Dell Precision M6400

Performance Results


Gaming 5% Tree trunk	Desktop 43% Speed boat	Workstation 4% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (35th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 65 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 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 45.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	3.17% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	39.4% 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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Very high background CPU (31%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Dell Precision M6400 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0D138P
Memory	4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20111211
Uptime	34.2 Days
Run Date	May 16 '18 at 18:18
Run Duration	318 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	31%

PC Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core2 Quad Q9100 168 User benchmarks, average bench 44% Microprocessor, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.25 GHz, turbo 2.25 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	45.8% Average	Memory 72.6 1-Core 32.2 2-Core 63.5 39% 56.1 Pts	4-Core 112 8-Core 113 15% 113 Pts	64-Core 91.2 6% 91.2 Pts
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 45.8% Great: 49%

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: 342.0 Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	3.17% Terrible	Lighting 3.57 Reflection 6.42 Parallax 1.16 3% 3.72 fps	MRender 6.38 Gravity 2.43 Splatting 4.74 4% 4.52 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 3.17% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 525GB-$150 105,037 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 278GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR040 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance (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 (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1871 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 322 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 99 99 21 (AE) Unknown 100 100 10 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 61 51 210454380583 (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 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 99 99 1 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 11971877703 (F7) Unknown 100 100 374639999 (F8) Unknown 100 100 117382485 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1948 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	39.4% Below average	Read 246 Write 171 Mixed 173 44% 197 MB/s	4K Read 16.1 4K Write 18.7 4K Mixed 15 54% 16.6 MB/s	DQ Read 78.4 DQ Write 34.9 DQ Mixed 22.6 26% 45.3 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 39.4% Great: 99%
Seagate FireCuda 2.5" 2TB-$79 71,106 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 2TB free Firmware: SDM1 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 83 66 186827503 (03) Spinup time 99 99 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 172 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 516651 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -112055696752535 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 101 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 57 554893345 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 1 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 177 (C2) HDA temperature 33 43 68719476769 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 110380659507746 (F1) Unknown 100 253 171062806 (F2) Unknown 100 253 15764697 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0
Poor: 23% Great: 68%
Seagate FireCuda 2.5" 2TB-$79 71,106 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 848GB free Firmware: SDM1 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 82 64 174147429 (03) Spinup time 99 99 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1682 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 71 60 12339243 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 101206609363951 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 235 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 10 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 60 487718941 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 1 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2440 (C2) HDA temperature 29 40 55834574877 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -37692632988591 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3260766011 (F2) Unknown 100 253 4483622422 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	43.7% Average	Read 75.3 Write 77.1 Mixed 58.8 53% 70.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 0.61 4K Mixed 0.58 106% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 43.7% Great: 68%
Generic SL128 SD Card 128GB 179 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 56GB free Firmware: 8.0 Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	8.59% Terrible	Read 15 Write 12 Mixed 14.1 10% 13.7 MB/s	4K Read 6.04 4K Write 2.83 4K Mixed 1.58 479% 3.48 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 8.59% Great: 33%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 2TB 613 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 35GB free, PID 0212 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	14.4% Very poor	Read 30 Write 25.3 Mixed 16.4 29% 23.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.43 4K Mixed 0.19 57% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 14.4% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x4GB 106,178 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	17.9% Very poor	MC Read 6.5 MC Write 4.8 MC Mixed 5.1 16% 5.47 GB/s	SC Read 5.5 SC Write 4.7 SC Mixed 5.1 15% 5.1 GB/s	Latency 95.4 42% 95.4 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 17.9% Great: 61%

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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%

Speed boat

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 $38Bench 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 $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