HP recommends Windows. Every time you turn on your new HP Workstation, HP Performance Advisor is ready and waiting to help you get the most out of your HP Workstation from day oneand every day after.

Always easy.HP Performance Advisor is the simplest and most effective way to make sure your computer is always operating at its optimum potential.

Always helpful.Just launch this program anytime you want to maximize your systems capabilities. With a few clicks of the mouse, you can see whats working great, whats not, and get the information you need to improve your systems stability and performance.

Always ready.Your workstation environment can evolve as you add hardware and update and patch the system tools you use every day. HP Performance Advisor can help make sure your system adapts to these changes so you can keep working uninterruptedby telling you how to re-allocate resources, monitoring memory usage, and eliminating conflictsquickly and easily so your system continues running fast and smooth.

Always compiling answers.To help you easily troubleshoot hardware, software, and system issues, HP Performance Advisor compiles detailed system information on one convenient screen. You can even e-mail an easy-to-read report directly to technical support staff for more effective analysis and repair.

Alwaysand onlyHP.You wont find a solution this powerful on any other PC. Its only available on new HP Workstations.

Always start here.From the moment you first boot up your new HP Workstation, HP Performance Advisor is ready to help you maximize your investment. Consider it your own personal tech guru, always reliable and always at your service. Free up your time and your system, for free, with HP Performance Advisor.

Do you know whats best for your workstations unique combination of hardware, applications, OS, BIOS, and other system resources? HP Performance Advisor does!

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What it all means.

HP Performance Advisor lets you spend more time working, processing, and designing and less time troubleshooting your workstation. Below are the basic features and their respective benefits that help you maximize your hardware, applications, and productivity.

How it works.

HP Performance Advisor uses a Windows-based interface that focuses on three key areas, for easy navigation of specific performance issues:

Your Computer: Configures your computer and quickly gains a thorough and accurate understanding of your systems resources and settings.

Your Software: Tunes your software using tips and advice collected by HPs team of application engineers who work with our software partners every day to help you get the best performance and reliability from your applications.

Your Performance: Monitors your performance, displays how your system handles your workload, and anticipates what may need to change as your workload evolves.

What it means to you.

Helps you tune your system for maximum application performance

Provides a consolidated hardware and application report

Updates automatically,1 so youre always working with the latest version

Increases performance, productivity and stability

Helps you select the best possible drivers for each application

Requires low maintenance

Delivers optimized solutions for benchmarks

Simplifies future reference and support calls

Provides quick, easy views of configurations and online technical specifications for each system

Specifications

Supported Operating Systems

Windows 8.1 Pro 64-bit Windows 8 Professional 64-bitWindows 7 Professional 64-bitWindows 7 Professional 32-bitWindows XP Professional 32-bitWindows XP Professional x64

Memory Specified by operating system and target application per workstation.

Graphics All graphics solutions supported on HP Workstations, including NVIDIA and AMD PCI Express graphics cards as well as Intel Integrated Graphics.

Disk Space 10 MB for installation

Networking Standard TCP/IP

Languages English; French; German; Italian; Japanese

Korean; Portuguese; Russian; Simplified Chinese; Spanish

1 Internet connection required.

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Supported applications

Adobe After Effects Autodesk Mechanical Desktop Dassault Systemes PhotoView 360

Adobe Photoshop Autodesk MotionBuilder Dassault Systemes SolidWorks

Adobe Premiere Pro Autodesk Mudbox Dassault Systemes SolidWorks Motion

ANSYS ANSYS CFX Autodesk Navisworks Freedom Dassault Systemes SolidWorks Simulation

ANSYS ANSYS Fluent Autodesk Navisworks Manage Dynamic Graphics CoViz 4D

ANSYS ANSYS Mechanical Autodesk Navisworks Simulate Dynamic Graphics EarthVision

Autodesk 3ds Max Autodesk PC Performance Rating ESRI ArcGIS

Autodesk Alias Autodesk Revit Architecture Google Earth

Autodesk Alias Automotive Autodesk Revit MEP Google SketchUp Pro

Autodesk Alias Design Autodesk Revit Structure Hewlett-Packard HP Remote Graphics Receiver

Autodesk Alias Sketch Autodesk Showcase Hewlett-Packard HP Remote Graphics Sender

Autodesk Alias Surface Autodesk Simulation CFD Intel Rapid Storage Technology

Autodesk AliasStudio Autodesk Simulation Mechanical Intergraph ERDAS Imagine

Autodesk AutoCAD Autodesk SketchBook Designer Intergraph GeoMedia

Autodesk AutoCAD Architecture Autodesk Softimage Intergraph GeoMedia Viewer

Autodesk AutoCAD Civil 3D Autodesk VRED Paradigm Advanced Subsurface Software

Autodesk AutoCAD Electrical Autodesk VRED Design Paradigm GOCAD

Autodesk AutoCAD Land Desktop Autodesk VRED Professional Paradigm SKUA

Autodesk AutoCAD LT AVEVA Solutions Marine Parallels Parallels Workstation Extreme

Autodesk AutoCAD Map 3D AVEVA Solutions PDMS PTC CoCreate Modeling

Autodesk AutoCAD Mechanical AVEVA Solutions Plant PTC Creo Direct

Autodesk AutoCAD MEP AVEVA Solutions Review PTC Creo Elements/Direct Modeling

Autodesk AutoCAD P&ID Avid Media Composer PTC Creo Elements/Pro

Autodesk AutoCAD Plant 3D Avid Pro Tools PTC Creo Parametric

Autodesk AutoCAD Raster Design Bentley AECOsim Building Designer PTC Creo Simulate

Autodesk AutoCAD Structural Detailing Bentley MicroStation PTC Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire

Autodesk Composite Bentley Navigator Red Digital Cinema REDCINE-X Pro

Autodesk Design Review Bentley WaterCAD Schlumberger Petrel

Autodesk HSMWorks Cakewalk SONAR X1 Essential Siemens PLMS NX

Autodesk Infraworks Cakewalk SONAR X1 Producer Siemens PLMS NX I-deas

Autodesk Inventor Cakewalk SONAR X1 Studio Siemens PLMS Solid Edge

Autodesk Inventor Professional Dassault Systemes CATIA+

Autodesk Maya Dassault Systemes eDrawings

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