Dell PowerEdge 2950

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU, SSD
Gaming
Gaming 0%
Incomplete
Desktop
Desktop 0%
Incomplete
Workstation
Workstation 0%
Incomplete
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith a relatively low single core score, this CPU can handle email, light web browsing and basic audio/video playback, but it will struggle to handle CPU intensive tasks. Finally, with a gaming score of 33%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Boot DriveThe 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.
Memory32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.
SystemDell PowerEdge 2950
MotherboardDell PowerEdge 2950  (all builds)
Memory30.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 8.1
BIOS Date20060621
Uptime0 Days
Run DateMar 28 '21 at 02:47
Run Duration133 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU2%

 PC Performing as expected (44th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
1st CPU: Intel Xeon 3.20GHz
CPU1, 2 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (62nd percentile)
33% Below average
Memory 49.8
1-Core 26.7
2-Core 53.4
29% 43.3 Pts
4-Core 89.4
8-Core 147
14% 118 Pts
64-Core 147
9% 147 Pts
Poor: 25%
This bench: 33%
Great: 36%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Dell PERC 5/i 640GB
562GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.00
SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 113 112 113 113 112 MB/s
Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples
64.8% Good
Read 113
Write 113
Mixed 58
SusWrite 112
73% 99.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 0.9
157% 1 MB/s
Dell PERC 5/i 750GB
686GB free
Firmware: 1.00
SusWrite @10s intervals: 70 72 71 72 73 73 MB/s
Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples
42.4% Average
Read 76
Write 69.2
Mixed 36.1
SusWrite 71.8
46% 63.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1
4K Mixed 0.6
110% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 42%
This bench: 42.4%
Great: 62%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown HYMP151F72CP4N3-Y5 8x4GB
8 of 8 slots used
32GB FB-DIMM DDR2 FB-DIMM 667 MHz
Performing below potential (26th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
14.8% Very poor
MC Read 5.2
MC Write 4.7
MC Mixed 5.1
14% 5 GB/s
SC Read 3.9
SC Write 3.3
SC Mixed 3.6
10% 3.6 GB/s
Latency 161
25% 161 ns
Poor: 14%
This bench: 14.8%
Great: 18%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical PowerEdge 2950 Builds (Compare 5 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 12%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 52%
Yacht
Workstation
Workstation 9%
Tree trunk

Motherboard: Dell PowerEdge 2950

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 10% - Very poor Total price: $500
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