Dell Precision WorkStation T5500

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (32nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 68 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 53.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Boot Drive	50.9% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	20GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 20GB 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.

Very high background CPU (70%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	Dell Precision WorkStation T5500 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0D883F
Memory	16.4 GB free of 20 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20100412
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Dec 15 '21 at 19:32
Run Duration	196 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	70%

PC Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E5504 489 User benchmarks, average bench 52% CPU1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2 GHz, turbo 2 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	53.5% Above average	Memory 77.2 1-Core 49.4 2-Core 92.7 47% 73.1 Pts	4-Core 171 8-Core 192 24% 182 Pts	64-Core 184 11% 184 Pts
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 53.5% Great: 58%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 20GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 191 148 75 32 32 26 MB/s Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	50.9% Above average	Read 237 Write 170 Mixed 212 SusWrite 84 39% 176 MB/s	4K Read 21 4K Write 34.5 4K Mixed 28.9 87% 28.1 MB/s	DQ Read 203 DQ Write 188 DQ Mixed 173 136% 188 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 50.9% Great: 118%
Seagate ST380815AS 80GB-$50 16,844 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 33GB free Firmware: 3.AAD SusWrite @10s intervals: 52 52 50 48 50 50 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	32.4% Below average	Read 62.2 Write 63.2 Mixed 39 SusWrite 50.4 40% 53.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.9 151% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 32.4% Great: 42%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 5x4GB 1,432 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 5 of 6 slots used 20GB DIMM DDR3 Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	33.3% Below average	MC Read 12.8 MC Write 9.5 MC Mixed 12.9 34% 11.7 GB/s	SC Read 7.1 SC Write 6.5 SC Mixed 7.9 20% 7.17 GB/s	Latency 85.8 47% 85.8 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 33.3% Great: 56%

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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 24%

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Desktop 74%

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Workstation 21%

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System: Dell Precision WorkStation T5500

CPU
Xeon X5650IntelBench 70%, 13,757 samples	121x
CPU: Intel Xeon X56501stBench 64%, 7,756 samples	115x
CPU: Intel Xeon E56201stBench 58%, 5,965 samples	96x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	84x
Quadro 4000NvidiaBench 7%, 8,609 samples	82x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	61x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	74x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	32x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	29x

RAM
6x4GBUnknownBench 47%, 28,320 samples	246x
3x4GBUnknownBench 42%, 39,448 samples	120x
6x2GBUnknownBench 46%, 38,297 samples	117x

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Value: 87% - Excellent

Total price: $87

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $47	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16