Dell Precision 7520

Performance Results


Gaming 68% Battle cruiser	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (32nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 68 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 69.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	94.4% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	92.5% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Dell Precision 7520 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell
Memory	18.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20181022
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Jan 12 '19 at 04:12
Run Duration	180 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7820HQ 15,851 User benchmarks, average bench 63% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	69.9% Good	Memory 78.5 1-Core 98.1 2-Core 182 69% 120 Pts	4-Core 330 8-Core 544 53% 437 Pts	64-Core 549 34% 549 Pts
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 69.9% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6696) Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 25.21.14.1735 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	94.4% Outstanding	Lighting 122 Reflection 124 Parallax 123 99% 123 fps	MRender 97 Gravity 119 Splatting 98 85% 105 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 94.4% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel SSDSCKKF256G8H 256GB 2,188 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 31GB free (System drive) Firmware: LHFH03N SusWrite @10s intervals: 274 248 167 100 123 98 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	92.5% Outstanding	Read 457 Write 308 Mixed 400 SusWrite 168 74% 334 MB/s	4K Read 38.6 4K Write 74 4K Mixed 49.3 161% 54 MB/s	DQ Read 311 DQ Write 301 DQ Mixed 232 194% 281 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 92.5% Great: 106%
Seagate BUP Slim 256GB 13 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 22GB free Firmware: 0109 SusWrite @10s intervals: 236 276 276 280 286 292 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	52.8% Above average	Read 348 Write 158 Mixed 201 SusWrite 274 55% 246 MB/s	4K Read 14.5 4K Write 29.4 4K Mixed 17.1 60% 20.3 MB/s	DQ Read 96.2 DQ Write 67.2 DQ Mixed 80.1 60% 81.2 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 52.8% Great: 66%
WD Blue 2.5" 1TB (2004)-$47 218,164 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 17GB free Firmware: 02.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 31 33 26 36 33 42 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	16.5% Very poor	Read 23.7 Write 23.8 Mixed 20 SusWrite 33.6 19% 25.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.1 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.2 45% 0.43 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 16.5% Great: 62%
Seagate ST2000LM 007-1R8174 2TB 725 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 1.5TB free Firmware: SBK2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 13 12 15 9.7 12 6.8 MB/s Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	4.14% Terrible	Read 3 Write 0.5 Mixed 10.3 SusWrite 11.4 5% 6.3 MB/s	4K Read 0 4K Write 0.2 4K Mixed 0.1 15% 0.1 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 4.14% Great: 70%
WD Elements 25A2 2TB 18,040 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 23GB free, PID 25a2 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 58 52 54 52 45 68 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	30.5% Below average	Read 58.3 Write 61 Mixed 66.3 SusWrite 55 83% 60.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 3.2 4K Mixed 0.6 132% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 30.5% Great: 61%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471A2K43CB1-CRC 2x16GB 7,581 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	58.6% Above average	MC Read 20.5 MC Write 21.8 MC Mixed 18.5 58% 20.3 GB/s	SC Read 13.4 SC Write 25.7 SC Mixed 19.4 56% 19.5 GB/s	Latency 83.4 48% 83.4 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 58.6% Great: 82%

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

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System: Dell Precision 7520

CPU
Core i7-6820HQIntelBench 60%, 33,920 samples	864x
Core i7-7820HQIntelBench 63%, 15,851 samples	522x
Core i7-7920HQIntelBench 71%, 1,337 samples	160x

GPU
HD 530 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 213,495 samples	627x
HD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 310,249 samples	556x
Quadro M2200NvidiaBench 19%, 2,904 samples	491x

SSD
XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBToshiba $46Bench 145%, 33,719 samples	154x
PM981 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsungBench 217%, 80,540 samples	153x
NVMe SK hynix 512GBPc401Bench 146%, 10,182 samples	72x

RAM
HMA82GS6AFR8N-UH 2x16GBUnknownBench 75%, 4,851 samples	237x
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 2x8GBUnknownBench 70%, 27,567 samples	213x
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 4x8GBUnknownBench 76%, 297 samples	94x

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Value: 58% - Above average

Total price: $46

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $274	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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