Dell Precision 3520

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 18%
Surfboard
Desktop
Desktop 81%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 16%
Surfboard
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics12.5% 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 Drive269% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
High background CPU (30%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
Run History
SystemDell Precision 3520  (all builds)
MotherboardDell 0G0G6Y
Memory12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors,
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180531
Uptime0.1 Days
Run DateOct 17 '18 at 16:38
Run Duration153 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 30%

 PC Performing above expectations (63rd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-7700HQ
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
75.4% Very good
Memory 85.5
1-Core 106
2-Core 218
77% 137 Pts
4-Core 353
8-Core 564
56% 458 Pts
64-Core 565
35% 565 Pts
Poor: 38%
This bench: 75.4%
Great: 73%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia Quadro M620
Dell(1028 07A9) 2GB
Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 23.21.13.9174
Performing above expectations (76th percentile)
12.5% Very poor
Lighting 14.7
Reflection 13.5
Parallax 14.6
12% 14.3 fps
MRender 20
Gravity 15.9
Splatting 14.2
13% 16.7 fps
Poor: 11%
This bench: 12.5%
Great: 12%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Nvme Avant 500GB M.2
377GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SVN1 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1160 1248 1299 1251 928 1012 MB/s
Performing below expectations (37th percentile)
269% Outstanding
Read 2,073
Write 739
Mixed 796
SusWrite 1,150
263% 1,189 MB/s
4K Read 52.2
4K Write 119
4K Mixed 72
234% 81.1 MB/s
DQ Read 945
DQ Write 999
DQ Mixed 998
743% 980 MB/s
Poor: 194%
This bench: 269%
Great: 322%
General UDisk 8GB
3GB free, PID null
SusWrite @10s intervals: 2.7 3.2 3.2 2.9 3.4 3.1 MB/s
Performing below expectations (36th percentile)
3.64% Terrible
Read 12.5
Write 1.7
Mixed 2.5
SusWrite 3.1
5% 4.95 MB/s
4K Read 4.9
4K Write 0
4K Mixed 0
18% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 3%
This bench: 3.64%
Great: 10%
ST ST9500420ASG 500GB
325GB free, PID 1e40
Operating at USB 2.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 37 38 38 38 37 37 MB/s
Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples
17% Very poor
Read 32.3
Write 30.3
Mixed 23.6
SusWrite 37.5
42% 30.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 0.8
74% 0.9 MB/s
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown KMKYF9-MID 2x8GB
2 of 2 slots used
16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz
Performing above expectations (67th percentile)
74.3% Very good
MC Read 29.3
MC Write 29.5
MC Mixed 21.9
77% 26.9 GB/s
SC Read 13.7
SC Write 25.5
SC Mixed 21
57% 20.1 GB/s
Latency 71.6
56% 71.6 ns
Poor: 59%
This bench: 74.3%
Great: 78%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Precision 3520 Builds (Compare 680 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 11%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 61%
Destroyer
Workstation
Workstation 10%
Tree trunk

System: Dell Precision 3520

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