Dell Precision Tower 3420

Performance Results


Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (37th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 63 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	13.9% 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	88.5% 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	48GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 48GB 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.

Very high background CPU (77%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Dell Precision Tower 3420
Motherboard	Dell Precision Tower 3420 (all builds)
Memory	41.3 GB free of 48 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190614
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 15 '20 at 17:29
Run Duration	199 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	77%

PC Performing below expectations (37^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 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	75.6% Very good	Memory 83.3 1-Core 103 2-Core 190 73% 126 Pts	4-Core 365 8-Core 681 62% 523 Pts	64-Core 664 41% 664 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 75.6% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Quadro K1200 4,005 User benchmarks, average bench 13% Nvidia(10DE 1140) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1032 MHz, MLim: 1252 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 361.91 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	13.9% Very poor	Lighting 17.7 Reflection 14 Parallax 14.8 14% 15.5 fps	MRender 20.5 Gravity 13.3 Splatting 14.5 13% 16.1 fps
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 13.9% Great: 14%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 QVO 2TB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2.5TB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 316 357 394 394 412 388 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	88.5% Excellent	Read 496 Write 395 Mixed 397 SusWrite 377 94% 416 MB/s	4K Read 34.8 4K Write 30.6 4K Mixed 35.3 114% 33.6 MB/s	DQ Read 371 DQ Write 75.9 DQ Mixed 154 131% 200 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 88.5% Great: 103%
Samsung 860 QVO 2TB-$200 28,979 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 1.5TB free Firmware: RVQ01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 313 356 379 383 401 380 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	79.7% Very good	Read 467 Write 404 Mixed 345 SusWrite 369 89% 396 MB/s	4K Read 27.6 4K Write 36.8 4K Mixed 24.2 92% 29.5 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 82.4 DQ Mixed 163 137% 209 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 79.7% Great: 122%
Intel MEMPEK1W032GA 29GB 1,656 User benchmarks, average bench 263% 27GB free Firmware: K3110310 SusWrite @10s intervals: 203 229 242 239 250 237 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	169% Outstanding	Read 1,163 Write 242 Mixed 402 SusWrite 234 111% 510 MB/s	4K Read 153 4K Write 32.1 4K Mixed 56.3 320% 80.3 MB/s	DQ Read 626 DQ Write 59.9 DQ Mixed 139 153% 275 MB/s
Poor: 188% ↑ This bench: 169% Great: 328%
Samsung Portable SSD T3 1TB 658 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 848GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 35 38 40 40 42 39 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	16% Very poor	Read 41 Write 41 Mixed 41 SusWrite 39.1 9% 40.5 MB/s	4K Read 11.3 4K Write 10.5 4K Mixed 10 36% 10.6 MB/s	DQ Read 26.8 DQ Write 20.4 DQ Mixed 15.7 14% 21 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 16% Great: 87%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown HMA81GU6MFR8N-UH 80AD000080AD HMA81GU6MFR8N-UH 802C0000802C 16ATF2G64AZ-2G3H1 802C0000802C 16ATF2G64AZ-2G3H1 48GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2400, 2400, 2400, 2400 MHz 8192, 8192, 16384, 16384 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	77.5% Very good	MC Read 28.8 MC Write 31.7 MC Mixed 25.7 82% 28.7 GB/s	SC Read 8.6 SC Write 26.3 SC Mixed 20.5 53% 18.5 GB/s	Latency 74.6 54% 74.6 ns
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 77.5% Great: 81%

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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	113x

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	42x
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 $273	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 $177	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 $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16