Dell Precision M6400

Performance Results


Gaming 6% Tree trunk	Desktop 51% Yacht	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 50.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	9.55% 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	54.4% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	6GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 6GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (94%). 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 076V94
Memory	3.3 GB free of 6 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130605
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 21 '18 at 19:03
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	94%

PC Performing as expected (54^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core2 Extreme Q9300-$172 660 User benchmarks, average bench 46% Microprocessor, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.55 GHz, turbo 2.5 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	50.2% Above average	Memory 77.5 1-Core 34.8 2-Core 73.3 42% 61.9 Pts	4-Core 137 8-Core 133 18% 135 Pts	64-Core 138 9% 138 Pts
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 50.2% Great: 52%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Mobility Radeon HD 5870 3,040 User benchmarks, average bench 9% Dell(1028 12EF) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.200.1062.1004 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	9.55% Terrible	Lighting 12.7 Reflection 9.23 Parallax 10.7 10% 10.9 fps	MRender 8.81 Gravity 9.2 Splatting 10.8 8% 9.6 fps
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 9.55% Great: 9%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk S3512G 512GB 19,948 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 227GB free (System drive) Firmware: X6104000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 195 212 215 214 221 221 MB/s Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	54.4% Above average	Read 238 Write 229 Mixed 217 SusWrite 213 51% 224 MB/s	4K Read 19.2 4K Write 37.4 4K Mixed 22.3 78% 26.3 MB/s	DQ Read 174 DQ Write 182 DQ Mixed 175 133% 177 MB/s
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 54.4% Great: 119%
Toshiba MK3275GSX 320GB 4,670 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 289GB free Firmware: GT001M SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 83 84 84 84 83 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	46.6% Average	Read 79 Write 82.7 Mixed 19 SusWrite 83.3 48% 66 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.5 106% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 46.6% Great: 46%
WD My Passport 2599 2TB 863 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 1TB free, PID 2599 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 24 25 25 25 25 25 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	14.2% Very poor	Read 29.9 Write 21.8 Mixed 23.7 SusWrite 25 33% 25.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.8 77% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 14.2% Great: 45%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 3x2GB 45,030 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 3 of 4 slots used 6GB DIMM DDR3 Performing below potential (36^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	19.6% Very poor	MC Read 7 MC Write 5.2 MC Mixed 5.5 17% 5.9 GB/s	SC Read 6 SC Write 5.4 SC Mixed 6 16% 5.8 GB/s	Latency 85.4 47% 85.4 ns
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 19.6% Great: 52%

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

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Gaming 5%

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Desktop 43%

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Workstation 4%

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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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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