HP Disk SanitizerHP ProtectToolsHP Spare Key (requires initial user setup)Central Management for HP ProtectToolsCredential Manager for HP ProtectToolsDrive Encryption for HP ProtectToolsEnhanced Pre-Boot SecurityFace Recognition for HP ProtectToolsFile Sanitizer for HP ProtectToolsMicrosoft Security EssentialsTPM Embedded Security Chip 1.2Smart Card ReaderSecurity lock slotOptional: Computrace (sold separately and requires the purchase of subscription)Intel Anti-Theft Technology (requires Absolute Computrace subscription)HP Fingerprint SensorHP Privacy Filter

http://www.hp.com/hpinfo/globalcitizenship/environment/productdesign/energystar_popup.html




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What's included

Software installed: Microsoft® Office Starter: reduced-functionality Word and Excel® only, with advertising.No PowerPoint® or Outlook®. Buy Office 2010 to use the full featured software.

Manageability features: HP 3D DriveGuard (Windows only)

Warranty: HP Services offers limited 3-year standard parts and labor warranty, pick-up or carry-in,and toll-free 24x7 hardware technical phone support (depending on model); On-siteservice and warranty upgrades are also available.

Distribution rights to this whitepaper have been licensed to Intel, Inc. for its exclusive use. No third parties areauthorized to copy, post and/or redistribute this whitepaper in part or in whole without the express written

permission of the copyright holder, J.Gold Associates, LLC.

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