Dell Precision WorkStation 490

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing CPU, SSD, RAM
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Graphics	9.26% 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	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	10GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 10GB 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.

Very high background CPU (44%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Dell Precision WorkStation 490 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0GU083
Memory	8 GB free of 10 GB @ 0.5 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20080425
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 28 '14 at 21:42
Run Duration	431 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	44%

PC Performing as expected (49^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon 5160 323 User benchmarks, average bench 36% Microprocessor, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads Base clock 3 GHz Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		1-Core 28.1 2-Core 47 18% 37.5 Pts	4-Core 37.8 8-Core 50.7 6% 44.2 Pts	64-Core 61 4% 61 Pts
Poor: 26% Great: 41%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 550-Ti-$250 54,392 User benchmarks, average bench 9% Asus(1043 83C2) 1GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 9.18.13.4475 Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	9.26% Terrible	Lighting 10.7 Reflection 12.6 Parallax 8.88 9% 10.7 fps	MRender 11.5 Gravity 11.4 Splatting 14.3 10% 12.4 fps
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 9.26% Great: 9%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 250GB-$33 44,469 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 232GB free Firmware: HP40 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 205214136 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3193 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 7 (07) Seek error rate 86 60 436705576 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 7087 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1574 (B4) Unknown 100 100 912342705 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 78 61 370212886 (C2) HDA temperature 22 40 21474836502 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 49 42 205214136 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 7 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	11% Very poor	Read 18.2 Write 19.7 Mixed 19.3 14% 19.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.29 4K Write 1.25 4K Mixed 0.28 66% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 11% Great: 68%
WD Blue 160GB (2007)-$22 56,540 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 123GB free Firmware: 05.06H05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 160 154 2966 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4663 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 72 72 21131 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2475 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 672 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4663 (C2) HDA temperature 120 99 23 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	38.9% Below average	Read 68.2 Write 67 Mixed 39.1 43% 58.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.4 95% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 38.9% Great: 59%
Seagate ST3160815AS 160GB-$46 33,785 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 75GB free (System drive) Firmware: 4.AAA Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 253 0 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2571 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 329888131 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 6799 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2562 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 1 1 118 (BE) vendor-specific 72 44 4766040092 (C2) HDA temperature 28 56 38654705692 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 84 64 145657162 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	32.8% Below average	Read 62.3 Write 52.2 Mixed 18.5 32% 44.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.11 4K Write 0.29 4K Mixed 0.07 17% 0.16 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 32.8% Great: 42%
Generic Flash Disk 2GB 6,669 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 2GB free, PID 6387 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	3.6% Terrible	Read 17.8 Write 3.56 Mixed 4.42 8% 8.59 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 0.004 4K Mixed 0.007 4% 0.34 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 3.6% Great: 8%

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Workstation 11%

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System: Dell Precision WorkStation 490

CPU
CPU: Intel Xeon X53651stBench 44%, 504 samples	9x
CPU: Intel Xeon E53451stBench 41%, 462 samples	8x
CPU: Intel Xeon 51301stBench 37%, 237 samples	6x

GPU
GeForce GT 730NvidiaBench 5%, 164,888 samples	6x
Quadro FX 3500NvidiaBench 1%, 426 samples	5x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	5x

SSD
870 EVO 1TBSamsung $99Bench 112%, 129,044 samples	4x
ssd120 240GBBench 46%, 6 samples	4x
Mercury Electra 6G SSD 360GBOWCBench 50%, 17 samples	4x

RAM
8x4GBUnknownBench 90%, 5,222 samples	24x
8x2GBUnknownBench 114%, 8,850 samples	10x
8x1GBUnknownBench 98%, 1,329 samples	8x

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Value: 41% - Average

Total price: $99

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

Dell Precision WorkStation 490

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PC Performing as expected (49th percentile)

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