Dell Precision Tower 3420

Performance Results


Gaming 15% Surfboard	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	11.2% 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	110% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	32GB 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 Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	Dell Precision Tower 3420
Motherboard	Dell Precision Tower 3420 (all builds)
Memory	11.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200325
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 23 '21 at 22:35
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing as expected (47^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E3-1240 v5 2,434 User benchmarks, average bench 77% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	75% Very good	Memory 78.5 1-Core 116 2-Core 223 78% 139 Pts	4-Core 385 8-Core 591 60% 488 Pts	64-Core 595 37% 595 Pts
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 75% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Quadro K620-$170 16,214 User benchmarks, average bench 11% Nvidia(10DE 1098) 2GB CLim: 1124 MHz, MLim: 450 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 391.25 Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	11.2% Very poor	Lighting 13.9 Reflection 15.9 Parallax 11.1 11% 13.6 fps	MRender 10.7 Gravity 13.7 Splatting 14.5 11% 13 fps
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 11.2% Great: 11%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB 7,011 User benchmarks, average bench 140% 69GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXV77D0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 177 155 161 148 150 154 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 1,047 Write 197 Mixed 302 SusWrite 158 92% 426 MB/s	4K Read 35.7 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 12.2 128% 52.4 MB/s	DQ Read 910 DQ Write 124 DQ Mixed 457 350% 497 MB/s
Poor: 94% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 172%
WD My Book 25EE 4TB 13,827 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 1.5TB free, PID 25ee Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 166 173 172 175 174 175 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	70.6% Very good	Read 173 Write 165 Mixed 86.9 SusWrite 172 199% 149 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 122% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 70.6% Great: 100%
Patriot Memory 32GB 191 User benchmarks, average bench 11% 26GB free, PID 3800 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 11 23 21 24 23 24 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	11.1% Very poor	Read 33.2 Write 7.5 Mixed 10.2 SusWrite 20.9 21% 18 MB/s	4K Read 7.5 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0.1 31% 2.53 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 11.1% Great: 14%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown M391A2K43BB1-CPB 2x16GB 15 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	69.9% Good	MC Read 25.3 MC Write 27.8 MC Mixed 22.7 72% 25.3 GB/s	SC Read 12.2 SC Write 26.6 SC Mixed 20.3 56% 19.7 GB/s	Latency 83.3 48% 83.3 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 69.9% Great: 75%

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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%	0	8	6	60	27"	1280 720	DEL40EA DELL U2717D

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Gaming 11%

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Desktop 69%

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Workstation 11%

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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