Dell Precision M4700

Performance Results


Gaming 10% Tree trunk	Desktop 54% Yacht	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (31st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 69 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 an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 56%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	8.28% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	35.9% 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	Dell Precision M4700 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 082H3V
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121008
Uptime	5.3 Days
Run Date	Feb 03 '18 at 15:52
Run Duration	98 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3720QM-$100 9,911 User benchmarks, average bench 65% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 1.9 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	56% Above average	Memory 85.8 1-Core 35.3 2-Core 74.2 45% 65.1 Pts	4-Core 144 8-Core 276 25% 210 Pts	64-Core 476 29% 476 Pts
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 56% Great: 74%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD FirePro M4000 Mobility Pro Graphics 365 User benchmarks, average bench 8% Dell(1028 053E) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.2701.0 Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	8.28% Terrible	Lighting 9.7 Reflection 11 Parallax 13.7 8% 11.5 fps	MRender 9.38 Gravity 9.03 Splatting 13.5 9% 10.6 fps
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 8.28% Great: 9%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 320 Series 300GB-$289 2,154 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 106GB free (System drive) Firmware: 4PC1LE05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3531 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 6022 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 39 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 165 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 892544 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 65535 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 98 98 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 892544 (F2) Unknown 100 100 1813167	35.9% Below average	Read 258 Write 207 Mixed 231 52% 232 MB/s	4K Read 10.5 4K Write 18 4K Mixed 10.8 39% 13.1 MB/s	DQ Read 13.4 DQ Write 27.2 DQ Mixed 9.77 10% 16.8 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 35.9% Great: 54%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5428-018.A00LF 2x8GB 4,502 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	51.2% Above average	MC Read 20.9 MC Write 19.4 MC Mixed 17.1 55% 19.1 GB/s	SC Read 9.1 SC Write 6.9 SC Mixed 8.5 23% 8.17 GB/s	Latency 71.4 56% 71.4 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 51.2% Great: 58%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 8%

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Desktop 60%

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Workstation 8%

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System: Dell Precision M4700

CPU
Core i7-3740QMIntel $220Bench 64%, 14,369 samples	189x
Core i7-3840QMIntel $549Bench 66%, 3,981 samples	111x
Core i7-3720QMIntel $100Bench 65%, 9,911 samples	46x

GPU
HD 4000 (Mobile 1.25 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 409,110 samples	176x
Quadro K2000MNvidiaBench 6%, 4,288 samples	137x
Quadro K1000MNvidiaBench 3%, 4,204 samples	86x

SSD
PM830 mSATA 256GBSamsungBench 63%, 9,379 samples	30x
MX500 1TBCrucial $66Bench 106%, 202,785 samples	13x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	12x

RAM
X7C75G-HYC 4x4GBKingstonBench 60%, 524 samples	32x
M471B1G73BH0-CK0 2x8GBSamsungBench 51%, 1,654 samples	15x
X7C75G-HYC 2x4GBKingstonBench 58%, 334 samples	11x

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $220

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