Dell Precision Tower 3420

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 14%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 78%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 13%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 79.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics7.29% 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 Drive257% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory32GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemDell Precision Tower 3420
MotherboardDell Precision Tower 3420  (all builds)
Memory13.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20190614
Uptime0.7 Days
Run DateJan 29 '20 at 10:38
Run Duration112 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 17%

 PC Performing above expectations (68th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-6700-$170
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (94th percentile)
79.2% Very good
Memory 85.8
1-Core 108
2-Core 199
76% 131 Pts
4-Core 392
8-Core 592
61% 492 Pts
64-Core 591
37% 591 Pts
Poor: 60%
This bench: 79.2%
Great: 80%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD FirePro W4100
Dell(1028 2B1E) 2GB
Ram: 2GB, Driver: 16.6
Performing above expectations (80th percentile)
7.29% Terrible
Lighting 8.37
Reflection 7.23
Parallax 10.5
7% 8.69 fps
MRender 9.38
Gravity 6.77
Splatting 12.8
8% 9.66 fps
Poor: 6%
This bench: 7.29%
Great: 8%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$93
162GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 933 936 739 678 624 562 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (19th percentile)
257% Outstanding
Read 2,350
Write 2,168
Mixed 1,691
SusWrite 745
389% 1,739 MB/s
4K Read 58.2
4K Write 131
4K Mixed 76.9
256% 88.8 MB/s
DQ Read 888
DQ Write 829
DQ Mixed 854
642% 857 MB/s
Poor: 188%
This bench: 257%
Great: 410%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown HMA41GU6AFR8N-TF 80AD000080AD HMA41GU6AFR8N-TF 859B0000802C CT8G4DFD8213.C16FBD2 859B0000802C CT8G4DFD8213.C16FBD2 32GB
2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz
8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB
Performing above expectations (78th percentile)
69.8% Good
MC Read 23.9
MC Write 28
MC Mixed 22.4
71% 24.8 GB/s
SC Read 15.1
SC Write 24.9
SC Mixed 21.7
59% 20.6 GB/s
Latency 71.4
56% 71.4 ns
Poor: 60%
This bench: 69.8%
Great: 71%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Precision Tower 3420 Builds (Compare 821 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: 83% - Excellent Total price: $170
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