Dell Precision WorkStation T5500

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 20%
Surfboard
Desktop
Desktop 63%
Destroyer
Workstation
Workstation 21%
Surfboard
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 60.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics30.6% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (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.
Memory28GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 28GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS VersionAlthough 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.
High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemDell Precision WorkStation T5500  (all builds)
MotherboardDell 0CRH6C
Memory23.3 GB free of 28 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 7
BIOS Date20130528
Uptime0.1 Days
Run DateJan 18 '17 at 01:47
Run Duration133 Seconds
Run User AUS-User
Background CPU 21%

 PC Performing as expected (59th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
1st CPU: Intel Xeon X5660
CPU1, 2 CPU, 12 cores, 24 threads
Base clock 2.8 GHz
Performing below expectations (28th percentile)
60.9% Good
Memory 63.8
1-Core 78.4
2-Core 155
57% 99.1 Pts
4-Core 312
8-Core 604
54% 458 Pts
64-Core 1,147
71% 1,147 Pts
Poor: 53%
This bench: 60.9%
Great: 74%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD R9 270X-$199
CLim: 1100 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 16.12.2
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
30.6% Below average
Lighting 39
Reflection 35.2
Parallax 46.7
32% 40.3 fps
MRender 29.5
Gravity 32.4
Splatting 39.5
28% 33.8 fps
Poor: 25%
This bench: 30.6%
Great: 29%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Seagate Momentus XT SSHD 2.5" 500GB-$35
465GB free
Firmware: SD22 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
57.7% Above average
Read 99.7
Write 101
Mixed 65.2
66% 88.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.75
4K Write 1.4
4K Mixed 0.3
91% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 28%
This bench: 57.7%
Great: 58%
Seagate Momentus XT SSHD 2.5" 500GB-$35
365GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SD22 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (10th percentile)
31.5% Below average
Read 55.8
Write 54.2
Mixed 29.3
34% 46.4 MB/s
4K Read 0.06
4K Write 0.16
4K Mixed 0.06
12% 0.09 MB/s
Poor: 28%
This bench: 31.5%
Great: 58%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown 7x4GB
7 of 9 slots used
28GB DIMM DDR3
Performing above expectations (62nd percentile)
51.9% Above average
MC Read 23.2
MC Write 14.9
MC Mixed 23.4
59% 20.5 GB/s
SC Read 8.8
SC Write 3.4
SC Mixed 7.7
19% 6.63 GB/s
Latency 117
34% 117 ns
Poor: 16%
This bench: 51.9%
Great: 102%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Precision WorkStation T5500 Builds (Compare 1,578 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 24%
Surfboard
Desktop
Desktop 74%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 21%
Surfboard

System: Dell Precision WorkStation T5500

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