Dell Precision WorkStation T5500

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 93%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 77%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 74%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing below expectations (39th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 61 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
ProcessorWith a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics128% 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 Drive47.1% 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.
Very high background CPU (33%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemDell Precision WorkStation T5500  (all builds)
MotherboardDell 0CRH6C
Memory13.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit farger
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20181015
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJan 12 '21 at 15:51
Run Duration137 Seconds
Run User SWE-User
Background CPU 33%

 PC Performing below expectations (39th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Xeon X5660
CPU1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads
Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 3.05 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (77th percentile)
74.1% Very good
Memory 93.3
1-Core 77.5
2-Core 159
67% 110 Pts
4-Core 298
8-Core 462
47% 380 Pts
64-Core 457
28% 457 Pts
Poor: 60%
This bench: 74.1%
Great: 85%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485
CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 461.09
Performing above expectations (80th percentile)
128% Outstanding
Lighting 176
Reflection 188
Parallax 184
143% 182 fps
MRender 136
Gravity 184
Splatting 125
120% 148 fps
Poor: 109%
This bench: 128%
Great: 133%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung PM830 128GB
35GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CXM03D1Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 201 214 215 220 218 218 MB/s
Performing below potential (6th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable
47.1% Average
Read 235
Write 218
Mixed 173
SusWrite 214
47% 210 MB/s
4K Read 11.8
4K Write 37.2
4K Mixed 18.5
61% 22.5 MB/s
DQ Read 167
DQ Write 79.8
DQ Mixed 113
86% 120 MB/s
Poor: 48%
This bench: 47.1%
Great: 73%
Samsung PM830 128GB
29GB free
Firmware: CXM03D1Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 212 217 212 226 226 224 MB/s
Performing below potential (12th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable
50.1% Above average
Read 238
Write 222
Mixed 178
SusWrite 220
48% 214 MB/s
4K Read 14
4K Write 46.4
4K Mixed 18.4
69% 26.3 MB/s
DQ Read 185
DQ Write 80.9
DQ Mixed 111
88% 126 MB/s
Poor: 48%
This bench: 50.1%
Great: 73%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown 2x8GB
2 of 6 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3
Performing below potential (19th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
43.8% Average
MC Read 16.5
MC Write 13.6
MC Mixed 14
42% 14.7 GB/s
SC Read 13.2
SC Write 10.5
SC Mixed 12.8
35% 12.2 GB/s
Latency 61.4
65% 61.4 ns
Poor: 29%
This bench: 43.8%
Great: 97%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Precision WorkStation T5500 Builds (Compare 1,578 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 24%
Surfboard
Desktop
Desktop 74%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 21%
Surfboard

System: Dell Precision WorkStation T5500

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 87% - Excellent Total price: $87
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