Dell Precision Tower 3420

Performance Results


Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 81.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	3.56% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	208% 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.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Dell Precision Tower 3420
Motherboard	Dell Precision Tower 3420 (all builds)
Memory	5.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160327
Uptime	2.2 Days
Run Date	Jul 03 '20 at 19:36
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E3-1220 v5 1,202 User benchmarks, average bench 73% Socket 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	81.1% Excellent	Memory 88.2 1-Core 113 2-Core 224 80% 142 Pts	4-Core 428 8-Core 428 57% 428 Pts	64-Core 426 26% 426 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 81.1% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R7 240 58,337 User benchmarks, average bench 5% MSI(1462 8094) 2GB CLim: 600 MHz, MLim: 800 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 19.20 Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	3.56% Terrible	Lighting 4.67 Reflection 3.81 Parallax 6.53 4% 5 fps	MRender 3.52 Gravity 5.07 Splatting 3 3% 3.86 fps
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 3.56% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HP EX900 NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$32 12,447 User benchmarks, average bench 163% 203GB free (System drive) Firmware: S0614B0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 884 967 689 165 134 157 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	208% Outstanding	Read 1,671 Write 1,097 Mixed 450 SusWrite 499 205% 929 MB/s	4K Read 51.1 4K Write 188 4K Mixed 49.1 240% 96 MB/s	DQ Read 769 DQ Write 1,008 DQ Mixed 542 506% 773 MB/s
Poor: 103% ↑ This bench: 208% Great: 228%
WD WD800BD-22MRA1 80GB 3,778 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 74GB free Firmware: 06.01D06 SusWrite @10s intervals: 54 54 55 55 55 55 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	31.3% Below average	Read 54.1 Write 50.7 Mixed 36.7 SusWrite 54.7 36% 49 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.9 153% 1 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 31.3% Great: 33%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown M378A1G43DB0-CPB 1x8GB 50 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	43.6% Average	MC Read 15.4 MC Write 15.2 MC Mixed 12.8 41% 14.5 GB/s	SC Read 13.4 SC Write 16 SC Mixed 12.8 40% 14.1 GB/s	Latency 69.4 58% 69.4 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 43.6% Great: 43%

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

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Gaming 11%

Tree trunk

Desktop 69%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 11%

Tree trunk

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 $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