Dell Precision 3520

Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 69% Battle cruiser	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 77.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	5.68% 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	70.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	Dell Precision 3520 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0G0G6Y
Memory	7.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors, , 1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors, ,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170912
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Sep 15 '21 at 11:11
Run Duration	133 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	21%

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700HQ 473,208 User benchmarks, average bench 62% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	77.4% Very good	Memory 82.6 1-Core 105 2-Core 200 74% 129 Pts	4-Core 391 8-Core 552 59% 472 Pts	64-Core 555 34% 555 Pts
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 77.4% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD Graphics 630 FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? Dell(1028 07A9) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64 Ver. 22.20.16.4799 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	5.68% Terrible	Lighting 6.4 Reflection 14.8 Parallax 6.7 5% 9.3 fps	MRender 6.2 Gravity 6.6 Splatting 10.3 7% 7.7 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.68% Great: 6%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$33 44,050 User benchmarks, average bench 125% 26GB free (System drive) Firmware: AADA4101 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 275 224 180 160 145 127 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	70.8% Very good	Read 482 Write 246 Mixed 315 SusWrite 185 68% 307 MB/s	4K Read 24.5 4K Write 69.3 4K Mixed 28 110% 40.6 MB/s	DQ Read 156 DQ Write 145 DQ Mixed 35.3 58% 112 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 70.8% Great: 193%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 16ATF2G64HZ-2G3H1 1x16GB 2,713 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 1 of 2 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	40.9% Average	MC Read 14.7 MC Write 14.3 MC Mixed 12.1 39% 13.7 GB/s	SC Read 11.5 SC Write 13.6 SC Mixed 13.3 37% 12.8 GB/s	Latency 75.9 53% 75.9 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 40.9% Great: 45%

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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	12	10	60	24.1"	1280 720	DELA07A DELL U2412M

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Desktop 61%

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Workstation 10%

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System: Dell Precision 3520

CPU
Core i7-7820HQIntelBench 63%, 15,851 samples	226x
Core i7-6820HQIntelBench 60%, 33,920 samples	161x
Core i7-7700HQIntelBench 62%, 473,208 samples	143x

GPU
HD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 310,249 samples	359x
HD 530 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 213,495 samples	152x
Quadro M620NvidiaBench 12%, 1,730 samples	147x

SSD
hynix SC311 SATA 512GBSKBench 87%, 5,047 samples	38x
KSG60ZMV512G M.2 2280 512GBToshibaBench 76%, 1,807 samples	27x
XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshiba $33Bench 125%, 44,050 samples	19x

RAM
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 2x8GBUnknownBench 70%, 27,567 samples	67x
HMA82GS6AFR8N-UH 1x16GBUnknownBench 40%, 10,726 samples	62x
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 1x8GBUnknownBench 37%, 41,676 samples	38x

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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