Dell Precision WorkStation T5500

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 45%
Speed boat
Desktop
Desktop 71%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 40%
Speed boat
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 71.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics62.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot DriveThe 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.
Memory24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.
Run History
SystemDell Precision WorkStation T5500  (all builds)
MotherboardDell 0D883F
Memory20.6 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 7
BIOS Date20130528
Uptime0 Days
Run DateFeb 24 '17 at 12:37
Run Duration87 Seconds
Run User GBR-User
Background CPU5%
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 PC Performing above expectations (80th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
1st CPU: Intel Xeon X5570
CPU1, 2 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads
Base clock 2.95 GHz
Performing above expectations (61st percentile)
71.4% Very good
Memory 83.3
1-Core 81.6
2-Core 161
64% 108 Pts
4-Core 322
8-Core 572
54% 447 Pts
64-Core 783
48% 783 Pts
Poor: 58%
This bench: 71.4%
Great: 76%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117
CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 378.66
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
62.4% Good
Lighting 75.3
Reflection 75.9
Parallax 68.3
61% 73.2 fps
MRender 73.3
Gravity 93.8
Splatting 71.6
64% 79.6 fps
Poor: 51%
This bench: 62.4%
Great: 60%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Hitachi HDE721010SLA330 1TB-$84
733GB free (System drive)
Firmware: ST6OA31B Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s
Performing above expectations (65th percentile)
53% Above average
Read 87.2
Write 97.4
Mixed 24.9
51% 69.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.82
4K Write 1.68
4K Mixed 0.35
105% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 33%
This bench: 53%
Great: 63%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown 6x4GB
6 of 9 slots used
24GB DIMM DDR3
Performing way above expectations (93rd percentile)
58.9% Above average
MC Read 27.5
MC Write 16.7
MC Mixed 24.8
66% 23 GB/s
SC Read 7.5
SC Write 5.1
SC Mixed 6.9
19% 6.5 GB/s
Latency 74.7
54% 74.7 ns
Poor: 36%
This bench: 58.9%
Great: 61%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Precision WorkStation T5500 Builds (Compare 1,578 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 24%
Surfboard
Desktop
Desktop 74%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 21%
Surfboard

System: Dell Precision WorkStation T5500

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 87% - Excellent Total price: $87
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