Dell Precision M6500

Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 59% Gunboat	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 59.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	8.15% 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	53.3% 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 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Dell Precision M6500 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0R1203
Memory	8.4 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20130604
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Mar 17 '18 at 20:51
Run Duration	247 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7 Q 820-$119 2,269 User benchmarks, average bench 52% Microprocessor, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 1.75 GHz Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	59.3% Above average	Memory 89.7 1-Core 61.1 2-Core 100 55% 83.6 Pts	4-Core 170 8-Core 174 23% 172 Pts	64-Core 181 11% 181 Pts
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 59.3% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
ATI FirePro M7740 225 User benchmarks, average bench 7% Dell(1028 12EF) 1GB Driver: atiu9p64 aticfx64 atiu9pag aticfx32 atiumd64 atidxx64 atiumdag atidxx32 atiumdva atiumd6a atitmm64 Ver. 8.702.0.0 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	8.15% Terrible	Lighting 10.6 Reflection 9.27 Parallax 6.56 9% 8.8 fps	MRender 7.33 Gravity 6.87 Splatting 11.3 7% 8.5 fps
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 8.15% Great: 9%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Liteon LMH-256V2M-11 MSATA 256GB 938 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 90GB free (System drive) Firmware: FM8110C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (7^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 100 100 1555 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 880 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 60 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 125 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 249941 (F2) Unknown 100 100 210718	53.3% Above average	Read 266 Write 248 Mixed 252 57% 255 MB/s	4K Read 17.5 4K Write 26.9 4K Mixed 19.6 66% 21.3 MB/s	DQ Read 169 DQ Write 149 DQ Mixed 76.5 80% 132 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 53.3% Great: 96%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 1TB 266,123 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 701GB free Firmware: 2BA30001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 92 91 2527 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2656 (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 1757 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1975 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 51 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 63 57 184684314661 (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 100 100 2 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 894 (DF) Load/unload retry count 97 97 3234 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 22450	51.5% Above average	Read 89.9 Write 89.4 Mixed 39.3 54% 72.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 2.01 4K Mixed 0.31 93% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 51.5% Great: 59%
Toshiba MQ01ABF050 500GB-$32 118,349 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 365GB free Firmware: AM0P2C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 1358 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1728 (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 94 94 2530 (0A) Spinup retry count 134 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 725 (B7) Unknown 100 100 1885 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (B9) Unknown 100 100 65535 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 12 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 49 605421601 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 16 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 4325442 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 9236 (C2) HDA temperature 67 49 605421601 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	56.2% Above average	Read 96.2 Write 99.7 Mixed 30 55% 75.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.21 73% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 56.2% Great: 60%
USB DISK 3.0 32GB 749 User benchmarks, average bench 19% 29GB free, PID 9917 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	20.4% Poor	Read 99.6 Write 10 Mixed 20.3 38% 43.3 MB/s	4K Read 6.93 4K Write 0.69 4K Mixed 0.95 82% 2.86 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 20.4% Great: 34%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown NT2GC64B8HC0NS-BE 830B0000830B NT2GC64B8HC0NS-BE 12GB 1066, 1066, 1066, 1066 MHz 2048, 2048, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	37% Below average	MC Read 13 MC Write 11.8 MC Mixed 11.5 35% 12.1 GB/s	SC Read 11.6 SC Write 10.5 SC Mixed 11.1 32% 11.1 GB/s	Latency 67.7 59% 67.7 ns

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Gaming 7%

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Desktop 53%

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Workstation 6%

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System: Dell Precision M6500

CPU
Core i7 Q 820Intel $119Bench 52%, 2,269 samples	39x
Core i7 Q 720Intel $220Bench 51%, 13,149 samples	31x
Core i7 Q 740Intel $190Bench 54%, 13,278 samples	28x

GPU
Quadro FX 2800MNvidiaBench 5%, 1,135 samples	81x
FirePro M7740ATIBench 7%, 225 samples	46x
Quadro FX 3800MNvidiaBench 7%, 388 samples	28x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	9x
MZ7TE256HMHP-000L7 256GBSamsungBench 70%, 4,594 samples	7x
PM800 Series 2.5" 256GBSamsungBench 24%, 1,200 samples	5x

RAM
EBJ21UE8BDS0-DJ-F 4x2GBUnknownBench 38%, 37 samples	6x
M471B5273CH0-CH9 4x4GBSamsungBench 44%, 427 samples	6x
M471B5773CHS-CH9 4x2GBSamsungBench 45%, 318 samples	5x

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Value: 42% - Average

Total price: $219

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 $40	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