Dell Precision M6500

Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 54% Yacht	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (26th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 74 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 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 56%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	9.86% 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 Drive	48.1% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Very high background CPU (71%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Dell Precision M6500 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 04KMC9
Memory	7.1 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20091006
Uptime	3.9 Days
Run Date	Jan 20 '20 at 10:22
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	71%

PC Performing below expectations (26^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 Q 840-$85 1,339 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Microprocessor, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 1.85 GHz Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	56% Above average	Memory 82.6 1-Core 36.9 2-Core 76.3 45% 65.3 Pts	4-Core 162 8-Core 234 25% 198 Pts	64-Core 222 14% 222 Pts
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 56% Great: 63%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
ATI FirePro M7820 213 User benchmarks, average bench 9% Dell(1028 12EF) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 8.850.7.5000 Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	9.86% Terrible	Lighting 12.7 Reflection 9.27 Parallax 11.9 10% 11.3 fps	MRender 9.52 Gravity 9.37 Splatting 12.9 9% 10.6 fps
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 9.86% Great: 10%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$129 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 500GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 195 194 203 211 213 214 MB/s Performing below potential (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	48.1% Average	Read 229 Write 188 Mixed 221 SusWrite 205 47% 211 MB/s	4K Read 18 4K Write 27.8 4K Mixed 19 66% 21.6 MB/s	DQ Read 143 DQ Write 123 DQ Mixed 131 98% 132 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 48.1% Great: 133%
Samsung 840 Pro 256GB-$190 73,119 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 116GB free Firmware: DXM06B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 199 199 208 214 217 214 MB/s Performing below potential (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	51.5% Above average	Read 249 Write 155 Mixed 221 SusWrite 208 47% 208 MB/s	4K Read 17.9 4K Write 29.5 4K Mixed 23.4 73% 23.6 MB/s	DQ Read 135 DQ Write 129 DQ Mixed 113 90% 126 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 51.5% Great: 116%
sobetter EXT 480GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 52GB free, PID 0578 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 30 30 30 30 30 31 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	25.9% Poor	Read 30.5 Write 28.3 Mixed 30.5 SusWrite 30.2 41% 29.9 MB/s	4K Read 4.5 4K Write 4.5 4K Mixed 4.6 326% 4.53 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 25.9% Great: 132%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown M471B5173QH0-YK0 802C0000802C 16JSF25664HZ-1G1F1 802C0000802C 8KTF51264HZ-1G6E1 80CE000080CE M471B5773CHS-CH9 12GB 1333, 1066, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 2048, 4096, 2048 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	33% Below average	MC Read 12.1 MC Write 11 MC Mixed 9.9 31% 11 GB/s	SC Read 8.1 SC Write 8.8 SC Mixed 9.9 26% 8.93 GB/s	Latency 75.9 53% 75.9 ns

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Gaming 7%

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Desktop 53%

Yacht

Workstation 6%

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System: Dell Precision M6500

CPU
Core i7 Q 820Intel $119Bench 52%, 2,269 samples	39x
Core i7 Q 720Intel $220Bench 51%, 13,149 samples	31x
Core i7 Q 740Intel $190Bench 54%, 13,278 samples	28x

GPU
Quadro FX 2800MNvidiaBench 5%, 1,135 samples	81x
FirePro M7740ATIBench 7%, 225 samples	46x
Quadro FX 3800MNvidiaBench 7%, 388 samples	28x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	9x
MZ7TE256HMHP-000L7 256GBSamsungBench 70%, 4,594 samples	7x
PM800 Series 2.5" 256GBSamsungBench 24%, 1,200 samples	5x

RAM
EBJ21UE8BDS0-DJ-F 4x2GBUnknownBench 38%, 37 samples	6x
M471B5273CH0-CH9 4x4GBSamsungBench 44%, 427 samples	6x
M471B5773CHS-CH9 4x2GBSamsungBench 45%, 318 samples	5x

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Value: 42% - Average

Total price: $219

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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