Dell Precision Tower 3420

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 16%
Surfboard
Desktop
Desktop 78%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 15%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 80.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics11.8% 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 Drive48% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.
SystemDell Precision Tower 3420
MotherboardDell Precision Tower 3420  (all builds)
Memory9.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit farver
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20200325
Uptime2 Days
Run DateJul 29 '20 at 10:27
Run Duration124 Seconds
Run User DNK-User
Background CPU7%

 PC Performing above expectations (61st percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-6700-$180
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
80.5% Excellent
Memory 83.7
1-Core 115
2-Core 225
80% 141 Pts
4-Core 416
8-Core 616
64% 516 Pts
64-Core 610
38% 610 Pts
Poor: 60%
This bench: 80.5%
Great: 80%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia Quadro K620-$170
Nvidia(10DE 1098) 2GB
CLim: 1124 MHz, MLim: 450 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 391.25
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
11.8% Very poor
Lighting 14.8
Reflection 14.2
Parallax 10.9
12% 13.3 fps
MRender 12
Gravity 13.5
Splatting 15.5
11% 13.7 fps
Poor: 10%
This bench: 11.8%
Great: 11%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Kingston SA400S37960G 960GB
413GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SBFK61F1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 110 110 28 102 100 MB/s
Performing below expectations (26th percentile)
48% Average
Read 356
Write 377
Mixed 301
SusWrite 93.8
63% 282 MB/s
4K Read 31.7
4K Write 61.3
4K Mixed 2.1
83% 31.7 MB/s
DQ Read 220
DQ Write 33
DQ Mixed 18.7
41% 90.6 MB/s
Poor: 41%
This bench: 48%
Great: 102%
WD WD20SPZX-11CRAT0 2TB
1.5TB free
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 112 112 113 112 113 MB/s
Performing below expectations (34th percentile)
54.4% Above average
Read 76.7
Write 77.5
Mixed 64.2
SusWrite 112
61% 82.6 MB/s
4K Read 1.2
4K Write 3.3
4K Mixed 0.6
178% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 33%
This bench: 54.4%
Great: 76%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown HMA41GU6AFR8N-TF 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing as expected (51st percentile)
73.2% Very good
MC Read 27
MC Write 28.5
MC Mixed 23.3
75% 26.3 GB/s
SC Read 13.1
SC Write 27
SC Mixed 22.5
60% 20.9 GB/s
Latency 74
54% 74 ns
Poor: 63%
This bench: 73.2%
Great: 78%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Precision Tower 3420 Builds (Compare 807 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 11%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 69%
Battle cruiser
Workstation
Workstation 11%
Tree trunk

Motherboard: Dell Precision Tower 3420

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 82% - Excellent Total price: $180
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