Dell Precision M6500

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 5% Tree trunk	Desktop 48% Yacht	Workstation 3% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 49%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	8.87% 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 Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
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.

System	Dell Precision M6500 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0R1203
Memory	4.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130604
Uptime	14.9 Days
Run Date	Jan 20 '21 at 05:18
Run Duration	126 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7 Q 840-$85 1,339 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Microprocessor, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 1.85 GHz, turbo 1.95 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	49% Average	Memory 77.3 1-Core 50.7 2-Core 77.7 46% 68.6 Pts	4-Core 120 8-Core 142 17% 131 Pts	64-Core 151 9% 151 Pts
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 49% Great: 63%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Mobility Radeon HD 5870 3,040 User benchmarks, average bench 9% Dell(1028 12EF) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	8.87% Terrible	Lighting 12 Reflection 11.1 Parallax 10.6 10% 11.2 fps	MRender 9.2 Gravity 9.4 Splatting 7.8 7% 8.8 fps
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 8.87% Great: 9%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Hitachi HTS725050A9A362 500GB 539 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 302GB free (System drive) Firmware: PC4OC70E SusWrite @10s intervals: 48 47 57 55 56 57 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	40.3% Average	Read 87.1 Write 78.6 Mixed 39.1 SusWrite 53.2 47% 64.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.8 136% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 40.3% Great: 61%
Hitachi HTS725050A9A362 500GB 539 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 465GB free Firmware: PC4OC70E SusWrite @10s intervals: 50 48 58 56 56 56 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	43.6% Average	Read 97.7 Write 94.1 Mixed 50.4 SusWrite 54.2 54% 74.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.8 130% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 43.6% Great: 61%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8KTF51264HZ-1G9P1 2x4GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	32.7% Below average	MC Read 13.8 MC Write 9.8 MC Mixed 10.7 33% 11.4 GB/s	SC Read 6.4 SC Write 7.1 SC Mixed 8 20% 7.17 GB/s	Latency 85.7 47% 85.7 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 32.7% Great: 35%

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Gaming 7%

Tree trunk

Desktop 53%

Yacht

Workstation 6%

Tree trunk

System: Dell Precision M6500

CPU
Core i7 Q 820Intel $119Bench 52%, 2,269 samples	39x
Core i7 Q 720Intel $220Bench 51%, 13,149 samples	31x
Core i7 Q 740Intel $190Bench 54%, 13,278 samples	28x

GPU
Quadro FX 2800MNvidiaBench 5%, 1,135 samples	81x
FirePro M7740ATIBench 7%, 225 samples	46x
Quadro FX 3800MNvidiaBench 7%, 388 samples	28x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	9x
MZ7TE256HMHP-000L7 256GBSamsungBench 70%, 4,594 samples	7x
PM800 Series 2.5" 256GBSamsungBench 24%, 1,200 samples	5x

RAM
EBJ21UE8BDS0-DJ-F 4x2GBUnknownBench 38%, 37 samples	6x
M471B5273CH0-CH9 4x4GBSamsungBench 44%, 427 samples	6x
M471B5773CHS-CH9 4x2GBSamsungBench 45%, 318 samples	5x

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Value: 42% - Average

Total price: $219

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	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) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	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