Dell Precision WorkStation 690

Performance Results


Gaming 12% Tree trunk	Desktop 50% Yacht	Workstation 10% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 41.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	23.4% 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 Drive	39.7% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (37%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Dell Precision WorkStation 690 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell
Memory	13.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20080425
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 18 '17 at 03:52
Run Duration	190 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	37%

PC Performing as expected (48^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
1st CPU: Intel Xeon X5365 504 User benchmarks, average bench 44% Microprocessor, 2 CPU, 8 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 2.95 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	41.7% Average	Memory 58.3 1-Core 34.3 2-Core 68.3 35% 53.6 Pts	4-Core 137 8-Core 244 23% 190 Pts	64-Core 264 16% 264 Pts
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 41.7% Great: 47%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R7 265-$105 8,934 User benchmarks, average bench 20% MSI(1462 3058) Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 22.19.662.4 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	23.4% Poor	Lighting 28.3 Reflection 30.1 Parallax 33.5 23% 30.6 fps	MRender 27.1 Gravity 22.5 Splatting 35.7 24% 28.4 fps
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 23.4% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata SU700 120GB 3,283 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 71GB free (System drive) Firmware: B170206b Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (7^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 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 32 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 35 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 2 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 200 200 8590589955 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 456 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 65 65 171800985635 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 730107136 (EA) Unknown 100 100 121780862976 (F1) Unknown 100 100 702310104 (F2) Unknown 100 100 629211482	39.7% Below average	Read 191 Write 163 Mixed 178 40% 177 MB/s	4K Read 24.1 4K Write 41.5 4K Mixed 7.18 68% 24.2 MB/s	DQ Read 21.5 DQ Write 115 DQ Mixed 7.09 23% 47.9 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 39.7% Great: 82%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$35 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 466GB free Firmware: 1H20 Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	66% Good	Read 118 Write 112 Mixed 108 85% 113 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.74 4K Mixed 0.31 96% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 66% Great: 69%
Samsung SP2504C 250GB-$29 14,402 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 180GB free Firmware: 0-52 Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	32.5% Below average	Read 51 Write 62 Mixed 52.7 42% 55.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.33 4K Write 1.16 4K Mixed 0.27 66% 0.59 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 32.5% Great: 38%
WD Blue 250GB (2007)-$20 41,230 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 52GB free Firmware: 02.03E02 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 139 137 4041 (04) Start/Stop count 75 75 25517 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 61 61 28985 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 75 75 25467 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 176 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 192 192 25517 (C2) HDA temperature 109 101 34 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 64 64 26423 (F1) Unknown 200 200 33250252300 (F2) Unknown 200 200 18632439639	37.7% Below average	Read 67.6 Write 63.7 Mixed 66.7 50% 66 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.38 4K Mixed 0.32 80% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 37.7% Great: 55%
Hitachi HTS541040G9SA00 40GB 59 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 28GB free Firmware: C61M Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Read 29.9 21% 29.9 MB/s
Poor: 6% Great: 19%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x4GB 106,178 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB FB-DIMM DDR2 FB-DIMM Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	17.2% Very poor	MC Read 5.8 MC Write 5.4 MC Mixed 6.7 17% 5.97 GB/s	SC Read 2.1 SC Write 4.2 SC Mixed 3.1 9% 3.13 GB/s	Latency 133 30% 133 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 17.2% Great: 61%

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Desktop 42%

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Workstation 11%

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System: Dell Precision WorkStation 690

CPU
CPU: Intel Xeon E53451stBench 41%, 462 samples	8x
CPU: Intel Xeon 51601stBench 43%, 632 samples	6x
CPU: Intel Xeon X53551stBench 42%, 426 samples	5x

GPU
GeForce GT 730NvidiaBench 5%, 164,888 samples	9x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	6x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	5x

SSD
256GB 256GBHs256eBench 63%, 119 samples	3x
CS900 240GBPNY $22Bench 73%, 61,417 samples	2x
SSD 240GBBench 75%, 38,401 samples	2x

RAM
8x4GBUnknownBench 90%, 5,222 samples	16x
4x1GBUnknownBench 18%, 54,972 samples	8x
8x2GBUnknownBench 114%, 8,850 samples	7x

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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