Dell Precision M6400

Performance Results


Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 52% Yacht	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 56.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	6.26% 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	49.6% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Dell Precision M6400 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0P614F
Memory	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20130605
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 01 '17 at 00:00
Run Duration	276 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	17%

PC Performing as expected (55^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core2 Extreme Q9300-$172 660 User benchmarks, average bench 46% Microprocessor, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.55 GHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	56.3% Above average	Memory 79.6 1-Core 42.8 2-Core 96.2 47% 72.9 Pts	4-Core 192 8-Core 197 26% 195 Pts	64-Core 195 12% 195 Pts
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 56.3% Great: 52%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Quadro FX 3700M 383 User benchmarks, average bench 6% Dell(1028 019C) 1GB Ram: 1GB, Driver: 341.96 Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	6.26% Terrible	Lighting 8.6 Reflection 7.69 Parallax 3.34 7% 6.55 fps	MRender 6.62 Gravity 6.4 Splatting 5 5% 6.01 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.26% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra Plus 128GB-$75 16,709 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 21GB free (System drive) Firmware: X230 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 16049 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 4490 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 19 (A8) Unknown 100 100 407 (A9) Unknown 100 100 122 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 295 (AE) Unknown 100 100 129 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 74 123 528281894938 (D4) Unknown 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 2387 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 38499 (F1) Unknown 253 253 23634 (F2) Unknown 253 253 35070 (F3) Unknown 100 100 0	49.6% Average	Read 263 Write 236 Mixed 245 55% 248 MB/s	4K Read 17.6 4K Write 25.9 4K Mixed 15.4 60% 19.6 MB/s	DQ Read 160 DQ Write 127 DQ Mixed 40.9 59% 109 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 49.6% Great: 91%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 131GB free Firmware: JB0O Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 182 182 98784247810 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 5344 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 58 58 18693 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 5091 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 24 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 1133657 (C2) HDA temperature 230 230 184684249114 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	63.6% Good	Read 110 Write 112 Mixed 111 84% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 1.69 4K Mixed 0.2 84% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 63.6% Great: 75%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 0GB free Firmware: JB0O Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 203 203 98784247810 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 4599 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 64 64 15999 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 4377 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 12 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 8 8 927870 (C2) HDA temperature 250 250 171799347224 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	71.6% Very good	Read 124 Write 125 Mixed 120 93% 123 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 1.76 4K Mixed 0.21 87% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 71.6% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x4GB 106,178 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	20.1% Poor	MC Read 7.5 MC Write 5.4 MC Mixed 5.4 17% 6.1 GB/s	SC Read 5.9 SC Write 5.1 SC Mixed 5.7 16% 5.57 GB/s	Latency 81.3 49% 81.3 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 20.1% Great: 61%

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Gaming 5%

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Desktop 43%

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Workstation 4%

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System: Dell Precision M6400

CPU
Core2 Extreme Q9300Intel $172Bench 46%, 660 samples	14x
Core2 Duo T9600Intel $170Bench 39%, 2,726 samples	11x
Core2 Duo T9550Intel $199Bench 39%, 1,427 samples	8x

GPU
Quadro FX 2700MNvidiaBench 3%, 788 samples	30x
Quadro FX 3700MNvidiaBench 6%, 383 samples	20x
FirePro M7740ATIBench 7%, 225 samples	6x

SSD
Fury 240GBHyperX $193Bench 71%, 27,826 samples	2x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $37Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	2x
RBX Series 1 128GBSamsungBench 15%, 26 samples	2x

RAM
4x2GBUnknownBench 25%, 183,252 samples	14x
4x4GBUnknownBench 43%, 106,178 samples	12x
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples	12x

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Value: 28% - Poor

Total price: $365

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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