Dell Precision Tower 3420

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 10%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 80%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 9%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics5.39% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive178% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemDell Precision Tower 3420
MotherboardDell Precision Tower 3420  (all builds)
Memory3 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20170806
Uptime0.2 Days
Run DateAug 16 '18 at 09:22
Run Duration120 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 12%

 PC Performing above expectations (73rd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-7600-$89
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
85.6% Excellent
Memory 84.6
1-Core 130
2-Core 249
86% 155 Pts
4-Core 499
8-Core 501
67% 500 Pts
64-Core 480
30% 480 Pts
Poor: 54%
This bench: 85.6%
Great: 82%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Intel HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake)
Dell(1028 06C7) 1GB
Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 23.20.16.4973
Performing as expected (57th percentile)
5.39% Terrible
Lighting 7.7
Reflection 10.3
Parallax 7.84
6% 8.6 fps
MRender 8
Gravity 7.3
Splatting 0.09
4% 5.13 fps
Poor: 3%
This bench: 5.39%
Great: 7%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Toshiba XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$46
349GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 4101 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 438 432 432 437 435 433 MB/s
Performing above expectations (81st percentile)
178% Outstanding
Read 1,652
Write 459
Mixed 540
SusWrite 434
169% 771 MB/s
4K Read 34.1
4K Write 140
4K Mixed 48.2
188% 74.1 MB/s
DQ Read 832
DQ Write 437
DQ Mixed 345
334% 538 MB/s
Poor: 78%
This bench: 178%
Great: 216%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown HMA81GU6AFR8N-UH 1x8GB
1 of 4 slots used
8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz
Performing as expected (54th percentile)
40.4% Average
MC Read 14.8
MC Write 14.2
MC Mixed 11.6
39% 13.5 GB/s
SC Read 11
SC Write 13.7
SC Mixed 11.9
35% 12.2 GB/s
Latency 72.5
55% 72.5 ns
Poor: 32%
This bench: 40.4%
Great: 45%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Precision Tower 3420 Builds (Compare 807 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 11%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 69%
Battle cruiser
Workstation
Workstation 11%
Tree trunk

Motherboard: Dell Precision Tower 3420

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 82% - Excellent Total price: $180
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