Dell Precision M6500

Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 56% Gunboat	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (39th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 61 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 52.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	9.52% 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	49.3% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	32GB 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 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, 4 years ago.

System	Dell Precision M6500 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell
Memory	29.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130604
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 20 '20 at 23:38
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing below expectations (39^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 X 920-$90 998 User benchmarks, average bench 57% Microprocessor, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2 GHz, turbo 2.35 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	52.8% Above average	Memory 77.5 1-Core 59.3 2-Core 114 52% 83.5 Pts	4-Core 160 8-Core 195 23% 177 Pts	64-Core 200 12% 200 Pts
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 52.8% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Mobility Radeon HD 5870 3,040 User benchmarks, average bench 9% Dell(1028 12EF) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	9.52% Terrible	Lighting 12.7 Reflection 9.38 Parallax 11.8 10% 11.3 fps	MRender 8.57 Gravity 9.33 Splatting 10.7 8% 9.55 fps
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 9.52% Great: 9%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 792GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 201 192 196 198 201 198 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	49.3% Average	Read 221 Write 205 Mixed 208 SusWrite 198 47% 208 MB/s	4K Read 16.1 4K Write 26 4K Mixed 21.8 66% 21.3 MB/s	DQ Read 168 DQ Write 170 DQ Mixed 173 129% 170 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 49.3% Great: 133%
Liteonit LMT-512L9M-11 MSATA 512GB 1,160 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 475GB free Firmware: HM9110E SusWrite @10s intervals: 193 183 188 190 172 191 MB/s Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	41.9% Average	Read 214 Write 199 Mixed 181 SusWrite 186 44% 195 MB/s	4K Read 12.8 4K Write 27.1 4K Mixed 12.9 50% 17.6 MB/s	DQ Read 151 DQ Write 151 DQ Mixed 129 103% 144 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 41.9% Great: 97%
Seagate ST1000LM049-2GH172 1TB 145,911 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 836GB free Firmware: SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 146 174 178 177 170 178 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	83% Excellent	Read 119 Write 130 Mixed 67.3 SusWrite 170 89% 122 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.2 107% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 83% Great: 95%
SMART Dell ON Storage 2GB 22 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 2GB free, PID a100 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 3.7 4.3 4.6 5.1 5 4.9 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	4.72% Terrible	Read 16.5 Write 4.5 Mixed 5.3 SusWrite 4.6 8% 7.72 MB/s	4K Read 4.3 4K Write 0.1 4K Mixed 0.1 23% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 4.72% Great: 5%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT102464BF160B.M16 4x8GB 378 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	39.2% Below average	MC Read 15.2 MC Write 12.9 MC Mixed 13.4 40% 13.8 GB/s	SC Read 9.6 SC Write 9.1 SC Mixed 9.6 27% 9.43 GB/s	Latency 85.4 47% 85.4 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 39.2% Great: 58%

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

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Gaming 7%

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Desktop 53%

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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 $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 $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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