Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 2% Tree trunk	Desktop 53% Yacht	Workstation 2% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 63.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	0.77% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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	22GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 22GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

High background CPU (30%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Dell Precision WorkStation T3500 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0XPDFK
Memory	20 GB free of 22 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20130528
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 09 '18 at 15:01
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	PAK-User
Background CPU	30%

PC Performing as expected (45^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon W3520-$230 6,508 User benchmarks, average bench 63% CPU, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.65 GHz, turbo 2.8 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	63.3% Good	Memory 91.3 1-Core 67.4 2-Core 116 59% 91.6 Pts	4-Core 194 8-Core 314 31% 254 Pts	64-Core 348 22% 348 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 63.3% Great: 69%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Quadro NVS 290 1,528 User benchmarks, average bench 1% Nvidia(10DE 0492) 256MB Ram: 256MB, Driver: 341.44 Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	0.77% Terrible	Lighting 0.8 Reflection 1.65 Parallax 0.34 1% 0.93 fps	MRender 2.05 Gravity 0.6 Splatting 1.09 1% 1.24 fps
Poor: 0% ↑ This bench: 0.77% Great: 1%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 1 Volume 300GB 80 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 183GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 38 3.1 25 45 39 35 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	16.5% Very poor	Read 26.8 Write 22.3 Mixed 14.5 SusWrite 30.7 17% 23.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.2 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.2 47% 0.43 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 16.5% Great: 79%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 22GB 1,271 User benchmarks, average bench 38% null MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096, 2048 MB Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	40.7% Average	MC Read 14.9 MC Write 12.1 MC Mixed 15 40% 14 GB/s	SC Read 8.9 SC Write 9.5 SC Mixed 10.5 28% 9.63 GB/s	Latency 65.3 61% 65.3 ns
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 40.7% Great: 50%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 23%

Surfboard

Desktop 71%

Battleship

Workstation 18%

Surfboard

Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $377

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	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