Dell Precision Tower 3420

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 87%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 88%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 72%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (40th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 60 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 85.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics100% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive94.7% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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)
Memory12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors,
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20200325
Uptime3.7 Days
Run DateAug 17 '20 at 00:02
Run Duration124 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU5%
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 PC Performing as expected (40th 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 3.75 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
85.5% Excellent
Memory 86.8
1-Core 120
2-Core 240
83% 149 Pts
4-Core 461
8-Core 611
68% 536 Pts
64-Core 623
38% 623 Pts
Poor: 60%
This bench: 85.5%
Great: 80%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400
EVGA(3842 5186) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 451.67
Performing below potential (34th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
100% Outstanding
Lighting 127
Reflection 138
Parallax 128
104% 131 fps
MRender 109
Gravity 128
Splatting 107
93% 115 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 100%
Great: 110%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100
31GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EMT01B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 352 173 162 159 157 155 MB/s
Performing below expectations (24th percentile)
94.7% Outstanding
Read 460
Write 408
Mixed 347
SusWrite 193
79% 352 MB/s
4K Read 35.1
4K Write 80.7
4K Mixed 48
157% 54.6 MB/s
DQ Read 367
DQ Write 320
DQ Mixed 322
247% 336 MB/s
Poor: 72%
This bench: 94.7%
Great: 124%
WD WD10S21X-24R1BT0-SSHD-8GB 1TB
564GB free
Firmware: 03.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 12 6.7 6.7 6.7 6.7 6.7 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (3rd percentile)
12.5% Very poor
Read 35.8
Write 34.5
Mixed 37.3
SusWrite 7.6
22% 28.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.2
4K Write 0.4
4K Mixed 0.5
71% 0.37 MB/s
Poor: 17%
This bench: 12.5%
Great: 59%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown HMA41GU6AFR8N-TF 01980000830B KHX2666C16/8G 16GB
2133, 2667 MHz
8192, 8192 MB
Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples
67.6% Good
MC Read 25.4
MC Write 26.4
MC Mixed 19.8
68% 23.9 GB/s
SC Read 14.3
SC Write 25.2
SC Mixed 21.1
58% 20.2 GB/s
Latency 70.6
57% 70.6 ns
Poor: 65%
This bench: 67.6%
Great: 68%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Precision Tower 3420 Builds (Compare 808 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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