Dell Precision M6400

Performance Results


Gaming 5% Tree trunk	Desktop 45% Yacht	Workstation 4% 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 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 44.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	3.27% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	44.8% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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 8 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Dell Precision M6400 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 076V94
Memory	7.7 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20130605
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 15 '18 at 06:22
Run Duration	673 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	15%

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 Core2 Duo T9600-$170 2,726 User benchmarks, average bench 39% Microprocessor, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	44.9% Average	Memory 77.2 1-Core 38.8 2-Core 75.9 43% 64 Pts	4-Core 76.9 8-Core 73.8 10% 75.4 Pts	64-Core 78.1 5% 78.1 Pts
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 44.9% Great: 44%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Quadro FX 2700M 788 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Dell(1028 019B) 512MB Ram: 512MB, Driver: 327.2 Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	3.27% Terrible	Lighting 3.6 Reflection 6.65 Parallax 1.19 3% 3.81 fps	MRender 7.1 Gravity 2.5 Splatting 4.87 4% 4.82 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 3.27% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 480GB-$39 62,883 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 315GB free (System drive) Firmware: X31200RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 10811 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 289 (A5) Unknown 100 100 429646611706 (A6) Unknown 100 100 11 (A7) Unknown 100 100 22 (A8) Unknown 100 100 46 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 32 (AE) Unknown 100 100 45 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 63 54 231929544741 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 6622942856744 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 14848 (EA) Unknown 100 100 26628 (F1) Unknown 253 253 18564 (F2) Unknown 253 253 37964 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	44.8% Average	Read 246 Write 174 Mixed 175 44% 198 MB/s	4K Read 21.9 4K Write 28.4 4K Mixed 14.5 67% 21.6 MB/s	DQ Read 118 DQ Write 79.4 DQ Mixed 43.7 47% 80.3 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 44.8% Great: 108%
Toshiba MQ01ABF050H 500GB 57 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 322GB free Firmware: ARF02A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 1494 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1695 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 57 57 17365 (0A) Spinup retry count 133 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 519 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 65 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 75 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 89 89 113174 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 231929217058 (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 0 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 0 (DE) Loaded hours 97 97 1562 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 254 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0
Poor: 4% Great: 46%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 12GB 85,415 User benchmarks, average bench 35% null MHz 4096, 2048, 2048, 4096 MB Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	19.3% Very poor	MC Read 7 MC Write 5.3 MC Mixed 5.3 17% 5.87 GB/s	SC Read 5.5 SC Write 5.5 SC Mixed 5.3 16% 5.43 GB/s	Latency 85.9 47% 85.9 ns
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 19.3% Great: 50%

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

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Gaming 5%

Tree trunk

Desktop 43%

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Workstation 4%

Tree trunk

System: Dell Precision M6400

CPU
Core2 Extreme Q9300Intel $172Bench 46%, 660 samples	14x
Core2 Duo T9600Intel $170Bench 39%, 2,726 samples	11x
Core2 Duo T9550Intel $199Bench 39%, 1,427 samples	8x

GPU
Quadro FX 2700MNvidiaBench 3%, 788 samples	30x
Quadro FX 3700MNvidiaBench 6%, 383 samples	20x
FirePro M7740ATIBench 7%, 225 samples	6x

SSD
Fury 240GBHyperX $193Bench 71%, 27,826 samples	2x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $37Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	2x
RBX Series 1 128GBSamsungBench 15%, 26 samples	2x

RAM
4x2GBUnknownBench 25%, 183,252 samples	14x
4x4GBUnknownBench 43%, 106,178 samples	12x
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples	12x

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Value: 28% - Poor

Total price: $365

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	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