Dell Precision M4600

Performance Results


Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 52% Yacht	Workstation 6% 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 55%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	3.59% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	70.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

CPU throttled at 86% by Windows. Ensure maximum processor state is set to 100% via Settings > System > Power & sleep > Additional power settings > Change plan settings > Change advanced power settings > Processor power management > Maximum processor state.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Dell Precision M4600 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 08V9YG
Memory	7.5 GB free of 10 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170512
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 29 '18 at 18:39
Run Duration	114 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	6%
CPU Throttled	86%

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 Core i7-2720QM-$85 7,798 User benchmarks, average bench 58% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.2 GHz, turbo 1.9 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	55% Above average	Memory 81.8 1-Core 49 2-Core 97 49% 75.9 Pts	4-Core 155 8-Core 234 24% 194 Pts	64-Core 250 16% 250 Pts
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 55% Great: 69%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Quadro 1000M 6,108 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Dell(1028 04A3) 2GB CLim: 700 MHz, MLim: 450 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 377.55 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	3.59% Terrible	Lighting 4.2 Reflection 5 Parallax 3.34 3% 4.18 fps	MRender 6.05 Gravity 4.33 Splatting 4.22 4% 4.87 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.59% Great: 3%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Liteonit LCM-256M3S 2.5" 7mm 256GB 435 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 184GB free (System drive) Firmware: WRDC SusWrite @10s intervals: 318 316 262 324 297 311 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	70.7% Very good	Read 424 Write 322 Mixed 263 SusWrite 305 74% 329 MB/s	4K Read 19.7 4K Write 31.7 4K Mixed 21.3 74% 24.2 MB/s	DQ Read 289 DQ Write 264 DQ Mixed 182 162% 245 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 70.7% Great: 93%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 4JSF12864HZ-1G4D1 Samsung M471B5273DH0-CH9 4JSF12864HZ-1G4D1 Samsung M471B5273DH0-CH9 10GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 1024, 4096, 1024, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	44.8% Average	MC Read 16.3 MC Write 17 MC Mixed 14.7 46% 16 GB/s	SC Read 10.5 SC Write 9.8 SC Mixed 10.5 29% 10.3 GB/s	Latency 77.2 52% 77.2 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 44.8% Great: 45%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming 6%

Tree trunk

Desktop 54%

Yacht

Workstation 6%

Tree trunk

System: Dell Precision M4600

CPU
Core i7-2720QMIntel $85Bench 58%, 7,798 samples	138x
Core i7-2760QMIntel $130Bench 60%, 10,423 samples	130x
Core i7-2820QMIntel $230Bench 59%, 4,929 samples	76x

GPU
Quadro 1000MNvidiaBench 3%, 6,108 samples	227x
Quadro 2000MNvidiaBench 5%, 3,227 samples	170x
HD 3000 (Mobile V2 1.3 GHz)IntelBench 2%, 110,588 samples	85x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	15x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	11x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	11x

RAM
M471B5273DH0-CH9 2x4GBSamsungBench 43%, 15,815 samples	26x
HMT351S6CFR8C-H9 2x4GBHynixBench 43%, 6,386 samples	16x
M471B5273DH0-CH9 4x4GBSamsungBench 45%, 885 samples	12x

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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