Dell Precision WorkStation T3500

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 36% Jet ski	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 29% Raft


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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	48.2% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	Dell Precision WorkStation T3500 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0XPDFK
Memory	9.7 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130528
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 19 '21 at 01:55
Run Duration	175 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	20%

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 Xeon X5687 1,801 User benchmarks, average bench 74% CPU, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	73.7% Very good	Memory 90.9 1-Core 90.9 2-Core 173 70% 118 Pts	4-Core 306 8-Core 457 47% 381 Pts	64-Core 454 28% 454 Pts
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 73.7% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 2972) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 497.09 Performing below potential (47^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	48.2% Average	Lighting 59.2 Reflection 66.5 Parallax 59.8 48% 61.8 fps	MRender 68.5 Gravity 59 Splatting 52.2 48% 59.9 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 48.2% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Blue 250GB (2007)-$20 41,230 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 31GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.03A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 35 41 47 46 33 52 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	12.8% Very poor	Read 2.3 Write 3 Mixed 4 SusWrite 42.2 9% 12.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.1 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.8 108% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 12.8% Great: 55%
Seagate ST2000VX003-1HH164 2TB 3,366 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2TB free Firmware: CV12 SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 74 73 74 78 75 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	48.9% Average	Read 95.7 Write 140 Mixed 67.7 SusWrite 74.8 70% 94.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.7 124% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 48.9% Great: 101%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 6x2GB 38,297 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 6 of 6 slots used 12GB DIMM DDR3 Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	52.3% Above average	MC Read 19.8 MC Write 15.9 MC Mixed 19.2 52% 18.3 GB/s	SC Read 12.7 SC Write 13.7 SC Mixed 14.7 39% 13.7 GB/s	Latency 65.9 61% 65.9 ns
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 52.3% Great: 59%

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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 23%

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Desktop 71%

Battleship

Workstation 18%

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System: Dell Precision WorkStation T3500

CPU
Xeon W3530Intel $290Bench 65%, 5,773 samples	477x
Xeon W3550IntelBench 66%, 7,649 samples	330x
Xeon X5670IntelBench 73%, 9,061 samples	243x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	172x
Quadro 2000NvidiaBench 6%, 15,855 samples	156x
GTX 750-TiNvidia $92Bench 17%, 309,423 samples	126x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	145x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	75x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	54x

RAM
6x2GBUnknownBench 46%, 38,297 samples	648x
6x4GBUnknownBench 47%, 28,320 samples	576x
3x4GBUnknownBench 42%, 39,448 samples	324x

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $377

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