Dell Precision M6600

Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 61% Destroyer	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 59%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	6.72% 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 Drive	45.5% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	8GB 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 Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 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 (41%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Dell Precision M6600 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 04YY4M
Memory	5.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20130927
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Sep 03 '16 at 16:27
Run Duration	119 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	41%

PC Performing as expected (51^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-2640M 12,152 User benchmarks, average bench 54% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	59% Above average	Memory 81.4 1-Core 83.4 2-Core 148 63% 104 Pts	4-Core 213 8-Core 218 29% 215 Pts	64-Core 218 14% 218 Pts
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 59% Great: 63%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 6970M 1,595 User benchmarks, average bench 11% Dell(1028 04A4) 2GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.200.1062.1004 Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	6.72% Terrible	Lighting 8.8 Reflection 7.15 Parallax 7.47 7% 7.81 fps	MRender 5.9 Gravity 5.87 Splatting 8.87 6% 6.88 fps
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 6.72% Great: 13%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 520 Series 120GB-$199 19,348 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 78GB free (System drive) Firmware: 400i Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 73890618262526 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1182 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 1076 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 102 102 7238379 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1076 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 91280 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 57 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 91280 (F2) Unknown 100 100 124936 (F9) Unknown 100 100 3023	45.5% Average	Read 490 Write 137 Mixed 244 63% 290 MB/s	4K Read 18.9 4K Write 28.2 4K Mixed 9.35 56% 18.8 MB/s	DQ Read 17.2 DQ Write 43.8 DQ Mixed 8.72 13% 23.2 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 45.5% Great: 88%
WD Black 2.5" 750GB (2011)-$87 21,339 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 335GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 9 (03) Spinup time 176 168 2166 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 715 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 923 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 672 (BF) G-sense error rate 1 1 786 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 82 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 196 196 12554 (C2) HDA temperature 110 98 37 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 99 99 781 (F1) Unknown 200 200 4516694028 (F2) Unknown 200 200 4400876889 (FE) Unknown 1 1 286	64.3% Good	Read 110 Write 114 Mixed 94.1 80% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 1.97 4K Mixed 0.25 88% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 64.3% Great: 71%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT351S6CFR8C-H9 2x4GB 6,386 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB SODIMM DDR3 1333 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	50.5% Above average	MC Read 17.7 MC Write 18.8 MC Mixed 16.6 51% 17.7 GB/s	SC Read 12.8 SC Write 14.9 SC Mixed 15 41% 14.2 GB/s	Latency 78 51% 78 ns
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 50.5% Great: 51%

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

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Gaming 8%

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Workstation 7%

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System: Dell Precision M6600

CPU
Core i7-2720QMIntel $85Bench 58%, 7,798 samples	109x
Core i7-2860QMIntel $469Bench 62%, 4,317 samples	102x
Core i7-2760QMIntel $130Bench 60%, 10,423 samples	84x

GPU
Quadro 3000MNvidiaBench 6%, 2,560 samples	237x
Quadro 4000MNvidiaBench 8%, 1,114 samples	91x
HD 3000 (Mobile V2 1.3 GHz)IntelBench 2%, 110,588 samples	88x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	12x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	11x
PM830 mSATA 256GBSamsungBench 63%, 9,379 samples	8x

RAM
M471B5273DH0-CH9 2x4GBSamsungBench 43%, 15,815 samples	15x
HMT351S6CFR8C-H9 4x4GBHynixBench 45%, 359 samples	15x
HMT451S6MFR8C-PB HMT351S6BFR8C-H9 HMT451S6MFR8C-PB HMT351S6BFR8C-H9 16GBHynixBench 45%, 20 samples	13x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16