Dell Precision M4600

Performance Results


Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 47% Yacht	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (39th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 61 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 an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 45.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	6.01% 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	50% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	Dell Precision M4600 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 08V9YG
Memory	6.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180914
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 05 '21 at 18:37
Run Duration	116 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-2520M-$34 45,308 User benchmarks, average bench 48% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.5 GHz, turbo 2.4 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	45.9% Average	Memory 68.1 1-Core 62.3 2-Core 65.3 44% 65.2 Pts	4-Core 141 8-Core 132 18% 136 Pts	64-Core 138 8% 138 Pts
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 45.9% Great: 59%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 6700M 1,888 User benchmarks, average bench 6% Dell(1028 04A3) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	6.01% Terrible	Lighting 7.6 Reflection 8.4 Parallax 6.4 6% 7.47 fps	MRender 7.8 Gravity 5.8 Splatting 7.1 6% 6.9 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.01% Great: 7%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Micron_M600_MTFDDAT064MBF 50GB 14GB free (System drive) Firmware: MC01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 162 180 184 180 186 177 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	50% Above average	Read 222 Write 208 Mixed 200 SusWrite 178 46% 202 MB/s	4K Read 16.6 4K Write 29.2 4K Mixed 21.5 68% 22.4 MB/s	DQ Read 206 DQ Write 194 DQ Mixed 181 141% 194 MB/s

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471B5273DH0-CK0 2x4GB 11,714 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB SODIMM DDR3 1333 MHz Performing below potential (15^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	44.4% Average	MC Read 15.7 MC Write 17.1 MC Mixed 16.2 47% 16.3 GB/s	SC Read 9.1 SC Write 9.5 SC Mixed 11.6 29% 10.1 GB/s	Latency 106 38% 106 ns
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 44.4% Great: 57%

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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 6%

Tree trunk

Desktop 54%

Yacht

Workstation 6%

Tree trunk

System: Dell Precision M4600

CPU
Core i7-2720QMIntel $85Bench 58%, 7,798 samples	138x
Core i7-2760QMIntel $130Bench 60%, 10,423 samples	130x
Core i7-2820QMIntel $230Bench 59%, 4,929 samples	76x

GPU
Quadro 1000MNvidiaBench 3%, 6,108 samples	227x
Quadro 2000MNvidiaBench 5%, 3,227 samples	170x
HD 3000 (Mobile V2 1.3 GHz)IntelBench 2%, 110,588 samples	85x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	15x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	11x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	11x

RAM
M471B5273DH0-CH9 2x4GBSamsungBench 43%, 15,815 samples	26x
HMT351S6CFR8C-H9 2x4GBHynixBench 43%, 6,386 samples	16x
M471B5273DH0-CH9 4x4GBSamsungBench 45%, 885 samples	12x

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Value: 65% - Good

Total price: $113

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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