Dell Precision Tower 3420

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 18% Surfboard	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With 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 82.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	16.8% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (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	16GB 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 Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Dell Precision Tower 3420
Motherboard	Dell Precision Tower 3420 (all builds)
Memory	6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190614
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 21 '20 at 14:58
Run Duration	108 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700-$167 256,717 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	82.2% Excellent	Memory 90.6 1-Core 119 2-Core 222 82% 144 Pts	4-Core 398 8-Core 597 62% 497 Pts	64-Core 654 40% 654 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 82.2% Great: 84%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake) 153,031 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Dell(1028 06C7) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 26.20.100.6951 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.42% Terrible	Lighting 7.53 Reflection 10.8 Parallax 7.88 6% 8.73 fps	MRender 12 Gravity 7.07 Splatting 15.7 10% 11.6 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.42% Great: 7%
Nvidia Quadro P600 3,885 User benchmarks, average bench 16% Dell(1028 11BD) 2GB CLim: 1620 MHz, MLim: 1002 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 391.25 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	16.8% Very poor	Lighting 21.1 Reflection 14.3 Parallax 16.9 17% 17.4 fps	MRender 20.1 Gravity 19.1 Splatting 19.3 16% 19.5 fps
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 16.8% Great: 16%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 753GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 111 110 120 121 130 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	90.3% Outstanding	Read 199 Write 157 Mixed 75 SusWrite 116 100% 137 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 132% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 90.3% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown HMA81GU6AFR8N-UH 2x8GB 3,256 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	72.6% Very good	MC Read 28.4 MC Write 27.5 MC Mixed 22.1 74% 26 GB/s	SC Read 15 SC Write 22.5 SC Mixed 22.5 57% 20 GB/s	Latency 66.3 60% 66.3 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 72.6% Great: 81%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming 11%

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Desktop 69%

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Workstation 11%

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Motherboard: Dell Precision Tower 3420

CPU
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	224x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	152x
Core i5-6500Intel $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	114x

GPU
HD 530 (Desktop Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 188,220 samples	180x
HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake)IntelBench 5%, 153,031 samples	112x
Quadro K620Nvidia $170Bench 11%, 16,214 samples	82x

SSD
THNSN5256GPUK NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshibaBench 109%, 23,829 samples	21x
XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshiba $33Bench 125%, 44,050 samples	21x
PM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBSamsungBench 120%, 13,766 samples	13x

RAM
HMA41GU6AFR8N-TF 2x8GBUnknownBench 72%, 2,345 samples	45x
HMA81GU6AFR8N-UH 2x8GBUnknownBench 73%, 3,256 samples	35x
HMA41GU6AFR8N-TF 1x8GBUnknownBench 40%, 853 samples	22x

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Value: 82% - Excellent

Total price: $180

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16