Dell Precision Tower 3420

Performance Results


Gaming 14% Tree trunk	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (40th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 60 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.
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 78%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	8.49% 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	55.7% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 (62%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Dell Precision Tower 3420
Motherboard	Dell Precision Tower 3420 (all builds)
Memory	7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200813
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Jul 03 '21 at 08:12
Run Duration	170 Seconds
Run User	ZMB-User
Background CPU	62%

PC Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7500-$89 149,467 User benchmarks, average bench 67% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	78% Very good	Memory 78.1 1-Core 111 2-Core 212 75% 134 Pts	4-Core 449 8-Core 453 60% 451 Pts	64-Core 452 28% 452 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 78% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Quadro P400 5,817 User benchmarks, average bench 9% Dell(1028 11BE) 2GB CLim: 1252 MHz, MLim: 1002 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 461.55 Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	8.49% Terrible	Lighting 10 Reflection 12.8 Parallax 10.9 8% 11.2 fps	MRender 10.4 Gravity 10.1 Splatting 12.5 9% 11 fps
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 8.49% Great: 9%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
T253X2256G0C101 256GB 18 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 105GB free (System drive) Firmware: S0628A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 225 43 38 54 38 45 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	55.7% Above average	Read 367 Write 351 Mixed 25.6 SusWrite 73.9 45% 204 MB/s	4K Read 25.8 4K Write 26 4K Mixed 24 84% 25.3 MB/s	DQ Read 185 DQ Write 296 DQ Mixed 1.2 68% 161 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 55.7% Great: 84%
Seagate ST2000VM003-1CT164 2TB 16,094 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 699GB free Firmware: SC12 SusWrite @10s intervals: 54 49 51 50 50 52 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	19.6% Very poor	Read 17.2 Write 45.2 Mixed 31.2 SusWrite 51 27% 36.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.3 55% 0.37 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 19.6% Great: 100%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8ATF1G64AZ-2G3E1 859B0000802C CB8GU2400.C8JT 16GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 2400, 2400 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (25^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	74% Very good	MC Read 28.1 MC Write 31.6 MC Mixed 23.5 79% 27.7 GB/s	SC Read 11.7 SC Write 22.9 SC Mixed 15.5 48% 16.7 GB/s	Latency 84.1 48% 84.1 ns
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 74% Great: 81%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	5	44	5	60	23.8"	1920 1080	DEL40E7 DELL U2417H

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Gaming 11%

Tree trunk

Desktop 69%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 11%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: Dell Precision Tower 3420

CPU
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	224x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	152x
Core i5-6500Intel $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	113x

GPU
HD 530 (Desktop Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 188,220 samples	180x
HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake)IntelBench 5%, 153,031 samples	112x
Quadro K620Nvidia $170Bench 11%, 16,214 samples	82x

SSD
THNSN5256GPUK NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshibaBench 109%, 23,829 samples	21x
XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshiba $33Bench 125%, 44,050 samples	21x
PM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBSamsungBench 120%, 13,766 samples	13x

RAM
HMA41GU6AFR8N-TF 2x8GBUnknownBench 72%, 2,345 samples	42x
HMA81GU6AFR8N-UH 2x8GBUnknownBench 73%, 3,256 samples	35x
HMA41GU6AFR8N-TF 1x8GBUnknownBench 40%, 853 samples	22x

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Value: 82% - Excellent

Total price: $180

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 $45	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