Dell Precision WorkStation T5400

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 2% Tree trunk	Desktop 37% Jet ski	Workstation 1% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (40th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 60 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 41.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	2.03% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 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 (44%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Dell Precision WorkStation T5400 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0RW203
Memory	2.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors, 1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20110523
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Jan 10 '18 at 01:52
Run Duration	216 Seconds
Run User	MYS-User
Background CPU	44%

PC Performing as expected (40^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E5420-$79 1,391 User benchmarks, average bench 45% CPU, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.5 GHz Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	41.8% Average	Memory 64.4 1-Core 34.7 2-Core 67.9 37% 55.7 Pts	4-Core 114 8-Core 115 15% 114 Pts	64-Core 123 8% 123 Pts
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 41.8% Great: 53%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GeForce 7900 GS 538 User benchmarks, average bench 1% MSI(1462 0662) 256MB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 8.15.11.8593 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	1.22% Terrible	Lighting 2.27 Reflection 1.62 Parallax 0.56 2% 1.48 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 1.22% Great: 1%
Nvidia Quadro FX 580 5,936 User benchmarks, average bench 2% Nvidia(10DE 063A) 512MB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 8.15.11.8593 Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	2.03% Terrible	Lighting 2.13 Reflection 4.31 Parallax 0.69 2% 2.38 fps	MRender 5.29 Gravity 1.43 Splatting 3.04 3% 3.25 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 2.03% Great: 2%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Blue 250GB (2007)-$20 41,230 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 173GB free (System drive) Firmware: 02.0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 9 (03) Spinup time 136 134 4200 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2558 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 12132 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2503 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 397 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2558 (C2) HDA temperature 105 85 38 (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 85 85 11455 (F1) Unknown 200 200 33191525617 (F2) Unknown 200 200 20597309910	42.9% Average	Read 79 Write 70.7 Mixed 77.5 57% 75.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.35 4K Write 0.88 4K Mixed 0.17 50% 0.47 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 42.9% Great: 55%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 135GB free Firmware: CC29 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 108 99 16199512 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1925 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 79 60 91116679 (09) Power-on hours count 78 78 19793 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1356 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 4295032836 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 51 46 5118885937 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 401 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 52 52 97297 (C2) HDA temperature 49 54 -140737488355279 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 1 5204 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 44246753097179 (F1) Unknown 100 253 25223131925 (F2) Unknown 100 253 22887025072	97.2% Outstanding	Read 182 Write 157 Mixed 169 128% 169 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 1.56 4K Mixed 0.31 90% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 97.2% Great: 114%
Hitachi HUA722020ALA330 2TB 7,666 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 56GB free Firmware: JKAO Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 132 132 104 (03) Spinup time 131 131 55866819173 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 4479 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 119 119 36 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 44254 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 4410 (C0) Power-off retract count 97 97 4530 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 4530 (C2) HDA temperature 139 139 240519479339 (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 2500	48.1% Average	Read 67.9 Write 99.8 Mixed 84.1 63% 83.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 1.01 4K Mixed 0.3 70% 0.58 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 48.1% Great: 70%

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 way below expectations (0^th percentile)	13.4% Very poor	MC Read 3 MC Write 4.8 MC Mixed 4.2 11% 4 GB/s	SC Read 2.8 SC Write 4 SC Mixed 4.2 10% 3.67 GB/s	Latency 115 35% 115 ns
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 13.4% Great: 142%

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System: Dell Precision WorkStation T5400

CPU
CPU: Intel Xeon X54601stBench 48%, 616 samples	21x
CPU: Intel Xeon E54101stBench 43%, 392 samples	18x
CPU: Intel Xeon E54201stBench 44%, 603 samples	15x

GPU
GTX 750-TiNvidia $92Bench 17%, 309,423 samples	12x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	10x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	9x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	7x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	7x
WDS500G2B0A-00SM50 500GBWDCBench 93%, 97,462 samples	6x

RAM
8x4GBUnknownBench 90%, 5,222 samples	66x
4x4GBUnknownBench 43%, 106,178 samples	34x
8x2GBUnknownBench 114%, 8,850 samples	25x

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Value: 36% - Below average

Total price: $172

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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