Dell PowerEdge T420

Performance Results


Gaming 65% Battle cruiser	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 64% Destroyer


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 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 68%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	92.2% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	158% 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	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
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, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Dell PowerEdge T420
Motherboard	Dell PowerEdge T420 (all builds)
Memory	59.9 GB free of 64 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200108
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 08 '20 at 18:31
Run Duration	202 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	0%

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
1st CPU: Intel Xeon E5-2430 v2 38 User benchmarks, average bench 58% CPU1, 2 CPU, 12 cores, 24 threads Base clock 2.5 GHz, turbo 2.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	68% Good	Memory 78.8 1-Core 78 2-Core 155 62% 104 Pts	4-Core 309 8-Core 502 50% 406 Pts	64-Core 1,183 73% 1,183 Pts
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 68% Great: 70%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Zotac(19DA 1396) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1607 MHz, MLim: 1805 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 457.51 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	92.2% Outstanding	Lighting 118 Reflection 125 Parallax 121 96% 121 fps	MRender 106 Gravity 109 Splatting 98.2 85% 104 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 92.2% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Bc511 NVMe SK hynix 256GB 7,666 User benchmarks, average bench 137% 174GB free (System drive) Firmware: 11001101 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 737 761 706 760 643 727 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	158% Outstanding	Read 1,016 Write 253 Mixed 759 SusWrite 722 153% 687 MB/s	4K Read 42.7 4K Write 74.9 4K Mixed 50.9 170% 56.2 MB/s	DQ Read 506 DQ Write 405 DQ Mixed 466 346% 459 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 158% Great: 177%
Dell PERC H710P 2TB 1.5TB free Firmware: 3.13 SusWrite @10s intervals: 160 136 135 138 134 134 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	111% Outstanding	Read 365 Write 330 Mixed 351 SusWrite 139 66% 296 MB/s	4K Read 73.6 4K Write 68.3 4K Mixed 68.7 236% 70.2 MB/s	DQ Read 344 DQ Write 333 DQ Mixed 356 263% 344 MB/s

Dell PERC H710P 2TB 1.5TB free Firmware: 3.13 Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples		Read 306 Mixed 317 68% 311 MB/s	4K Read 72.5 4K Write 66 4K Mixed 67.8 232% 68.8 MB/s	DQ Read 328 DQ Write 324 DQ Mixed 339 251% 330 MB/s

Dell PERC H710P 599GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 558GB free Firmware: 3.13 SusWrite @10s intervals: 201 232 227 230 229 236 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	115% Outstanding	Read 365 Write 247 Mixed 352 SusWrite 226 67% 297 MB/s	4K Read 73 4K Write 67.7 4K Mixed 67.7 233% 69.5 MB/s	DQ Read 336 DQ Write 331 DQ Mixed 341 254% 336 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 115%
Dell Internal Dual SD 8GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 8GB free, PID a101 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 5.1 5.2 5.6 5.7 5.7 5.3 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	4.02% Terrible	Read 9.2 Write 4.7 Mixed 3.5 SusWrite 5.4 7% 5.7 MB/s	4K Read 2.5 4K Write 0.3 4K Mixed 0.8 47% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.02% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown M393B2G70BH0-YK0 00CE00B300CE M393B1G70BH0-YK0 00CE00B300CE M393B1G70BH0-YK0 00CE04B300CE M393B2G70BH0-YK0 00CE00B300CE M393B1G70BH0-YK0 00CE00B300CE M393B1G70BH0-YK0 64GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 16384, 8192, 8192, 16384, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	60.3% Good	MC Read 29.8 MC Write 18.9 MC Mixed 22.1 67% 23.6 GB/s	SC Read 13.3 SC Write 5.5 SC Mixed 3.6 21% 7.47 GB/s	Latency 82.8 48% 82.8 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 60.3% Great: 60%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Typical PowerEdge T420 Builds (Compare 42 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 59%

Gunboat

Desktop 65%

Destroyer

Workstation 74%

Battleship

Motherboard: Dell PowerEdge T420

CPU
CPU: Intel Xeon E5-2470 v21stBench 56%, 50 samples	10x
CPU: Intel Xeon E5-2420 01stBench 54%, 155 samples	8x
CPU: Intel Xeon E5-2420 v21stBench 54%, 81 samples	4x

GPU
RTX 2070Nvidia $200Bench 104%, 478,117 samples	5x
RTX 3060-TiNvidia $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples	5x
T600NvidiaBench 29%, 1,270 samples	4x

SSD
SNV2S250G 250GBKingstonBench 198%, 2,782 samples	5x
MP600 500GBForceBench 261%, 13,280 samples	4x
MX500 1TBCrucial $86Bench 106%, 202,785 samples	3x

RAM
M393B1G70QH0-YK0 00CE00B300CE M393B1G70QH0-YK0 00CE00B300CE M393B2G70DB0-YK0 002C04B3002C 36KSF2G72PZ-1G4D1 48GBUnknownBench 40%, 6 samples	5x
D3-64WT124SLW-1AD 6x31.8GBUnknownBench 80%, 3 samples	3x
9965516-031.A00LF 019804B3 9965516-129.A00LF 019804B3 9965516-129.A00LF 32GBUnknownBench 38%, 4 samples	3x

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

Value: 123% - Outstanding

Total price: $200

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16