Dell Precision M6500

Performance Results


Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 57% Gunboat	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 59%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	5.14% 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	35.8% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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 (28%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 4 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	Dell Precision M6500 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0R1203
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20100203
Uptime	631.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 23 '22 at 23:39
Run Duration	136 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	28%

PC Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7 X 920-$90 998 User benchmarks, average bench 57% Microprocessor, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2 GHz, turbo 2.1 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	59% Above average	Memory 90 1-Core 60.9 2-Core 99.7 55% 83.5 Pts	4-Core 155 8-Core 218 24% 186 Pts	64-Core 241 15% 241 Pts
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 59% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Quadro FX 2800M 1,135 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Dell(1028 02EF) 1GB Ram: 1GB, Driver: 341.74 Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	5.14% Terrible	Lighting 6.8 Reflection 10.5 Parallax 2.6 6% 6.63 fps	MRender 7.4 Gravity 5.7 Splatting 3.7 4% 5.6 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.14% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 426GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 350GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 145 123 128 147 144 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	35.8% Below average	Read 335 Write 236 Mixed 174 SusWrite 127 48% 218 MB/s	4K Read 10.5 4K Write 22.5 4K Mixed 11.1 42% 14.7 MB/s	DQ Read 19.1 DQ Write 59.2 DQ Mixed 23.3 22% 33.9 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 35.8% Great: 131%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 86GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 80GB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 145 123 128 147 145 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	34.6% Below average	Read 317 Write 196 Mixed 146 SusWrite 127 44% 197 MB/s	4K Read 10.8 4K Write 21.5 4K Mixed 10.1 41% 14.1 MB/s	DQ Read 19 DQ Write 60.5 DQ Mixed 22 22% 33.8 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 34.6% Great: 169%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471B5273CH0-CH9 4x4GB 427 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz Performing below potential (35^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	41.9% Average	MC Read 15.8 MC Write 13.4 MC Mixed 13.4 41% 14.2 GB/s	SC Read 11.2 SC Write 11.6 SC Mixed 11.7 33% 11.5 GB/s	Latency 67.2 60% 67.2 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 41.9% Great: 49%

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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 7%

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Desktop 53%

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Workstation 6%

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System: Dell Precision M6500

CPU
Core i7 Q 820Intel $119Bench 52%, 2,269 samples	39x
Core i7 Q 720Intel $220Bench 51%, 13,149 samples	31x
Core i7 Q 740Intel $190Bench 54%, 13,278 samples	28x

GPU
Quadro FX 2800MNvidiaBench 5%, 1,135 samples	81x
FirePro M7740ATIBench 7%, 225 samples	46x
Quadro FX 3800MNvidiaBench 7%, 388 samples	28x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	9x
MZ7TE256HMHP-000L7 256GBSamsungBench 70%, 4,594 samples	7x
PM800 Series 2.5" 256GBSamsungBench 24%, 1,200 samples	5x

RAM
EBJ21UE8BDS0-DJ-F 4x2GBUnknownBench 38%, 37 samples	6x
M471B5273CH0-CH9 4x4GBSamsungBench 44%, 427 samples	6x
M471B5773CHS-CH9 4x2GBSamsungBench 45%, 318 samples	5x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $156	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $361	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16