Dell Precision Tower 3420

Performance Results


Gaming 12% Tree trunk	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	3.12% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	247% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

Run History

21 months ago, 20 months ago.

System	Dell Precision Tower 3420
Motherboard	Dell Precision Tower 3420 (all builds)
Memory	27.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20220713
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 24 '22 at 22:21
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E3-1225 v5 3,017 User benchmarks, average bench 74% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	79.5% Very good	Memory 88.6 1-Core 104 2-Core 207 77% 133 Pts	4-Core 410 8-Core 395 54% 402 Pts	64-Core 400 25% 400 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 79.5% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia NVS 510 2,450 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Nvidia(10DE 0967) 2GB CLim: 797 MHz, MLim: 445 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 472.98 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	3.12% Terrible	Lighting 3.5 Reflection 4.9 Parallax 4.3 3% 4.23 fps	MRender 4.7 Gravity 4.5 Splatting 4.2 4% 4.47 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.12% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 760p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$4 10,188 User benchmarks, average bench 228% 366GB free (System drive) Firmware: 005C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 888 537 425 542 549 549 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	247% Outstanding	Read 2,382 Write 1410 Mixed 1,288 SusWrite 582 314% 1,415 MB/s	4K Read 65.6 4K Write 126 4K Mixed 82.4 272% 91.3 MB/s	DQ Read 1246 DQ Write 182 DQ Mixed 332 341% 587 MB/s
Poor: 148% ↑ This bench: 247% Great: 293%
Intel 545s Series 512GB-$95 12,034 User benchmarks, average bench 107% 108GB free Firmware: LHF004C SusWrite @10s intervals: 417 421 415 430 438 438 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	121% Outstanding	Read 512 Write 436 Mixed 436 SusWrite 426 102% 452 MB/s	4K Read 46.8 4K Write 85.2 4K Mixed 59.7 192% 63.9 MB/s	DQ Read 291 DQ Write 329 DQ Mixed 250 205% 290 MB/s
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 128%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 245GB free Firmware: JB0OA3P0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 95 97 98 98 98 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	64.3% Good	Read 127 Write 114 Mixed 28.1 SusWrite 97 66% 91.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.6 127% 1 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 64.3% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 16ATF2G64AZ-2G1A1 2x16GB 65 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	77.1% Very good	MC Read 27.3 MC Write 29.4 MC Mixed 25.2 78% 27.3 GB/s	SC Read 16.2 SC Write 30.6 SC Mixed 24 67% 23.6 GB/s	Latency 68.9 58% 68.9 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 77.1% Great: 77%

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Gaming 11%

Tree trunk

Desktop 69%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 11%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: Dell Precision Tower 3420

CPU
Core i7-6700Intel $170Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	225x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	152x
Core i5-6500Intel $60Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	115x

GPU
HD 530 (Desktop Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 188,220 samples	180x
HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake)IntelBench 5%, 153,031 samples	114x
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	46x
HMA81GU6AFR8N-UH 2x8GBUnknownBench 73%, 3,256 samples	37x
HMA41GU6AFR8N-TF 1x8GBUnknownBench 40%, 853 samples	22x

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Value: 83% - Excellent

Total price: $170

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16