Dell Precision Tower 3420

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 8%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 70%
Battle cruiser
Workstation
Workstation 7%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 81.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics5.42% 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 DriveThe 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.
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.
SystemDell Precision Tower 3420
MotherboardDell Precision Tower 3420  (all builds)
Memory8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20170806
Uptime1 Days
Run DateAug 06 '19 at 16:13
Run Duration123 Seconds
Run User MEX-User
Background CPU8%

 PC Performing above expectations (64th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-6700-$180
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
81.6% Excellent
Memory 80.6
1-Core 117
2-Core 228
79% 142 Pts
4-Core 446
8-Core 630
68% 538 Pts
64-Core 656
41% 656 Pts
Poor: 60%
This bench: 81.6%
Great: 80%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake)
Dell(1028 06C7) 1GB
Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 22.20.16.4771
Performing above expectations (73rd percentile)
5.42% Terrible
Lighting 7.47
Reflection 10.2
Parallax 7.22
6% 8.31 fps
MRender 10.5
Gravity 6.87
Splatting 0.09
4% 5.83 fps
Poor: 3%
This bench: 5.42%
Great: 6%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB
183GB free (System drive)
Firmware: JB0OA3W0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 80 73 78 85 85 MB/s
Performing below expectations (37th percentile)
55.2% Above average
Read 113
Write 98
Mixed 21.3
SusWrite 79.6
56% 77.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 0.6
115% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 35%
This bench: 55.2%
Great: 75%
USB Flash Disk 8GB
5GB free, PID 1000
Operating at USB 2.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 18 18 18 18 18 18 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
10.1% Very poor
Read 19.7
Write 19.7
Mixed 19
SusWrite 18.1
26% 19.1 MB/s
4K Read 4.9
4K Write 0.7
4K Mixed 0.6
62% 2.07 MB/s
Poor: 3%
This bench: 10.1%
Great: 9%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown HMA851U6AFR6N-UH 4x4GB
4 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 2400 MHz clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing below potential (12th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
65.9% Good
MC Read 23.5
MC Write 24.7
MC Mixed 21
66% 23.1 GB/s
SC Read 16.3
SC Write 25.7
SC Mixed 21.9
61% 21.3 GB/s
Latency 79.4
50% 79.4 ns
Poor: 65%
This bench: 65.9%
Great: 80%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Precision Tower 3420 Builds (Compare 808 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 11%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 69%
Battle cruiser
Workstation
Workstation 11%
Tree trunk

Motherboard: Dell Precision Tower 3420

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 82% - Excellent Total price: $180
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