Dell Precision WorkStation 490

Performance Results


Gaming 2% Tree trunk	Desktop 31% Sail boat	Workstation 2% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a relatively low single core score, this CPU can handle email, light web browsing and basic audio/video playback, but it will struggle to handle CPU intensive tasks. Finally, with a gaming score of 34.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	0.05% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	39.8% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	4GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and although it's sufficient for most games, some will benefit from up to 8GB of RAM. 4GB is also enough for modest file and system caches which allow for a responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (57%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Dell Precision WorkStation 490 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0DT031
Memory	0.4 GB free of 4 GB @ 0.5 GHz
Display	1280 x 800 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20080425
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 04 '18 at 15:18
Run Duration	171 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	57%

PC Performing as expected (46^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
1st CPU: Intel Xeon 3.20GHz 155 User benchmarks, average bench 32% Microprocessor, 2 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	34.1% Below average	Memory 52.3 1-Core 26.7 2-Core 52.5 29% 43.8 Pts	4-Core 87.4 8-Core 145 14% 116 Pts	64-Core 146 9% 146 Pts
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 34.1% Great: 36%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Quadro NVS 285 398 User benchmarks, average bench 0% Nvidia(10DE 0334) 128MB Ram: 128MB, Driver: 307.45 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	0.05% Terrible	Lighting 0.1 Reflection 0.23 Parallax 0.06 0% 0.13 fps
Poor: 0% ↑ This bench: 0.05% Great: 0%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 120GB-$29 166,392 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 86GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFKB1D1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 178 110 118 127 125 129 MB/s Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	39.8% Below average	Read 220 Write 151 Mixed 139 SusWrite 131 36% 160 MB/s	4K Read 20.6 4K Write 28.6 4K Mixed 18 69% 22.4 MB/s	DQ Read 38.9 DQ Write 40.6 DQ Mixed 35.2 28% 38.2 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 39.8% Great: 85%
Maxtor STM3250310AS 250GB 13,068 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 232GB free Firmware: 4.AAA SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 94 96 97 97 98 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	54.1% Above average	Read 92.6 Write 96.9 Mixed 47.6 SusWrite 96.1 61% 83.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.9 151% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 54.1% Great: 53%
MXT-USB Storage Device 32GB 772 User benchmarks, average bench 10% 23GB free, PID 8816 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 12 11 12 12 11 12 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	7.15% Terrible	Read 16.7 Write 10 Mixed 17.2 SusWrite 11.5 18% 13.9 MB/s	4K Read 2.9 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 1.3 72% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 7.15% Great: 19%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x1GB 54,972 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 4 of 8 slots used 4GB FB-DIMM DDR2 FB-DIMM Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	10.1% Very poor	MC Read 4.3 MC Write 4.3 MC Mixed 1.3 9% 3.3 GB/s	SC Read 1.1 SC Write 2.9 SC Mixed 0.7 4% 1.57 GB/s	Latency 152 26% 152 ns
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 10.1% Great: 28%

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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