Dell Precision M6500

Performance Results


Gaming 4% Tree trunk	Desktop 45% Yacht	Workstation 4% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (20th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 80 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.
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 50.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	2.67% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	34.6% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	12GB 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 Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Dell Precision M6500 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0R1203
Memory	9.5 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130604
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 14 '17 at 08:07
Run Duration	136 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7 Q 740-$190 13,278 User benchmarks, average bench 54% Microprocessor, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 1.75 GHz, turbo 1.15 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	50.5% Above average	Memory 86.6 1-Core 23.3 2-Core 45.7 39% 51.9 Pts	4-Core 81.2 8-Core 146 14% 114 Pts	64-Core 217 13% 217 Pts
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 50.5% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Quadro FX 2800M 1,135 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Dell(1028 02EF) 1GB Ram: 1GB, Driver: 342.1 Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	2.67% Terrible	Lighting 3.3 Reflection 3.42 Parallax 1.09 3% 2.61 fps	MRender 3.57 Gravity 2.77 Splatting 3.3 3% 3.21 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 2.67% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Z400s 256GB-$221 10,770 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 171GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z2333000 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (0^th 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 49 100 49 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 650 (A6) Unknown 100 100 5 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 20 (A9) Unknown 100 100 269 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 14 (AE) Unknown 100 100 101 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 57 100 240518168619 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 1 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 52 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 2562 (F1) Unknown 253 253 1978 (F2) Unknown 253 253 1516	34.6% Below average	Read 242 Write 223 Mixed 238 52% 235 MB/s	4K Read 11.9 4K Write 14 4K Mixed 3.73 30% 9.87 MB/s	DQ Read 72 DQ Write 52.3 DQ Mixed 25.3 29% 49.9 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 34.6% Great: 84%
WD Black 2.5" 500GB (2011)-$50 12,013 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 435GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 199 175 1025 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3243 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 78 78 16657 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3067 (BF) G-sense error rate 1 1 15156 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 331 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 166 166 104441 (C2) HDA temperature 112 99 35 (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 100 253 0	49.2% Average	Read 83.6 Write 88 Mixed 83.1 64% 84.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 0.38 4K Mixed 0.24 64% 0.45 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 49.2% Great: 65%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown HP16D3LS1KBG/4G 80CE000080CE M471B1G73QH0-YK0 12GB 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	20.3% Poor	MC Read 7.9 MC Write 4.9 MC Mixed 4.9 17% 5.9 GB/s	SC Read 5.3 SC Write 5.5 SC Mixed 6.6 17% 5.8 GB/s	Latency 70.8 56% 70.8 ns

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Gaming 7%

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Desktop 53%

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Workstation 6%

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System: Dell Precision M6500

CPU
Core i7 Q 820Intel $119Bench 52%, 2,269 samples	39x
Core i7 Q 720Intel $220Bench 51%, 13,149 samples	31x
Core i7 Q 740Intel $190Bench 54%, 13,278 samples	28x

GPU
Quadro FX 2800MNvidiaBench 5%, 1,135 samples	81x
FirePro M7740ATIBench 7%, 225 samples	46x
Quadro FX 3800MNvidiaBench 7%, 388 samples	28x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	9x
MZ7TE256HMHP-000L7 256GBSamsungBench 70%, 4,594 samples	7x
PM800 Series 2.5" 256GBSamsungBench 24%, 1,200 samples	5x

RAM
EBJ21UE8BDS0-DJ-F 4x2GBUnknownBench 38%, 37 samples	6x
M471B5273CH0-CH9 4x4GBSamsungBench 44%, 427 samples	6x
M471B5773CHS-CH9 4x2GBSamsungBench 45%, 318 samples	5x

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Value: 42% - Average

Total price: $219

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	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