Dell Precision M6400

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 1%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 26%
Raft
Workstation
Workstation 1%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing way below expectations (11th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 89 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
ProcessorWith a relatively low single core score, this CPU can handle email, light web browsing and basic audio/video playback, but it will struggle to handle CPU intensive tasks. Finally, with a gaming score of 28.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very poor.
Graphics1.78% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot DriveThe boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.
Very high background CPU (100%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemDell Precision M6400  (all builds)
MotherboardDell 0D138P
Memory8.6 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 7
BIOS Date20110925
Uptime7.4 Days
Run DateAug 01 '18 at 23:41
Run Duration151 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 100%

 PC Performing way below expectations (11th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core2 Duo T9800-$75
Microprocessor, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads
Base clock 2.95 GHz
Performing way below expectations (5th percentile)
28.9% Poor
Memory 52.9
1-Core 14.3
2-Core 30.2
24% 32.5 Pts
4-Core 31.1
8-Core 31.3
4% 31.2 Pts
64-Core 30
2% 30 Pts
Poor: 29%
This bench: 28.9%
Great: 45%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia Quadro FX 2700M
Dell(1028 019B) 512MB
Ram: 512MB, Driver: 327.2
Performing way below expectations (7th percentile)
1.78% Terrible
Lighting 1.63
Reflection 4.35
Parallax 0.75
1% 2.24 fps
MRender 4.62
Gravity 1.53
Splatting 3.52
3% 3.22 fps
Poor: 2%
This bench: 1.78%
Great: 3%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Seagate ST1000LM048-2E7172 1TB
849GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SDM1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 62 91 105 113 101 123 MB/s
Performing below expectations (38th percentile)
45.2% Average
Read 57.3
Write 59.6
Mixed 50.6
SusWrite 99.1
49% 66.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 4.5
4K Mixed 0.5
168% 1.9 MB/s
Poor: 29%
This bench: 45.2%
Great: 71%
Seagate ST9160411ASG 160GB-$60
0GB free
Firmware: DE17
SusWrite @10s intervals: 37 44 44 45 45 45 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (6th percentile)
12.9% Very poor
Read 1.8
Write 4.7
Mixed 4.5
SusWrite 43.2
10% 13.6 MB/s
4K Read 0.2
4K Write 0.3
4K Mixed 0.3
47% 0.27 MB/s
Poor: 13%
This bench: 12.9%
Great: 47%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown 12GB
null MHz
2048, 2048, 4096, 4096 MB
Performing way below expectations (1st percentile)
12.6% Very poor
MC Read 4.7
MC Write 3.8
MC Mixed 3.5
11% 4 GB/s
SC Read 3.6
SC Write 2.4
SC Mixed 3.9
9% 3.3 GB/s
Latency 150
27% 150 ns
Poor: 20%
This bench: 12.6%
Great: 50%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Typical Precision M6400 Builds (Compare 61 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 5%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 43%
Speed boat
Workstation
Workstation 4%
Tree trunk

System: Dell Precision M6400

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 28% - Poor Total price: $365
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