Dell Precision Tower 3420

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	183% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	Dell Precision Tower 3420
Motherboard	Dell Precision Tower 3420 (all builds)
Memory	5.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170608
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 13 '17 at 13:09
Run Duration	112 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E3-1220 v5 1,202 User benchmarks, average bench 73% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	76.1% Very good	Memory 79.2 1-Core 104 2-Core 205 73% 129 Pts	4-Core 422 8-Core 421 56% 422 Pts	64-Core 400 25% 400 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 76.1% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia NVS 310 4,920 User benchmarks, average bench 1% Nvidia(10DE 1154) 1GB CLim: 523 MHz, MLim: 437 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 381.65 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 1% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba THNSN5512GPUK NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB 19,561 User benchmarks, average bench 122% 410GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5KDA4101 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	183% Outstanding	Read 1,601 Write 987 Mixed 1,276 286% 1,288 MB/s	4K Read 27.1 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 30.5 139% 56.1 MB/s	DQ Read 408 DQ Write 382 DQ Mixed 200 204% 330 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 183% Great: 170%
Toshiba DT01ACA050 500GB-$25 163,843 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 294GB free Firmware: MS1OA810 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 141 141 72 (03) Spinup time 134 134 12895912111 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 90 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 110 110 36 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 715 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 87 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 1498 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 1498 (C2) HDA temperature 157 157 171799871523 (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 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 708 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1720578138 (F2) Unknown 100 100 1342652085	90.8% Outstanding	Read 160 Write 156 Mixed 162 120% 159 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 1.82 4K Mixed 0.2 84% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 90.8% Great: 103%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown HMA41GU6AFR8N-TF 1x8GB 853 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	41.8% Average	MC Read 15.2 MC Write 14.5 MC Mixed 12.6 40% 14.1 GB/s	SC Read 11.7 SC Write 14.9 SC Mixed 13.2 38% 13.3 GB/s	Latency 82 49% 82 ns
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 41.8% Great: 43%

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Desktop 69%

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Workstation 11%

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Motherboard: Dell Precision Tower 3420

CPU
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	225x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	152x
Core i5-6500Intel $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	114x

GPU
HD 530 (Desktop Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 188,220 samples	180x
HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake)IntelBench 5%, 153,031 samples	113x
Quadro K620Nvidia $170Bench 11%, 16,214 samples	83x

SSD
THNSN5256GPUK NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshibaBench 109%, 23,829 samples	21x
XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshiba $33Bench 125%, 44,050 samples	21x
PM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBSamsungBench 120%, 13,766 samples	13x

RAM
HMA41GU6AFR8N-TF 2x8GBUnknownBench 72%, 2,345 samples	45x
HMA81GU6AFR8N-UH 2x8GBUnknownBench 73%, 3,256 samples	37x
HMA41GU6AFR8N-TF 1x8GBUnknownBench 40%, 853 samples	22x

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Value: 82% - Excellent

Total price: $180

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16