Dell Precision WorkStation 690

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 1% Tree trunk	Desktop 30% Raft	Workstation 1% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (38th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 62 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a relatively low single core score, this CPU can handle email, light web browsing and basic audio/video playback, but it will struggle to handle CPU intensive tasks. Finally, with a gaming score of 34.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	1.58% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

System	Dell Precision WorkStation 690 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0DT029
Memory	11 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1600 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20080425
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 30 '18 at 19:58
Run Duration	319 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing below expectations (38^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 3.73GHz 70 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Microprocessor, 2 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.75 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	34.9% Below average	Memory 49.3 1-Core 30.7 2-Core 61.3 30% 47.1 Pts	4-Core 112 8-Core 170 18% 141 Pts	64-Core 169 10% 169 Pts
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 34.9% Great: 38%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Quadro FX 5500 83 User benchmarks, average bench 2% Nvidia(10DE 035E) 1GB Ram: 1GB, Driver: 309.8 Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	1.58% Terrible	Lighting 2.93 Reflection 1.69 Parallax 0.78 2% 1.8 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 1.58% Great: 2%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Backup+ Desktop 4TB 834 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 2TB free Firmware: D702 Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	17% Very poor	Read 32.5 Write 25.9 Mixed 29.2 22% 29.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 2.18 4K Mixed 0.27 97% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 17% Great: 101%
Dell VIRTUAL DISK 1TB 236 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 866GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1028 Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	80.5% Excellent	Read 225 Write 56.4 Mixed 87.4 91% 123 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 0.51 4K Mixed 0.35 81% 0.55 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 80.5% Great: 99%
Hitachi HDS72101 1TB 1,439 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 714GB free Firmware: A3EA Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	52.8% Above average	Read 64 Write 120 Mixed 99.8 72% 94.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.36 4K Write 1.21 4K Mixed 0.32 74% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 52.8% Great: 79%
WD My Book 1230 4TB 14,665 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 3.5TB free, PID 1230 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	15% Very poor	Read 31.7 Write 25.5 Mixed 25.2 34% 27.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.81 4K Write 1.52 4K Mixed 0.28 64% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 15% Great: 60%
Seagate Desktop 2TB 3,779 User benchmarks, average bench 14% 247GB free, PID 3300 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	11.6% Very poor	Read 32 Write 25.8 Mixed 27.8 36% 28.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 0.39 4K Mixed 0.22 23% 0.44 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 11.6% Great: 19%

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	15.6% Very poor	MC Read 5.2 MC Write 4.7 MC Mixed 6.1 15% 5.33 GB/s	SC Read 2.9 SC Write 4.7 SC Mixed 3.5 11% 3.7 GB/s	Latency 163 24% 163 ns
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 15.6% Great: 142%

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Gaming 11%

Tree trunk

Desktop 42%

Speed boat

Workstation 11%

Tree trunk

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 $20Bench 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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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