Dell Precision WorkStation 490

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 43.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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.

System	Dell Precision WorkStation 490 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0GU083
Memory	14.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.7 GHz
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20080425
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 18 '17 at 06:36
Run Duration	187 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (73^rd 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 5160 235 User benchmarks, average bench 43% Microprocessor, 2 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	43.5% Average	Memory 63.8 1-Core 34.7 2-Core 69 37% 55.8 Pts	4-Core 137 8-Core 135 18% 136 Pts	64-Core 138 9% 138 Pts
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 43.5% Great: 47%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 1TB 266,123 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 921GB free Firmware: 2BA30001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 10 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 93 91 2332 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 851 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1337 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 815 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 179 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 17 (C2) HDA temperature 64 54 197569544226 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 3553 (DF) Load/unload retry count 99 99 1168 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 56220	66.2% Good	Read 116 Write 115 Mixed 117 87% 116 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.97 4K Mixed 0.36 99% 0.96 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 66.2% Great: 59%
WD WD10S21X-24R1BT0-SSHD-8GB 1TB 17,076 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 545GB free Firmware: 03.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 190 184 1483 (04) Start/Stop count 59 59 41326 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 8461 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1968 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 497 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 120 120 241320 (C2) HDA temperature 110 82 37 (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 8 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (F0) Head flying hours 91 91 7140	49.8% Average	Read 86.3 Write 87.3 Mixed 83.9 65% 85.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 1.54 4K Mixed 0.23 78% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 49.8% Great: 59%
Seagate ST3500630AS 500GB-$102 29,256 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 413GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3.CHN Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 253 0 (03) Spinup time 94 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8709 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 68 60 679503223599 (09) Power-on hours count 71 71 25432 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 92 92 8692 (B8) Unknown 100 253 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 58 39 706281514 (C2) HDA temperature 42 61 73014444074 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 61 55 90343260 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	40.6% Average	Read 65 Write 76.2 Mixed 66.7 52% 69.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 1.55 4K Mixed 0.29 88% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 40.6% Great: 43%
WD Blue 2.5" 320GB (2010)-$18 39,749 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 266GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 106 (03) Spinup time 155 128 1250 (04) Start/Stop count 77 77 23539 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 198 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 3979 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2829 (BF) G-sense error rate 1 1 23213 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 295 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 86 86 343794 (C2) HDA temperature 109 95 34 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 3 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	47.6% Average	Read 86.9 Write 79 Mixed 76.4 61% 80.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.28 4K Mixed 0.24 69% 0.66 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 47.6% Great: 47%
WD WD800JD-75MSA3 80GB-$105 18,464 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 68GB free Firmware: 10.01E04 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 169 164 2533 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1318 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 59 59 30550 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 727 (BE) vendor-specific 71 45 29 (C2) HDA temperature 114 88 29 (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	29.7% Poor	Read 45.1 Write 58.2 Mixed 50 38% 51.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 1.42 4K Mixed 0.45 102% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 29.7% Great: 33%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8x2GB 8,850 User benchmarks, average bench 114% 8 of 8 slots used 16GB FB-DIMM DDR2 FB-DIMM Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	19.1% Very poor	MC Read 6.2 MC Write 5.4 MC Mixed 7.7 18% 6.43 GB/s	SC Read 3.7 SC Write 4.6 SC Mixed 4.7 12% 4.33 GB/s	Latency 117 34% 117 ns
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 19.1% Great: 142%

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System: Dell Precision WorkStation 490

CPU
CPU: Intel Xeon X53651stBench 44%, 504 samples	9x
CPU: Intel Xeon E53451stBench 41%, 462 samples	8x
CPU: Intel Xeon 51301stBench 37%, 237 samples	6x

GPU
GeForce GT 730NvidiaBench 5%, 164,888 samples	6x
Quadro FX 3500NvidiaBench 1%, 426 samples	5x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	5x

SSD
870 EVO 1TBSamsung $100Bench 112%, 129,044 samples	4x
ssd120 240GBBench 46%, 6 samples	4x
Mercury Electra 6G SSD 360GBOWCBench 50%, 17 samples	4x

RAM
8x4GBUnknownBench 90%, 5,222 samples	24x
8x2GBUnknownBench 114%, 8,850 samples	10x
8x1GBUnknownBench 98%, 1,329 samples	8x

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Value: 41% - Average

Total price: $100

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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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