Dell Precision M6500

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 6% Tree trunk	Desktop 60% Gunboat	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 64.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	7.51% 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.
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.

Very high background CPU (32%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Dell Precision M6500 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0R1203
Memory	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20130604
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 06 '17 at 04:32
Run Duration	304 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	32%

PC Performing above expectations (67^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 X 940-$79 592 User benchmarks, average bench 60% Microprocessor, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.15 GHz Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	64.3% Good	Memory 92.8 1-Core 75 2-Core 118 61% 95.3 Pts	4-Core 201 8-Core 257 29% 229 Pts	64-Core 261 16% 261 Pts
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 64.3% Great: 70%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Quadro FX 3800M 388 User benchmarks, average bench 7% Dell(1028 02EF) 1GB Ram: 1GB, Driver: 341.92 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	7.51% Terrible	Lighting 10.2 Reflection 9.46 Parallax 3.62 8% 7.77 fps	MRender 8.24 Gravity 7.53 Splatting 6.26 6% 7.34 fps
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 7.51% Great: 8%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Hitachi HTS725032A9A362 320GB 100 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 298GB free Firmware: PC3O Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 150 150 115964116994 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 2886 (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 86 86 6151 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 2763 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 32 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 37881 (C2) HDA temperature 148 148 249108037669 (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 (F0) Head flying hours 99 99 472 (F1) Unknown 100 100 151782846 (F2) Unknown 100 100 101759142 (FE) Unknown 100 100 51	48.9% Average	Read 91.1 Write 79.1 Mixed 11.2 44% 60.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 1.28 4K Mixed 0.32 85% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 48.9% Great: 58%
Hitachi HTS725032A9A362 320GB 100 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 133GB free (System drive) Firmware: PC3O Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 149 149 115964116994 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 2766 (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 82 82 8138 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 2763 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 75 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 54 54 463789 (C2) HDA temperature 130 130 249108037674 (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 (F0) Head flying hours 85 85 6685 (F1) Unknown 100 100 13313047050 (F2) Unknown 100 100 18020686878 (FE) Unknown 97 97 803
Poor: 20% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT351S6BFR8C-H9 4x4GB 326 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz Performing below potential (33^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	42.1% Average	MC Read 15.8 MC Write 13.8 MC Mixed 13.1 41% 14.2 GB/s	SC Read 11.1 SC Write 10.1 SC Mixed 11.8 31% 11 GB/s	Latency 62.5 64% 62.5 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 42.1% Great: 49%

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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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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