Dell PowerEdge T420

Performance Results


Gaming 65% Destroyer	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 64% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 67.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	95.9% 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	155% 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	60.6 GB free of 64 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200108
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 09 '20 at 16:55
Run Duration	188 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing above expectations (78^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)	67.9% Good	Memory 78.5 1-Core 77.8 2-Core 155 61% 104 Pts	4-Core 309 8-Core 485 49% 397 Pts	64-Core 1,167 72% 1,167 Pts
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 67.9% 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: 1677 MHz, MLim: 2005 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 457.51 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95.9% Outstanding	Lighting 121 Reflection 132 Parallax 119 98% 124 fps	MRender 113 Gravity 116 Splatting 106 91% 112 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 95.9% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Bc511 NVMe SK hynix 256GB 7,666 User benchmarks, average bench 137% 151GB free (System drive) Firmware: 11001101 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 764 770 776 741 645 511 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	155% Outstanding	Read 1,012 Write 193 Mixed 758 SusWrite 701 148% 666 MB/s	4K Read 42.6 4K Write 73.2 4K Mixed 51 169% 55.6 MB/s	DQ Read 498 DQ Write 380 DQ Mixed 445 331% 441 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 155% Great: 177%
Dell PERC H710P 2TB 1.5TB free Firmware: 3.13 SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 121 123 122 122 123 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	110% Outstanding	Read 364 Write 356 Mixed 353 SusWrite 122 67% 298 MB/s	4K Read 73.7 4K Write 68.6 4K Mixed 67 234% 69.8 MB/s	DQ Read 344 DQ Write 340 DQ Mixed 352 261% 345 MB/s

Dell PERC H710P 2TB 1.5TB free Firmware: 3.13 SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 121 123 120 122 123 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	108% Outstanding	Read 362 Write 342 Mixed 356 SusWrite 122 66% 296 MB/s	4K Read 72.1 4K Write 67 4K Mixed 67.6 231% 68.9 MB/s	DQ Read 330 DQ Write 331 DQ Mixed 342 254% 334 MB/s

Dell PERC H710P 599GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 467GB free Firmware: 3.13 SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 121 123 121 122 123 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	109% Outstanding	Read 359 Write 354 Mixed 359 SusWrite 122 67% 299 MB/s	4K Read 74.1 4K Write 66.6 4K Mixed 68.1 235% 69.6 MB/s	DQ Read 336 DQ Write 331 DQ Mixed 344 255% 337 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 109% 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: 4.6 5.2 5.7 5.7 5.7 5.3 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	3.93% Terrible	Read 9.2 Write 4.7 Mixed 3.2 SusWrite 5.3 7% 5.6 MB/s	4K Read 2.2 4K Write 0.3 4K Mixed 0.8 46% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.93% 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	36.8% Below average	MC Read 16.9 MC Write 10.2 MC Mixed 12.2 37% 13.1 GB/s	SC Read 11.9 SC Write 5 SC Mixed 6.6 22% 7.83 GB/s	Latency 83.4 48% 83.4 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 36.8% Great: 60%

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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 $88Bench 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 i5-12600K $170	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $29	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