Dell PowerEdge 2950

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU, SSD
Gaming
Gaming 0%
Incomplete
Desktop
Desktop 0%
Incomplete
Workstation
Workstation 0%
Incomplete
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith a below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 43%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
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.
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 10 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.
SystemDell PowerEdge 2950
MotherboardDell PowerEdge 2950  (all builds)
Memory0.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 0.7 GHz
OSWindows 7
BIOS Date20080205
Uptime13.7 Days
Run DateJun 11 '20 at 22:05
Run Duration138 Seconds
Run User CAN-User
Background CPU0%

 PC Performing as expected (42nd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
1st CPU: Intel Xeon X5355
CPU1, 2 CPU, 8 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 2.65 GHz
Performing above expectations (68th percentile)
43% Average
Memory 63.7
1-Core 28.5
2-Core 61.1
35% 51.1 Pts
4-Core 123
8-Core 242
22% 182 Pts
64-Core 241
15% 241 Pts
Poor: 38%
This bench: 43%
Great: 45%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Dell PERC 6/i 73GB
4GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.11
SusWrite @10s intervals: 28 33 34 34 34 33 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (17th percentile)
26.8% Poor
Read 60.8
Write 27.8
Mixed 39
SusWrite 32.5
30% 40 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 0.7
4K Mixed 0.7
132% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 27%
This bench: 26.8%
Great: 66%
Hitachi HDS721010CLA332 1TB
897GB free, PID 0577
Operating at USB 2.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 23 21 20 20 20 20 MB/s
Performing below expectations (34th percentile)
13.7% Very poor
Read 32.5
Write 24.8
Mixed 25
SusWrite 20.6
34% 25.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.4
4K Mixed 0.7
74% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 9%
This bench: 13.7%
Great: 19%
Kingston DataTraveler 2.0 2GB
2GB free, PID 160b
Operating at USB 2.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 4.9 4.9 4.9 4.9 4.7 4.9 MB/s
Performing as expected (50th percentile)
4.22% Terrible
Read 13.3
Write 4
Mixed 4.3
SusWrite 4.9
8% 6.62 MB/s
4K Read 5.2
4K Write 0
4K Mixed 0
19% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 3%
This bench: 4.22%
Great: 5%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown 72T512420EFA3SC 8x4GB
8 of 8 slots used
32GB FB-DIMM DDR2 FB-DIMM 667 MHz
Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples
14.4% Very poor
MC Read 5.7
MC Write 3
MC Mixed 4.6
13% 4.43 GB/s
SC Read 3.9
SC Write 3.1
SC Mixed 4.4
11% 3.8 GB/s
Latency 117
34% 117 ns
Poor: 14%
This bench: 14.4%
Great: 18%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical PowerEdge 2950 Builds (Compare 5 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 12%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 52%
Yacht
Workstation
Workstation 9%
Tree trunk

Motherboard: Dell PowerEdge 2950

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 10% - Very poor Total price: $500
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