Dell Precision WorkStation T3500

Performance Results


Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 66.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	21.6% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	37.5% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	16GB 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 Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (100%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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System	Dell Precision WorkStation T3500 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 09KPNV
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20110121
Uptime	23 Days
Run Date	Mar 08 '21 at 13:09
Run Duration	127 Seconds
Run User	MYS-User
Background CPU	100%

PC Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon W3530-$290 5,773 User benchmarks, average bench 65% CPU, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 2.9 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	66.7% Good	Memory 85.5 1-Core 75.3 2-Core 140 61% 100 Pts	4-Core 261 8-Core 365 40% 313 Pts	64-Core 375 23% 375 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 66.7% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Quadro K4200-$820 7,330 User benchmarks, average bench 21% Nvidia(10DE 1096) ≥ 4GB CLim: 888 MHz, MLim: 1350 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 461.40 Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	21.6% Poor	Lighting 23.9 Reflection 28.7 Parallax 35.3 20% 29.3 fps	MRender 38.8 Gravity 29.8 Splatting 27.6 26% 32.1 fps
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 21.6% Great: 22%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Apacer AS350 120GB 2,135 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 44GB free (System drive) Firmware: N1209B SusWrite @10s intervals: 164 194 107 84 142 100 MB/s Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	37.5% Below average	Read 234 Write 213 Mixed 194 SusWrite 132 43% 193 MB/s	4K Read 14.9 4K Write 40.4 4K Mixed 7.3 53% 20.9 MB/s	DQ Read 80.9 DQ Write 135 DQ Mixed 13.8 37% 76.6 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 37.5% Great: 82%
WD Purple 2TB (2014)-$67 19,126 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 502GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 87 98 98 99 98 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	60.9% Good	Read 116 Write 118 Mixed 58.7 SusWrite 95.4 71% 97 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1 179% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 60.9% Great: 86%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x8GB 236,291 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 2 of 6 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	36.7% Below average	MC Read 14.1 MC Write 11.3 MC Mixed 10.5 34% 12 GB/s	SC Read 13.2 SC Write 11 SC Mixed 10.7 33% 11.6 GB/s	Latency 71.6 56% 71.6 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 36.7% Great: 97%

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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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Gaming 23%

Surfboard

Desktop 71%

Battleship

Workstation 18%

Surfboard

System: Dell Precision WorkStation T3500

CPU
Xeon W3530Intel $290Bench 65%, 5,773 samples	477x
Xeon W3550IntelBench 66%, 7,649 samples	330x
Xeon X5670IntelBench 73%, 9,061 samples	243x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	172x
Quadro 2000NvidiaBench 6%, 15,855 samples	156x
GTX 750-TiNvidia $92Bench 17%, 309,423 samples	126x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	145x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	75x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	54x

RAM
6x2GBUnknownBench 46%, 38,297 samples	648x
6x4GBUnknownBench 47%, 28,320 samples	576x
3x4GBUnknownBench 42%, 39,448 samples	324x

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $377

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16