Dell Precision 3520

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 12%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 74%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 11%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 75.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics6.93% 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 Drive166% 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.
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.
Very high background CPU (39%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemDell Precision 3520  (all builds)
MotherboardDell
Memory8.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20190703
Uptime4.5 Days
Run DateMar 17 '20 at 19:04
Run Duration110 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 39%

 PC Performing above expectations (60th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-7820HQ
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 3.35 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (93rd percentile)
75.4% Very good
Memory 84.7
1-Core 105
2-Core 207
76% 132 Pts
4-Core 357
8-Core 526
55% 441 Pts
64-Core 535
33% 535 Pts
Poor: 31%
This bench: 75.4%
Great: 77%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Intel HD Graphics 630
Dell(1028 07A9) 1GB
Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 24.20.100.6286
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
6.93% Terrible
Lighting 7.27
Reflection 13.5
Parallax 7
6% 9.27 fps
MRender 10.1
Gravity 6.57
Splatting 14.5
9% 10.4 fps
Poor: 3%
This bench: 6.93%
Great: 6%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Nvme KXG50PNV1T02 NVM 1TB
818GB free (System drive)
Firmware: AFDA4103 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 470 819 555 417 801 835 MB/s
Performing below expectations (33rd percentile)
166% Outstanding
Read 1,365
Write 274
Mixed 380
SusWrite 649
146% 667 MB/s
4K Read 22.6
4K Write 108
4K Mixed 41.1
144% 57.1 MB/s
DQ Read 911
DQ Write 293
DQ Mixed 405
350% 536 MB/s
Poor: 108%
This bench: 166%
Great: 248%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 2x8GB
2 of 2 slots used
16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz
Performing below potential (14th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
62.4% Good
MC Read 24.8
MC Write 21.6
MC Mixed 20.1
63% 22.2 GB/s
SC Read 13.7
SC Write 20.3
SC Mixed 18.4
50% 17.5 GB/s
Latency 72.2
55% 72.2 ns
Poor: 47%
This bench: 62.4%
Great: 78%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Precision 3520 Builds (Compare 678 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 11%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 61%
Destroyer
Workstation
Workstation 10%
Tree trunk

System: Dell Precision 3520

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